The FDA, under Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret Hamburg, says nutrition labeling is a new priority. It recently issued 17 warning letters to food manufacturers, saying one or more of their products featured misleading health or nutritional claims. Full story »

With a spinal-cord bruise, the nerves may begin to work again — allowing movement and sensation — after the swelling recedes. But it’s impossible for doctors to guarantee how much, or when, function may return.  Full story »

The 21-day program offers celebrity tips, daily eating advice, a meal plan with recipes and grocery lists, educational videos, a moderated support forum and an interactive vegan restaurant guide. Celebrity "coaches" offer encouragement to participants. Full story »

Food-borne illnesses cost Ohio an estimated $5.8 billion per year in health-care spending, says a report to be released today, the first to give a look at state-level costs. Full story »

A study that looked at breast cancer patients in China found that those who ate more soy in their diets had a lower mortality rate and appeared to have had some protective effect.  Full story »

Recent studies point out the health benefits of the right kind of soy. As a result, soy products like tofu and tempeh, once considered the province of vegetarians, are getting another chance at mainstream America's dinner tables.  Full story »

A symposium today on how the arts can help Alzheimer's disease patients kicks off a new working relationship between two venerable institutions: the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Clinic. Full story »

The 375,000-square-foot, 120-bed hospital -- as yet unnamed -- will put all of UH's cancer services in a single location, concentrating departments and services that are spread out among numerous buildings at the hospital's main campus at University Circle. Full story »

Insurance company owner Hoyt C. Murray and his family has given University Hospitals $1 million to fund professional audiology education and to further develop and expand audiology programs at UH Case Medical Center and Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. Full story »

The Cuyahoga County health department this week began discussions on how to implement a program in which every restaurant and food vendor in the county would have to display a sign that announces how well the establishment complies with the health and food safety code. Full story »

There’s nothing that registered respiratory therapist Nick Orosz won’t do for his patients, including persuading the director of the hospital’s community pharmacy to sell, at a discount, a special cold-weather mask for folks with breathing problems. Full story »

Parma Community General Hospital joins the Cleveland Clinic in refusing to hire smokers. Full story »

Whenever she needs material for the VNA hospice volunteers who sew hospital gowns for patients, she knows she can get it by posting just two words to the internet: "Got Fabric?" Full story »

The Cleveland Health Department's new online database of food inspection reports was so popular that users crashed the site shortly after its launch. Full story »

Many caregivers struggle with major depression themselves. Much of the strain stems from the fact that the depressed person becomes the main focus of the caregiver's life. Full story »