health care

Health care has become the beating heart of America's economy.

Too much medical care could be harmful to your health, according to a study that shows some hospitals give patients more aggressive care -- meaning more tests, longer hospital stays and more procedures and higher costs.

A federal judge rejected yesterday a proposed agreement between the District and the Justice Department that would have established programs and deadlines intended to improve health care for the developmentally disabled in the city's group homes.

More than half of Indian children under five do not get the health care they need, a report says.

Experts at the University of Nottingham say "modern matrons" -- with their managerial and entrepreneurial skills -- are struggling to fulfil their role as leader, and this remains a major challenge in a crucially important area of health care.