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A new report finds the number of children without health insurance in Indiana has increased. This is the second year the state has followed this national…

Although medical costs will increase as the economy improves, the shift of expenses to workers by employers will help restrain the overall cost of care a little.

Health care should go beyond a doctor's office, the creators of this program say. Students work as health advocates, helping patients find affordable housing, fresh food and social services as needed.

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/112413_6.mp3What happens when couples decide to lose weight and only one drops a few pounds? Eric Metcalf has more.

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/111713_6.mp3Many think the plague is a historical illness that ceased to exist in the medieval ages. But that may…

A report by the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that backs legalized abortion, puts the 2014 rate at 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age — the lowest recorded rate since 1973.

About 75,000 patients a year die from infections they caught in the hospital. A Kaiser Health News analysis finds that nearly 700 hospitals across the nation have higher than expected infection rates.

Ebola virus has captured the attention of the world since the outbreak in West Africa began months ago, so far claiming nearly 5,000 lives.Closer to home,…

Children with sickle cell disease rely on daily doses of penicillin to prevent life-threatening infections. But lately, some are finding it hard to fill their prescriptions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found evidence that more than 1,000 pregnant women in the United States may have been infected with…