CHICAGO - A new analysis of government data is the first to link low-level arsenic exposure, possibly from drinking water, with Type 2 diabetes,...

BOSTON - Massachusetts is experiencing a big jump in health insurance and a big drop in payments for the uninsured under the state’s health...

NEW YORK - Scientists say they’ve found an efficient way to make red blood cells from human embryonic stem cells, a possible step toward...

CHICAGO - Forget about doctors who have a God complex. When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. An eye-opening...

WASHINGTON - The best path to a clogged heart may be through the wrist. About a million artery-clearing angioplasties are performed in the...

BEIJING - Television viewers around the world are tuning into the Beijing Games in record numbers, and it’s likely to fill the coffers...

With the Olympics now behind him, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps is poised for a second gold rush, this time in the form of multimillion-dollar...

NEW YORK - Christina Applegate says she has a clean bill of health after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. "I’m clear," Applegate...

LOS ANGELES - It took four of Hollywood’s biggest stars to take down Batman. The DreamWorks-Paramount comedy "Tropic Thunder" —...

NEW YORK - The Chicago Tribune carried out its plan to trim 14 percent of newsroom staff on Friday, as the Tribune Co.’s flagship paper...

TOKYO - Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially the nation’s popular "wallet phone," a government...

TOKYO - Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod Nano music player after reports that two overheated in Tokyo, scorching...

NEW YORK - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. is retracting its hostile bid for smaller rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., but...

CHICAGO - In its day-to-day workings, EveryBlock.com, Adrian Holovaty’s Web 2.0 startup, is about as far from colorful as a business can...

SEATTLE - Mike Eisenberg eagerly surfs the biggest waves of change. I called him because I’ve been seeing a renewed burst of questions...

If offered, would you want to work a four-day week? What if it means four long days? More businesses, governments and school boards...

BOSTON - Parents, don’t put away those video games just yet — today’s gamer may be tomorrow’s top surgeon. Researchers...