The Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to go 0-16 as Aaron Rogers threw three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers put down the Lions, 31-21, to end Detroit's season of futility. The Lions (0-16) became the first team since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who went 0-14 in their exp...

The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient has sued health insurance giant Cigna Corp. for her death in 2007 after the company initially refused to pay for a liver transplant. The lawsuit filed last week in Los Angeles County Superior Court by the family's attorney, Mark Geragos, alleges breach o...

The FDA has approved Latisse, the first drug to promote eyelash growth, according to Allergan, the company that makes Latisse. Latisse, which will be available by prescription starting in the first quarter of 2009, contains the active ingredient of the glaucoma drug Lumigan, which is also...

States from Rhode Island to California are being forced to curtail Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor, as they struggle to cope with the deteriorating economy. With revenue falling at the same time that more people are losing their jobs and private health cover...

The government is warning people against taking 28 types of weight loss pills, and it is urging anyone who has taken them to be checked by a health care professional. The tainted products contain potentially dangerous undeclared ingredients, the Food and Drug Administration found, including prescri...

The Bush administration, as expected, announced new protections on Thursday for health care providers who oppose abortion and other medical procedures on religious or moral grounds. "Doctors and other health care pro...

Watching romantic comedies can spoil your love life, a study by a university in Edinburgh has claimed. Rom-coms have been blamed by relationship experts at Heriot Watt University for promoting unrealistic expectations when it comes to love.

Members of the Jamaican bobsled team were greeted by a crowd of supporters as they arrived at Vancouver International Airport Saturday. The team will spend three months in Pemberton, 31 km north of Whistler and 158 km n...

Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford arrived in Norman three years ago with modest hype and low expectations. The Sooners' coaches acknowledged that they had recruited him for depth behind Rhett Bomar, who had been the country's top quarterback prospect. Skip to next paragraph Bradford will meet la...

Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company, paid ghostwriters to produce medical journal articles favorable to its female hormone replacement therapy Prempro, according to Congressional letters seeking more information about the company's involvement in medical ghostwriting. At least one article was publishe...