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A new national study reveals some disturbing news for consumers: 47% of meat and poultry samples tested were contaminated with Staph bacteria. Find out which meat was the worst offender.

As you read more stories about doctors profiting from the medical devices they use or about noninvasive medical treatments that can be used effectively as alternatives to surgery, you may wonder how you can be fully informed before making a major medical decision. Luckily, today there are many...

As the debate over the future of U.S. health care takes shape, it's becoming increasingly clear that a central problem with the medical system lies in its fundamental model of treatment and revenue. With an ever-increasing emphasis upon the latest medications and the most expensive treatments, the...

Something else to put on my to-do list. Consider signing up and joining the Mayo Clinic Health Manager.It's a new web site, launched today -- and it's free to the public. And no, you don't have to be going to the famed Mayo Clinic to use it. I've taken the web-based tour, but I haven't yet signed...