Is weight loss “contagious”? According to a new study published online in the journal Obesity, teammates in a team-based weight loss competition significantly influenced each other’s weight loss, suggesting that shedding pounds can have a ripple effect.

Recent controversies about maternal mortality rates mask a bigger need to improve the process of global health estimation, and they deflect attention away from the need for action to improve the health of the most vulnerable.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Walkers from across southern New England are invited to step forward on October 4, 2009 at 11a.m.

By Paul Tosto, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. Nov. 23--Pressed to find new sources of cash, University of Minnesota Medical School leaders are interested in selling the school's name in return for a big-time donation -- as much as $150 million.

By Felice J. Freyer; Journal Medical Writer Juan C. Vasquez wants to learn, but he also wants to act - to fix things. The 23-year-old medical student is studying why asthma is more prevalent and more severe among Latino children. But not just to know, although knowing is important.