Bariatric surgery not found to cut health costs

MINNEAPOLIS - People who undergo weight-loss surgery don't reduce their costs as they take off pounds, as hospital stays for complications from the procedure exceed savings from obesity-related illnesses, a study found.

Flu season gains momentum; Boston declares emergency

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. influenza season is off to a fast start, which may hurt insurers, hospitals and people lulled by the milder outbreaks of the recent past.

Drug uses symptom of diabetes to treat it

MINNEAPOLIS - Johnson & Johnson has turned one of diabetes' most worrisome warning signs - frequent urination - into a treatment that lowers dangerously high levels of blood-sugar before the disease can cause blindness, kidney damage and heart disease.

Limiting TV, screen time curbs childhood obesity, study finds

Limiting the time that young children spend with television and computers shaves calories from their diets and reduces their risk of becoming obese, researchers said.

New cancer drugs' costs enormous

Paying up

Inflammation may predict colon cancer risk, study says