In violation of federal law, states routinely fail to notify federal authorities when they've kicked health care providers out of their Medicaid programs for incompetence, fraud and other reasons, government investigators have found.The lack of notice makes it easier for

Opponents of a proposed constitutional amendment to allow Michigan scientists to derive embryonic stem cells from human embryos for medical research kick-started their campaign to defeat it, saying Monday it would open the door to human cloning."This proposal is deceptive

Once upon a time, the lords of the Olympic Games believed that the only true champion was an amateur, a gentleman hobbyist untainted by commerce. Today they enforce a different ideal. The winners of the gold medals are supposed to

Researchers have developed a new strategy for fighting the degradations of aging in the liver.By genetically engineering mice to overproduce a protein that helps collect cellular garbage, scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine created old mice with livers

At some point in the next four months, Spain will likely become the first country to extend legal rights to great apes, thereby protecting gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos from abuse, torture, and unnatural death. The measure will, in practical

A couple have become the first in Britain to have a baby using a new fertility technique, after seven years of trying to become parents.Evie Bloomer was conceived using vitrification - a method of embryo storage that has a higher

Activists have proven over the years that they are not averse to threatening the lives of other animals, namely humans, to make a point. Their latest attack involved the firebombing of a home belonging to a biomedical researcher at UC

What if you could simply swallow a pill and become a buff, shredded, aerobic dynamo all without having to spend one sweaty second in the gym? Wouldn't an instant fitness drug be great? Maybe not.We were both mighty intrigued to

Two firebomb attacks last week on UC Santa Cruz scientists who conduct animal research have angered and worried academics throughout the UC system, who said their work has broad public support and that they will not be intimidated by bombers

Over the past few weeks, even before the torch was lit, dozens of athletes from around the world have tested positive for banned drugs and have been barred from the Beijing Olympics. ...The latest enhancement trend is gene doping. This