Healthcare

Percentage of Firms Offering Health Insurance Declines, Report Says
Sep. 18--Sixty percent of U.S. businesses offered health-care insurance coverage to their employees in 2005, ...
Electronic Medicine Could Save Money; But Doctors and Hospitals Would Get Fewer of the Profits, Stud
WASHINGTON -- Electronic medical records could improve patient care and possibly save billions of dollars, yet...
Use of ADHD Drugs By Adults Doubles in Four-Year Period
TRENTON, N.J. Use of prescription drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is growing at a faster r...
New Orleans' Hospital System Faces Crisis
NEW ORLEANS - This city's health care facilities have been shattered to an extent unmatched in U.S. history, a...
Haysville, Kan., Med Clinic's Troubles Predate Raid
Sep. 18--The Schneider Medical Clinic in Haysville was facing state allegations of improperly prescribing dan...
Pleasanton, Calif., Scientists Develop Bird Flu Test
Sep. 18--Health organizations the world over are watching nervously for signs that the bird flu could cause a...
Providence Northeast Reduces Plan to Add Beds
Sep. 18--Providence Hospital Northeast has scaled back its expansion plans after state health officials last ...
South Carolina Retains 'Certificate-of-Need'
Sep. 18--South Carolina regulates hospital expansion using the "certificate-of-need" process, a system intend...
S.C. Rules Restricting Hospital Growth May Be Unhealthy
Sep. 18--Paul A. Martin headed to Lexington Medical Center when his blood sugar soared the morning of Feb. 22...
Smokers Grudgingly Comply With Hospital's Ban on Habit
Sep. 18--The other night Tami Fullmer dreamed she was smoking again, even though she kicked the habit months ...