The White House considers healthcare reform to be vital to a U.S. economic recovery and wants the legislation approved by the end of the year. Read Summary >
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has approved a sweeping bill designed to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, clearing the way for a vote by the full House in the fall. Read Summary >
A new collaboration by doctors and computer specialists has produced a series of online games that its creators say help people with multiple sclerosis. Read Summary >
Statistics show that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a lobbying group that represents 32 brandname drug companies, and its member companies have spent $40 million lobbying Congress as the lawmakers work to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system. Read Summary >
Researchers have found that in couples living with chronic pain, the person who isn't dealing with pain may be invalidating the feelings of a person who is, and this can lead to less intimacy in the relationship. Read Summary >
New research published in the Archives of Neurology has found that multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who smoke experience a faster progression of the disease. Read Summary >
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says there will be no vote on healthcare reform before Congress takes its August break, a move that would go against President Obama's announced timetable for its vote. Read Summary >
