Health and Fitness Blog

An editorial in a North Korean newspaper says Kim Jong Il is not in the best of health and recounts how his visit to a local factory incited concern over his wellbeing from workers.

Health-care reform to cover the nation’s 47 million uninsured appears to be on the fast track in Washington.

GAMMA KNIFE EXPLAINED How doctors can perform brain surgery without an incision is difficult to fathom. Neurosurgeon Dr. Burke Dial will try to make it easier to understand at the next session of EngenuitySCs Science Cafe. Dial will talk about Gamma Knife surgery, which uses beams of cobalt radiation to remove benign brain tumors. The state-of-the-art technology is being used at Palmetto Health ...

As Obama wrestles with how to expand health care coverage, some local organizations are finding creative ways to help cover employees of small businesses.

Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading: Becton Dickinson rose $.01 or percent, to $67.25.