A report by WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh reveals several hidden costs in inaccurate hospital bills.

According to the report, one bill from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2003, charged a patient $1,028 for a contrast solution for MRIs that retails for $2.80

The H5N1 strain of the avian flu has killed more than 50 people in Asia, since 2003.

More than 140 million chickens have been slaughtered in the region in a bid to halt the disease

After a two night stint in the hospital, Chief Justice William Rehnquist is discharged Thursday after undergoing treatment for a fever.

Rehnquist, 80, was taken to the Virginia Hospital Center on Tuesday for tests and observation

A new study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, published in the July 12 issue of Health Affairs,

The number of weight-loss surgeries increased from 13,386 to 71,733 in the four year span. According to the study, part of the increase was driven by a 900 percent rise in operations on patients between the ages of 55 and 64

Dutch researchers say that obese men may be less physically fit than obese women, due to the fact they are more likely to have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and tend to have more abdominal fat.

A study of 56 obese men and women, awaiting weight-reduction surgery, showed the women in the group were better able to tolerate exercise. The team at Hospital Reinier de Graaf in Groep, in the Netherlands, found this could probably be explained by the way body fat is distributed