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The FBI is investigating a cardiologist accused of implanting unnecessary stents, a spokeswoman for the federal agency said.

New research suggests that hormone therapy taken soon after menopause may help protect against dementia, even though it raises the risk of mental decline in women who do not take the drugs until they are older.

Medco Health Solutions Inc., one of the biggest U.S. prescription-benefit managers, said Tuesday its first-quarter profit climbed on strength in generic drugs and mail-order prescriptions. It also boosted its forecast for the year.

The Food and Drug Administration rejected Merck & Co.'s request to market a successor to its withdrawn arthritis drug Vioxx in the United States, the drugmaker said Friday.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Thursday its first-quarter profit fell 3.4 percent on a drop in sales of several key drugs, but still beat Wall Street expectations.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open as many as 400 in-store health clinics over two to three years and could raise the total to 2,000 within seven years...sday.

The trust funds for Social Security and Medicare will last a year longer than previously estimated, trustees said Monday. That means 2041 for the Social Security trust fund...

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Self-pity, according to Barbara Noel, is a waste of time. The 71-year-old has lost both her legs to diabetes and the use of her right arm to a stroke. Still, she is content.

Health officials closed a park after tests showed arsenic levels more than 100 times higher than is considered safe. The park, which had often been used by youth sporting events, is next to an industrial site...