Los Angeles Times

The Center for Science in the Public Interest urges the FDA to require beverage makers to reduce the amount of high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners.

A consumer group is taking aim at high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks, arguing that it and other sweeteners are responsible for high obesity rates and health problems because Americans drink too much soda.

Shares drop nearly 5% one day after WellPoint named veteran hospital executive Joseph Swedish to be its next CEO.

Investors didn't give a warm welcome to the incoming chief executive of health insurance giant WellPoint Inc.

The state will lay out the specific co-pays and deductibles that many policyholders will face under the federal healthcare law.

Consumers are getting their first glimpse at what health insurance will look like in California as the state prepares to implement the federal healthcare law.

Swedish is a veteran hospital executive who has never run a public company. He previously was CEO at Trinity Health, a nonprofit Catholic healthcare system.

INDIANAPOLIS — Health insurance giant WellPoint Inc., parent of Anthem Blue Cross, is picking a veteran hospital executive who has never run a public company to become its next chief executive.

The Obama administration says it recovers $4.2 billion, a one-year record, from Medicare providers and others who falsely billed the government.

WASHINGTON — The federal government recovered a record $4.2 billion in the last fiscal year from medical providers and others who fraudulently billed government healthcare programs such as Medicare, the Obama administration announced Monday.

H&R Block is using customers' 2012 returns to advise them of their options under the Affordable Care Act and possible penalties they can face without insurance.

Derrick Bean filed his income taxes at an H&R Block office in Los Angeles this month, and the 26-year-old left with something unexpected: a price quote on federally subsidized health insurance.

Lawmakers are working on proposals that would enable physician assistants, nurse practitioners, optometrists and pharmacists to diagnose, treat and manage some illnesses.

SACRAMENTO — As the state moves to expand healthcare coverage to millions of Californians under President Obama's healthcare law, it faces a major obstacle: There aren't enough doctors to treat a crush of newly insured patients.

Cedars-Sinai has launched the 'frailty project,' in which a medical team works to help at-risk elderly avoid lengthy hospital stays or readmission. The federal healthcare reform law is a driving factor.

When Claire Gordon arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, nurses knew she needed extra attention.

Medical-group giant HealthCare Partners says its application for a limited health plan license is unrelated to a recent complaint.

HealthCare Partners, the medical-group giant acquired last year by dialysis chain DaVita Inc. for $4.4 billion, is seeking a state license to operate as a managed-care plan after questions were raised about its compliance with California law.

The pain of heartbreak can be more than emotional pain, psychologists say and research suggests, and lead to physical illness.

Hope Rising (yes, her real name) says that the day she watched her husband pull out of their driveway for the last time, she collapsed, clutching her stomach in pain.

JoAnn 'Jo' Stougaard of 'My Last Bite' offers a suggestion for maintaining fitness goals in 2013.

How's this for motivation? No workout, no cocktail.

Apolo Anton Ohno, the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian of all time, was practicing for the 2002 Games when he learned he had exercise-induced asthma. It obviously didn't destroy the sporting career of the eight-time medalist. And now he is the public face of a program to raise awareness about the condition, which affects more than 30 million Americans.

The Inspire BL1 Body Lift, Inspire PT1 Power Tower, Torque H2 and Precor S3.15 are home gyms that offer a range of exercises without taking up much space.

The old home gym isn't what it used to be. It's more creative, often combining traditional fixed-path movements with self-balancing "functional" movements that force you to use more muscle groups to stabilize the load. Despite very different designs, the four models reviewed below share key attributes most people will love: compact, room-friendly footprints, a wide variety of exercises that can work you hard from head to toe, and retail and online sales prices of less than $2,600.

Think of the scorpion reach as one of your favorite hip-opening yoga moves on steroids. It's challenging, but it leaves you feeling strong and limber and ready for anything.

The growing legal dispute over paying for contraception is the latest in a long-running battle over how to weigh claims involving matters of faith.

WASHINGTON — Judges across the country are increasingly split over whether private employers and their companies can cite their religious beliefs as a valid reason for denying birth control coverage to their employees.

Foes of President Obama's healthcare law have tried to unite Republican governors against its Medicaid expansion — but now some are welcoming the change and the federal money it offers.

WASHINGTON — Some of the nation's most prominent Republican governors have moved to embrace a key feature of President Obama's healthcare law, providing a significant boost to the administration and highlighting a fissure inside the GOP on an emerging campaign issue.

Research suggests a device that removes blood clots in stroke victims may not be as effective as clot-busting medication.

New research is raising doubts about a popular form of stroke therapy that aims to snatch a blood clot from a patient's brain and restore vital blood flow before serious damage is done.

As baby boomers age, 13.8 million are expected to have Alzheimer's disease by 2050, a study finds. Experts say caring for all those patients may cost $1 trillion a year.

As baby boomers enter their golden years, the number of people afflicted with Alzheimer's disease is expected to reach 13.8 million by 2050 — millions more than previously anticipated, according to a new study in the journal Neurology.

A study finds that Medicare patients near death are increasingly choosing hospice or palliative care over heroic measures in their last days — but that many go through futile hospitalizations and treatments first.

For Americans with a terminal diagnosis, death increasingly comes in the places and ways they say they want it — at home and in the comfort of hospice care.

Many seniors enrolled in SilverScript have found themselves facing inexplicably large bills that CVS has refused to negotiate.

Deborah Shapiro decided a few months ago to switch her prescription drug coverage from her former employer's plan to Medicare. The Medicare literature made clear that she could save hundreds of dollars on the various drugs she and her husband required.