Martin's Point in Portland, Maine, is among those around the country pioneering a concept called a "medical home." The idea is to make health care better and more efficient for both doctors and patients. And it may well help attract more doctors to primary care practice.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- A 2-year-old Missouri boy has become the first person in the United States to be kept alive by a new type of artificial lung, doctors say. United States - Missouri - United Press International - Metro Areas - ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS When 2-year-old Owen Stark arrived at St. Louis Children's Hospital , he wasn't given much chance for survival. But doctors used a German-built artificial lung that stabilized him so well that, at least for now, he no longer needs a lung transplant. Owen, of Eldon, was diagnosed earlier this year with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension or high blood pressure in the lungs. He was in ...

Wall Street is betting that three new experimental diet drugs could be huge commercial hits in a super-sizing America, but there are questiomns about how comfortable doctors would be prescribing the medications.

Commonly prescribed drugs used to lower blood pressure can actually have the opposite effect - raising blood pressure in a statistically significant percentage of patients. A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University suggests that doctors could avoid this problem - and select drugs most suitable for their patients - by measuring blood levels of the ...