ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A senior judge was sworn in Wednesday to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — WellPoint Inc. shareholders rejected a call for more disclosure about the health insurer's...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney decried the "prairie fire" of U.S. debt Tuesday,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Remember Newt Gingrich calling Mitt Romney a liar? Michele Bachmann saying Romney's unelectable? ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — An independent group favoring Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney is launching a $25 million,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's chief technology officer has resigned in the wake of the theft of hundreds of thousands...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Tuesday painted President Barack Obama as a reckless...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government leaders past and present gathered in Washington Tuesday to do what they do best about...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of HIV specialists is recommending that U.S. regulators approve the first over-the-counter HIV...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he will...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration declared Alzheimer's one of the country's biggest health challenges on Tuesday,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that when Congress raises the nation's borrowing cap he...

Alzheimer's disease is a growing threat as the population gets older. Already, more than 5 million Americans have the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown called on state lawmakers to embrace austere cuts and urged...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is criticizing President Barack Obama's...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — As Constance Shepherd's family grieved over her death at the hands of her husband, they had...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday proposed more than $8 billion in cuts to close a...

May 14 (Reuters) - The attorneys at troubled Dewey & LeBoeuf continue to find new firm homes. James FitzPatrick and...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is producing little this election year that will become law, yet both parties are...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown will lay out details of a revised state spending plan Monday...

NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - A federal jury in Brooklyn on Monday found a former New York state senator guilty of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunscreen confusion won't be over before summer after all. The government is bowing to industry...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a sorry list. This week's apologies from Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are just the latest in a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a sorry list. This week's apologies from Mitt Romney and Joe Biden are just the latest in a...

NEW YORK (AP) — In business, you're only as good as your last good deed. Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, in...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunscreen confusion won't be over before summer after all. The government is bowing to industry...

CHICAGO (AP) — Condoms and other safe-sex practices have accomplished only so much. Now the 30-year battle against...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Barack Obama returned his attention to the economy after a day spent raising millions of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of communications network equipment maker Ciena jumped Friday after Verizon said it will use...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test...

CHICAGO (AP) — A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government...

CHICAGO (AP) — A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government...

CHICAGO (AP) — A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government...

After nearly single-handedly pushing gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential campaign and inadvertently pressuring...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Now that the Minnesota Vikings will get their new stadium, the worrying can begin over a...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama is turning his attention back to the economy after a day spent raising...

After nearly single-handedly pushing gay marriage to the forefront of the presidential campaign and inadvertently pressuring...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Barack Obama is turning his attention back to the economy after a day spent raising...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Now that the Minnesota Vikings will get their new stadium, the worrying can begin over a...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of a panel of federal...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann ended her Swiss citizenship less than diplomatically Thursday, saying...

Generally speaking, hospital emergency rooms are fast-paced, highly stressful environments. They also tend to have...

The U.S. Department of Justice recently reached a $1.6 billion settlement with Abbott Laboratories over the...

Sometimes the most effective way to get someone to think about long term care planning when contemplating a larger...

Possibly thought by many to be an uncommon occurrence, misdiagnosis of the existence or non-existence of a medical...

Anytime you're looking at statistics, it's important to look at all the data. In some situations, what may seem like...

California law does not require that personal attendants be paid overtime wages if they are employed as an in-home...

In today's economic climate, many of us might worry about the viability of Social Security. That fear may be...

One of the most commonly used medical devices is the artificial hip, with hundreds of thousands of hip implant...

In November, a North Carolina hospital was accused of negligence in a personal injury lawsuit and a wrongful death...

We slapped our foreheads in disbelief when we read the results of a recent survey. It seems that 50 percent of the...

Contrary to what tort reformists will tell you, medical malpractice lawsuits have spurred many important changes in...

It can be a very serious matter when an individual is accused of having defrauded Medicare or Medicaid. Such an...

Investors who put money into a business venture by purchasing stock are considered shareholders and are thus...

In 2011, President Barack Obama proclaimed April to be National Financial Literacy Month. The initiative was created...

Approximately 7 percent of handwritten prescription errors may cause harm to a patient. Prescription errors can be as...

Married couples generally share many things. In fact, marriage allows couples to benefit from sharing financial and...

A person can face serious criminal charges if he or she is accused of having engaged in Medicaid fraud. If a person...

An examination of the treatment in emergency rooms of patients who do not speak English indicates that it is...

Metal-on-metal hip implant systems, which were first introduced in America by DePuy Orthopaedics in 2005, have been...

One of the most common questions asked of Georgia family law attorneys is whether spouses can remain on one...

Individuals who properly report such improper practices are called "relators" and with the help of any attorney can...

While many in Michigan are worried about the massive amount of student debt that has appeared in recent years,...

Birth injuries can be among the most devastating injuries to Florida parents, especially when the parents' hopes and...

Saying that the U.S. government is determined "to hold accountable those who commit fraud," Deputy Attorney General James...

Mother's Day is coming up and it is a time when many reflect about their mothers and their importance to us. Maybe...

When planning for late-life health care, many in Boston believe that there will be programs like Medicare and...

Usher, the well-known singer, and his ex-wife are going through a divorce. The couple has two children over whom they...

A product that has for some reason or another failed to be recalled does not mean that the product is safe. Too often...

As we've discussed previously in our Gaithersburg, Maryland, Social Security Disability Law Blog, veterans across...

Abbott Laboratories, one of the world's largest drug manufacturers, will certainly feel a sharp financial sting following...

Recently, a task force with the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released a controversial list...

Everyone knows that healthcare is expensive. For many couples, a shared plan provided by an employer has been a...

A single mother and her 3-year-old son were awarded a $78.5 million settlement in Pennsylvania state court this week.

Under a newly implemented rule, health care professionals who conduct examinations of commercial vehicle drivers will...

In New York and other states throughout the country, healthcare providers and insurance companies are embracing the...

For a recently released study, researchers analyzed nearly 76,000 urine samples from patients across the country and...

Two square inches of text can make the difference between a successful medical treatment and an unmitigated...

According to the Social Security Administration, the number of people relying on Social Security disability benefits...

In a unique partnership, the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Los Angeles and St. John's Well Child and Family...

Medicare fraud is a type of fraud that involves the collection of money from the Medicare healthcare program under...

Houston residents aware of the importance of long-term care planning may not know that a recent U.S. House of...

Sunnyvale-based internet search engine giant Yahoo! Inc. and Finland drug manufacturer Orion are separately engaged...

A healthcare system in another state is hoping a new program will help patients receive the compensation they need...

Sometimes, the existence of a doctor-patient relationship is unambiguous - for instance, when you've been regularly...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered an immediate halt to sales of products containing a chemical...

The medical community has long been aware of the health problems that can be caused by obesity in adults, including...

New Yorkers and Americans nationwide may face cuts to their Social Security and Medicare payments because the...

Several hospitals on the East Coast are experimenting with a new system for dispute resolution in situations where...

A report from researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, which was published in the Journal for...