BARCELONA, Spain, Dec.

Researchers reported on Sunday that it could be possible to predict the effects of obesity, diabetes and heart disease through genes, although the process is not more complex than was once thought.

By AUDREY HOFFER Washington -- While pharmaceutical sales representatives inform doctors about drugs, physicians and patients would benefit from an objective source of drug information from outside the industry, says U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl.

By Stacey Burling, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jun. 12--The evidence of Kristin Nocco's competitors was easy to see as she walked into Dr. Melanie Jewell's waiting room in South Philadelphia early one morning this month.

By Olenchek, Christina STATE A state program that uses pharmaceutical-industry tactics to convince doctors to prescribe cost-effective drugs is set to expand within several months.