United States of America Health News

The US House of Representatives passed Health Care HR 3962 barely with a 220-215 vote. 218 votes were needed to win by majority. A win counts as a win no matter how close the victory may appear to be. Here...

Q My 6-year-old son has an anaphylactic reaction to eggs but has an underlying health condition that puts him in the highest of the high-risk segment (for H1N1 flu ). The rest of our family will get the vaccine ,...

After months of acrimonious partisanship, Democrats closed ranks on a 220-215 vote that included 39 defections, mostly from the party's conservative ranks. But the bill attracted a surprise Republican convert: Rep. Anh "Joseph" Cao of Louisiana, who represents the Democratic-leaning...

The vote was close, 220-215, and it only included a single Republican. To pass the bill, Democrats also had to allow a controversial amendment banning abortion funding in both public and private plans in the new marketplaces the bill would...

History of Chocolate Timeline The beginning of chocolate is the cacao tree, known by ethnobotanists as "theobroma cacao." According to the article, " Introduction: Chocolate’s History at a Glance ," chocolate in its raw state grows in a pod like...

This Week in Health Reform: November 6, 2009 As we near the end of a busy week in Congress, WellPoint sent a letter to Congressional Members highlighting the detrimental impact of current legislation on our health care system. The letter...

The Marion County Health Department vaccinated 2,272 people against the H1N1 virus at a free public clinic Saturday at Warren Central High School, according to Health Department spokesman John Althardt. In total, the Health Department now has vaccinated 11,648 people...

Kidney is an organ that eliminates waste from the body and cleans the blood. Therefore its health is very important. Glomeruli are the tiny filters in the kidneys that keep protein inside the body in order to stay healthy. The...