A multigenerational hit: Student debt traps parents and kids
By JOSH BOAK A college degree practically stamped Andres Aguirre’s ticket to the middle class. Yet at age 40, he’s still paying the price of admission. After a decade of…
Diagnosis and treatment
Prosecutors: Unlicensed worker did surgeries in fraud scam
By BRIAN MELLEY A physician assistant who wasn’t licensed or trained to perform surgery operated on hundreds of patients while the orthopedic surgeon who billed for the procedures schemed with…
Jimmy Carter to discuss cancer diagnosis publicly
By KATHLEEN FOODY Former President Jimmy Carter plans to discuss his recent cancer diagnosis Thursday for the first time since revealing last week that he was ill. Carter, 90, is…
Doctors: Various factors figure into Carter cancer treatment
By KATHLEEN FOODY and MARILYNN MARCHIONE Determining what treatment to pursue for former President Jimmy Carter’s cancer will depend on its type, its origin and factors such as age and…
Colorado court: Workers can be fired for using pot off-duty
By KRISTEN WYATT Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. In addition to Mountain Annie’s Cannabis, medical marijuana is the most common.…
TV star’s plastic surgery disaster tests Brazil
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Andressa Urach went from being a single teenage mom nicknamed “Beanpole” to a reality TV bombshell in Brazil thanks to silicone implants, anabolic steroids, a nose…
Dozens of CDC workers taking anti-anthrax drugs
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE FILE – This undated file electronmicrograph from the official U.S. Department of Defense anthrax information Web Site shows Bacillus anthracis vegetative cells in a monkey spleen. Anthrax…
MERCK TO PAY $3.85B FOR HEPATITIS C DRUG DEVELOPER
By LINDA A. JOHNSON FILE – This Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 file photo shows a patch with the Merck logo on a scientist’s lab coat in West Point, Pa. Merck…