Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially lifesaving shock within the recommended two minutes, a new study found. ...more

January 3, 2008

Prescriptions for the cholesterol-lowering drugs Zetia and Vytorin are written for almost 800,000 Americans every week, at a cost this year of about $4 billion. Yet it still is not clear how well the drugs work. ...more

November 23, 2007

Daniel Azzariti's passion for cars will be able to run free when he retires as New Port Richey's director of fire and emergency services in about a year. He has set Sept. 30, 2008, the end of the city's 2008 budget year, as his tentative retirement date. ...more

November 21, 2007

Even when it was winning most Vioxx lawsuits in the courtroom, the maker of the withdrawn painkiller was losing in other areas, giving Merck & Co. considerable impetus for Friday's $4.85 billion nationwide settlement. ...more

November 10, 2007

It is shaping up to be the biggest shift yet to a generic drug, potentially saving the nation $2 billion a year or more in prescription costs. ...more

November 4, 2007

A lousy marriage might literally make you sick. Marital strife and other bad personal relationships can raise your risk for heart disease, researchers reported Monday. ...more

October 9, 2007

Mark Parsons, 59, Forest Hills Height: 5-foot-10 ...more

September 20, 2007

The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported this week, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic. ...more

September 13, 2007

Scientists are testing seasickness patches and other surprising options in a challenging search for ways to treat the crushing depression and uncontrolled mania of bipolar disorder. ...more

September 3, 2007