By 2030, 72.1 million Americans will be 65 or older. But the U.S. may struggle to get the 70 percent more home aides it will need, mainly due to the low salary. So who is going to take care of the elderly? Robots, researchers say. The technology is almost there for robots to take care of, and interact with, the elderly. 

Research shows that immigrants have a higher rate of heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure when they live in the U.S. The assumption is that the U.S. will provide more health benefits and care to immigrants but in reality, research shows as people adopt new behaviors like smoking, drinking, poor diet and lack of exercise, they become unhealthy.

An enormous spreadsheet of federal data helps give a glimpse at the varying amounts charged and paid for some important treatments at hospitals in King, Snohomish and Skagit counties.

In an op-ed for the New York Times today, actress Angelina Jolie explains why she underwent a preventative mastectomy. Jolie has a faulty BRCA1 gene, which means she has a 87 percent higher risk for breast cancer. After the procedures, Jolie's risk dropped to five percent. 

Fallout from the trend of merging hospitals with Catholic hospitals.

The battle is over fluoridation of drinking water.

A new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found that in 2010 there were nearly 5,000 more deaths by suicide than car crashes. Suicide rates among adults ages 35 to 64 increased by almost 30 percent. 

The study found extending Medicaid helped the families financially but didn't have much effect on their health, at least short-term. Here's why the ensuing debate is misleading.

The Obama administration is attempting to keep girls under 15 from having access to the over-the-counter emergency contraception. The FDA had attempted to lift age restrictions on the pill in 2011, when Kathleen Sebelius,  secretary of health and human services, stopped sales to young girls without a perscription, citing safety. 

Mother Jones reporter Mac McClelland's cousin, Houston, exhibited symptoms of schizophrenia before he stabbed his father 60 times. When the family expressed concern before the murder, they were told calling the police was their only option. "The fact that what Houston did was 'so heinous' didn't mean he wasn't a victim, too."