Health

A month after his surgery, the first man to receive a new kind of artificial heart is still going strong.

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Despite earlier signals that they would postpone the vote, House Republican leaders now say they will push forward on managed care reform before adjourning for the August recess.

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Pope John Paul II urged President Bush Monday to ban stem cell research using human embryos.

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After a federal agency suspended all research on humans last week, Johns Hopkins Medicine will be allowed to resume their work with the agency's approval.

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A federal oversight agency suspended almost all of Johns Hopkins federally financed medical research involving human subjects.

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The National Institutes of Health released a study today underscoring the tremendous potential of embryonic stem cells to treat everything from Alzheimer's disease to cancer.

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President Bush today promised to "modernize and strengthen Medicare" in addition to offering a discounted prescription coverage for seniors.

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After this background report by Susan Dentzer, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson discusses discount prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.

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Scientists in Virginia are the first in the world to harvest human embryos for the sole purpose of using the stem cells for research.

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Doctors from the University of Louisville implanted the world's first self-contained artificial heart Monday. Doctors Laman Gray and Robert Dowling join Margaret Warner to discuss the surgery and its aftermath.

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