11/13/2007 3:10:07 PM
The nation’s largest private employer is offering better coverage to a greater number of workers.
11/10/2007 3:18:53 AM
While Friday’s settlement of Vioxx lawsuits at $4.85 billion seems steep, two years ago some analysts estimated that it would cost Merck as much as $25 billion.
11/9/2007 2:00:05 AM
Senator Barack Obama responded by saying that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton could not claim credit for trying to overhaul the nation’s health care system if she did not accept any of the blame.
11/6/2007 12:21:10 AM
Pressured by regulators, Bayer AG said it will withdraw the controversial heart surgery drug Trasylol after a Canadian study suggested that it increased death rates.
9/18/2007 3:29:59 AM
The Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has used its focus on rare or complex conditions to emerge as a national name in pediatric medicine, drawing patients from distant cities.
9/24/2007 12:44:09 PM
A hospital group is trying a radically new method to avoid costly mistakes, charging a flat fee that includes follow-up care.
2/10/2007 12:27:27 AM
New hospice programs give patients medical comfort while allowing for sophisticated medical treatments.
11/6/2007 12:13:38 AM
Drugs to raise so-called good cholesterol may still have a future despite the widely publicized failure last year of an experimental cholesterol treatment from Pfizer, researchers said.
11/6/2007 1:06:18 PM
The Senate passed a bill to provide coverage for 10 million youngsters after efforts to find a veto-proof bipartisan compromise in the House were cut short.