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The proposal by Gov. David A. Paterson would amount to a wide expansion of health insurance coverage to some 800,000 people 19 to 29 years old who are uninsured.

Bob Greene points out a few common traps that cause people to fall off the weight-loss wagon.

People with Parkinson's disease who have a pacemaker-like device implanted in the brain spend an extra four-plus hours a day free of tremors and involuntary movements than they do on medication, according to the largest study of the treatment, which is known as deep brain stimulation.

The Obama administration approached Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, about becoming U.S. surgeon general, according to sources inside the transition and at CNN.

Experts say that chronic seizures, like the ones that Jett Travolta experienced, can present a risk for adolescents, whose bodies and metabolism are changing.

Many who are faced with a chronic condition or a terminal diagnosis find a new purpose in exercise, developing regimens that leave them in the best shape of their lives.

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Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life --in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule-- intervened. Last year she was back up to the 200-pound mark and knew something had to change. After a desperately needed time-out to reflect and recharge, here's what she's learned, what she's doing differently, and what's next.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, today released a research report, Comorbidity: Addiction and Other Mental Illnesses, summarizing the state of the science regarding the complex relationship between substance abuse and other mental disorders.

Doctors can’t explain it, but every day in medicine there are people who know they are near death, no matter what the tests show.

Behavioral scientists are fascinated by why people buy exercise machines, only to let them rust.

Men who want to know whether they’re more likely to father a boy or a girl may garner clues from their family tree.

Ira’s story is a classic example of invasive cardiology run amok.

A new study reports that the heart attack victims who gasp are more likely to survive — especially if they are given chest compressions right away.

Teenagers often use social networking sites like MySpace to post intimate personal information they come to regret.

Researchers said that especially with young patients who were overweight but not yet obese, doctors might be missing a good chance to intervene.

The Ebola virus, which causes a deadly hemorrhagic fever, has surfaced for the second time in less than two years in south-central Congo.

Recent research has helped clarify not just who is prone to self-handicapping but also its consequences — and its possible benefits.

National health spending grew in 2007 at the lowest rate in nine years, mainly because prescription drug spending increased at the slowest pace since 1963.

Doctors will be able to make face-to-face Web calls on patients in Hawaii starting Jan. 15.