Some of the personnel stumbles of the Obama administration - including the aborted nomination of Bill Richardson as commerce secretary - resulted from incompetent vetting. William Lynn's reception as deputy secretary of defense has been complicated by hypocrisy - the administration's attempt to gain political credit for a restrictive lobbying ban it swiftly violated to get a qualified appointee. ...more

January 31, 2009

On NBC's "The Biggest Loser," contestants arrive fat and leave thin. And in between, they go through an intense fitness regimen that is, to put a good face on it, grueling. ...more

January 10, 2009

Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts reported Tuesday. Here's a look at the statistics from the new report by the World Health Organization. ...more

December 10, 2008

No one ever told 23-year-old Jeri Moss that putting too much water in her baby's formula could kill him. ...more

December 2, 2008

Owners of the BrandyWine apartment complex in St. Petersburg near the contaminated Raytheon industrial site will host an open house at 6:30 tonight so residents can learn more about indoor air quality testing by the Florida Department of Health. ...more

November 25, 2008

In its first survey of its students' health, the University of Florida has learned that most feel overwhelmed, one-fifth suffered injuries after drinking alcohol, one-third refrained from sex in the previous year and many have seriously considered suicide. The responses are documented among many others in UF's recently released Healthy Gators Student Survey, which the university devised to come up with better health initiatives. ...more

October 8, 2008

In its first ever survey of its students' health, the University of Florida has learned that most feel overwhelmed, one-fifth suffered injuries after drinking alcohol, one-third refrained from sex in the previous year and many have seriously considered suicide. ...more

October 7, 2008

For years, health experts have been warning that Americans are too fat, that we exercise too little and eat too much, that our health is in jeopardy. ...more

February 3, 2008

The groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer in girls is gaining a reputation as the most painful of childhood shots, health experts say. ...more

January 4, 2008

As many as one in three U.S. children have been ridiculed or threatened through computer messages, according to one estimate of the emerging problem of cyberbullying. ...more

November 28, 2007