ATLANTA (AP) -- Birth defects lead to more than $2.5 billion a year in hospital costs alone, according to the first national studies to estimate their financial burden on U.S. families....

Health care for all (AP) -- an elusive goal that has tantalized presidents and governors for decades - is roaring back this year with ambitious proposals in a handful of prominent states....

Say you're a woman who wants to have fertility treatment but can't afford the $5,000 to $6,000 cost....

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Thirty years after it began as just another quirky movement in Berkeley, Calif., the push to ban smoking in restaurants, bars and other public places has reached a national milestone....

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Gisele Bundchen has entered Brazil's growing debate over anorexia, saying families are to blame - not the fashion industry....