US Life Expectancy Surpasses 78, A New Record
U.S. life expectancy has hit another all-time high, rising above 78 years.
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U.S. life expectancy has hit another all-time high, rising above 78 years.
Blue Shield of California said Wednesday there would not be any additional rate hikes for the remainder of 2011
Americans' attitudes toward gay couples may be shifting in part due to cultural pressure, according to one researcher behind a new survey.
Authorities say Health Net data servers containing the personal financial information, Social Security numbers and health history for nearly 2 million customers nationwide have been missing for roughly a month.
The growing nuclear crisis in Japan has some Californians scrambling for potassium iodide tablets and personal radiation detectors, but officials say such a precaution is not necessary and can even be harmful.
Whole Foods Market has made eating healthier easy with a new program called "Health Starts Here."
Health Net Inc. says that several server drives containing personal information about members and employees are "unaccounted for" from its data center.
Luis Hernandez awoke from surgery with one less kidney, but, knowing he helped save a man's life, left him with a full heart. His organ helped save Gaston Benjamin's life -- a man Hernandez had never met.
It's rare that a person offers to donate a kidney to a person they've never met. But it happened at UCLA last week. And the two men, who went through it, are forever changed.
Researchers say the millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin.
The number of cancer survivors in the United States is increasing by hundreds of thousands a year, and now includes roughly one in 20 adults.
A state advocate says that most health maintenance organizations in California compare well with plans nationwide, but too often new policyholders are confused about costs and getting their claims paid.
Federal regulators say six aerospace companies have agreed to pay nearly $4 million to investigate contamination and expand treatment capacity at two San Fernando Valley groundwater sites.
Researchers are working to engineer replacements for more than 30 different tissues and organs, including blood vessels, bone, corneas, heart, intestines, liver, and kidney.
Time to be blunt! The cash-strapped city of Los Angeles could soon have a new source of revenue, with early returns from Tuesday's election indicating voters strongly favor taxing medical marijuana dispensaries.
