Special Report
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Deadbeat docs don't pay back gov't loans
Payback can be a bitter pill for the nation's deadbeat doctors.
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High cost of medical training
Medical students graduating this year face average loan debts in excess of $162,000. There’s growing concern that bright but middle- or lower-class students may not be willing to take on such a burden.
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Editorial: Good intentions of HEAL
Like many federal programs, the Health Education Assistance Loan (HEAL) began with the best of intentions.
Health
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UCSD hospital workers to strike
Officials at UC San Diego Medical Center and University of California hospitals across the state were preparing Monday for a planned walkout by thousands of health care workers, scrapping non-essential surgical procedures and juggling staff to make sure patients are not endangered by the two-day strike.
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New food map updates nutrition facts
A new food map developed by researchers at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows updated nutrition facts that differ from government data.
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Does spelling matter in texting age?
Does anybody really need to learn to spell in an age of spell-check, auto-correcting cell phones and text-messaging abbreviations?
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Study: E.coli found in most public pools
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Study: Bras may make breasts saggier
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Women weigh 'pregnancy insurance'
