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It's not just cancer. Now some of the nuts-and-bolts tests given during checkups or hospital visits are getting a second look, too.

Independence Blue Cross and Health Dialog, a provider of health care analytics and decision support, is collaborating on a new pilot program that will offer health coaching to people with chronic illnesses to help them stay well and out of the hospital.

After a period of substantial decline, the global abortion rate has stalled but unsafe abortions are on the rise around the world, according to new research from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization.

WellPoint Inc. will become the second big health insurer to tell investors how it wrapped up 2011 and whether health care use remains subdued when it reports on its fourth-quarter performance Wednesday.

In a BenefitsPro exclusive, AIG announced the merger of two of the carrier giants two benefits divisions into a single new business unit, AIG Benefit Solutions.

Ill admit it: Im a glass half-empty type of person. I have negative perceptions of, well, almost everything. But that philosophy might be keeping my stress levels at bay.

Many young women dont notice when they gain some extra weight, and self-perception of weight gain is significantly influenced by ethnicity, race and birth control methods, says a new study.

New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have another one, the study suggests.