Hostile Bid For Illumina: Swiss drug maker Roche is making a $44.50 per-share hostile bid for Illumina, valuing the gene-sequencing company at $5.7 billion, the WSJ reports . Illumina has already rejected an offer of $40 per share, Roche says. The latest... 

Hostile Bid For Illumina: Swiss drug maker Roche is making a $44.50 per-share hostile bid for Illumina, valuing the gene-sequencing company at $5.7 billion, the WSJ reports . Illumina has already rejected an offer of $40 per share, Roche says. The latest... 

Even a small gap in Medicaid coverage can have consequences for diabetics, new research suggests. The study looked at 3,384 diabetes patients who received medical care at 50 clinics in Oregon from 2005-2007. The care was mostly free, but some recommended... 

Focus on Formula: Wal-Mart and Supervalu have removed certain containers of Mead Johnson Nutrition’s Enfamil infant formula from their store shelves following the death of a Missouri infant from a rare bacterial infection, the WSJ reports . The... 

Up to the States: The onus is on the states to make the tough decisions about what treatments must be covered by individual and small-group plans under the health-care overhaul law, the WSJ reports . The Obama administration said states would be able... 

While researchers and practicing doctors increasingly favor – and hence recommend — weight-loss surgery of bariatric surgery as the best chance to jettison all that excess weight and also combat with relevant conditions that come with obesity... 

Richard Bleicher, M.D., a surgical Oncologist  with Fox Chase along with a team of researchers reported that between 1992 and 2005, the number of breast cancer patients who had to undergo multiple visits almost grew by four times. He points out this... 

By Louise Radnofsky The Obama administration announced plans Friday to wind down a $5 billion fund to pay for health insurance for early retirees, including the institution of a Dec. 31 deadline for employers to tap into the remaining funds. The fund... 

The health-care overhaul law includes a provision requiring insurers to spend a certain proportion of premium dollars on patient care and quality-improvement programs. It all sounds straightforward enough — large-group plans must spend at least... 

Our personal handwashing rules: use hot water and soap, do it after potentially touching something yucky and sing “Happy Birthday” to be sure you’re scrubbing long enough. Physicians, though, need to know a lot more. And a small study...