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Samuel L. Davis, founder and president of the Burn Advocates Network (BAN), returned from BAN's third mission to Haiti this week with new insight on many of the hidden...

We warn you that these pictures are disturbing to look at but it’s the reality of why Burn Advocates is in Haiti right now… To help youth live meaningful lives after sustaining serious...

Kéto and Sam are currently thousands of miles away from home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, along with the other Burn Advocates Network volunteers who have accompanied him on his trip.

The American Medical Association is releasing its third annual report card on insurers and finds one in five claims is not processed correctly.

Workers trying to clean up crude oil in the Gulf of Mexico are reporting respiratory problems nausea and headaches. Meanwhile BP has failed to act on an order by the Environmental Protection Agency to switch to a less toxic dispersant to break up the oil.

Washington wants to know why the five largest health insurance companies racked up record profits last year - $12.2 billion – up 56 percent over 2008 numbers.

While Americans are generous in a time of need, scammers are poised to take advantage. Before giving to a charitable organization helping Haiti, know what to look for.

The FDA has sent warning letters to the world's largest food company, Nestle, for the promises it makes about brain development and sugar content in foods for young children.

Bayer must pay two farmer $2 million for contaminating their fields with genetically engineered (GE) rice, which contains a novel protein that resists Bayer's herbicide sprayed after the corn grows. The company profits on both ends, but farmers lost their ability to export to countries that ban GE foods.

Dr. Susan Lark, who reports online on women's health issues, is encouraging women to seek out thermography to measure the heat generated by breast cancers, as a more accurate tool than traditional mammography.

In a sudden turnabout, a major policy setting organization is discouraing regular mammograms for women in their 40s, saying the anxiety from false positives and surgical procedures outweighs the benefits.

Medical health insurance premiums are supposed to go primarily to pay medical claims, but a Senate Committee inquiry finds that a larger chunk, than previously suspected, of what you pay for medical insurance, returns to the insurer as profit.

Facing a lack of forthcoming information about the dangers and concerns of vaccines in general, and the swine flu vaccine specifically, a citizens' group plans a protest at the CDC this week as experts in immunization gather.

Health care reform should not include limiting the liability of dangerous doctors and unsafe hospitals, finds this study done by groups dedicated to preserving the civil justice system.  Medical malpractice claims have fallen like a rock creating record profits for the insurance industry, not lower premiums. 

A new study published in the Archives of Neurology suggests the effects of smoking can speed up the progression of multiple sclerosis. Past studies have suggested cigarette smokers are at an increased risk of developing the disease.