Medicare begins a major change next month that could save older diabetics money and time, but may cause some confusion.

It's not just cancer. Now some of the nuts-and-bolts tests given during checkups or hospital visits are getting a second look, too.

In a surprise move with election-year implications, the Obama administration's top health official overruled her own drug regulators and stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms.