February 22, 2012 Wednesday 11:30 pm EST

U.S. President Barack Obama talks next to Secretary of HHS Kathleen Sebelius about contraceptive care funding in the press room of the White House.

Obama Announces Birth Control Compromise to Quell Mounting Debate

President Barack Obama, in an abrupt policy shift aimed at appeasing the political firestorm that threatened to consume his administration, announced on Friday that religious employers will not be required to offer free birth control to...

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Youths on Parents' Insurance Enjoy Better Access to Health Care

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that laws permitting children to stay on their parents' health insurance through age 26 result in improved access to health care compared to states without those laws...

Chart comparing health effects of alcohol to sugar.

Researchers: Sugar Kills Like Alcohol and Tobacco, Should be Regulated

Sugar should be government-regulated like alcohol and tobacco, due to its ever-expanding use in processed foods poses a significant threat to public health, a team of researchers said in an opinion article published in the Feb. 4 issue of nature magazine.

$Nancy Brinker (C), founder and chief executive of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and actress Tracee Ellis Ross (R) attend a dinner celebrating Women\'s History Month at the White House in Washington March 30, 2011.$

Komen Cuts Ties with Planned Parenthood, Blames Investigation, Not Abortions

Thanks to a new policy preventing the nation’s leading breast cancer charity from funding organizations under government investigation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has cut its financial ties with Planned Parenthood.

$Spain\'s Parliament Chairman Jose Bono (R) talks to Australia\'s Governor General Quentin Bryce (C) in front of Duran Lleida (L), parliamentary speaker of Catalonia\'s nationalist CiU party, and a translator during her visit at Spanish parliament in Madrid J$