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The recommendation by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that people who are obese get "intensive, multicomponent" intervention offers support for consumers, but it is not clear that employers and insurers welcome the change.
Mississippi's battle over abortion may be the most dramatic in the nation right now, but it is far from the only one. On the state level, 2012 has brought a near-record number of anti-abortion laws and provisions.
Michelle Andrews answers a reader question about doctors who charge extra fees for more personalized care.
Gilbert Friedell, a doctor who founded a state health care committee, says many residents of Appalachia acknowledge that their families "have a touch of sugar," but they can't fight the disease by themselves.
Some low-income adults could be thrown "into a black hole with nowhere to turn for coverage."
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