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Government has been part of the business of medicine at least since the 1940s, when Washington began appropriating billions of dollars to build private and government hospitals.

Consumers in nine states expect to receive millions in rebates from their health insurers on this year's premiums because insurers did not hit a spending target for medical care. But consumer advocates say most insurers should be able to meet the spending rule.

Today, more than half of Americans who went to graduate school are liberal. Less than one in three were in 1994.

Cyanobacteria blooms continue to plague Lake Erie. Farms and wastewater have gotten a lot of attention for contributing nutrients that create these…

In her new book, Maia Szalavitz presents the view that addiction is a learning disorder. Commentator Alva Noe says if he understands correctly, learning may also play a role in overcoming addiction.

The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to be on the lookout for sketchy transactions. The law is 40 years old, but federal prosecutors just recently put more energy into enforcing it. They want banks to spot illegal transactions and blow the whistle before money changes hands.

If you want to build a new home, you want an architect who can take your lifestyle and design a home around it. When it comes to building an…

The University of Michigan has just opened a brand-new testing facility for autonomous vehicles, or “AVs.”MCity will test the AV technology in a very…

Author John Hudak says federal law makes it hard to prove the medicinal value of marijuana. "As a Schedule 1 drug, it is very difficult to do research on the plant," he explains.

The Michigan Chamber of Commerce is getting into the debate over horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.Fracking pumps a mixture of water, sand and…