Late-night meals can spoil efforts to get into shape

He was a big guy. I would guess he was around 350 pounds. Sweat poured from his face as he walked away from the treadmills at Lifetime Fitness.

Reproductive issues spark fight

Dayton, Ohio — Political turmoil over abortion and birth control spread suddenly on Tuesday. A high-ranking official resigned from the Komen breast-cancer charity after its backtracking treaty with Planned Parenthood, and Republican presidential candidates blistered the Obama administration for a recent ruling on Catholic hospitals and contraception.

Chronic pulmonary disease therapies don’t include cure

Dear Dr. Donohue: My wife was diagnosed with COPD. She is on medicines and has been given lung tests that confirm COPD. Is there a cure?

Komen exec Karen Handel quits after Planned Parenthood funding flap

Karen Handel, the charity’s vice president for public policy, told Komen officials that she supported the move to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. She said the discussion started before she arrived at the organization and was approved at the highest levels of the charity.

CDC: Bread beats out chips as biggest salt source

Atlanta — Bread and rolls are the No. 1 source of salt in the American diet, accounting for more than twice as much sodium as salty junk food like potato chips.

Pennsylvania vending machine dispenses ‘morning-after’ pill

Students at Shippensburg University in central Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine installed at the request of the student government.

Patient cannot tolerate sleep apnea mask

Dear Dr. Donohue: On my own, I went to a sleep clinic to be assessed for sleep apnea. After two nights there, I was told I need a CPAP machine. They decided I needed a full-face mask because I am a mouth-breather. After the first night, I knew I could not wear that mask. Finally, after five months of stress, I went to my heart doctor and a lung doctor. They told me not to put myself through such stress.

White House hints at compromise on birth control to tame uproar

Washington — Hammered by Republicans and the Catholic Church, the White House hinted at compromise Tuesday as it struggled to calm an election-year uproar caused by its rule requiring religious schools and hospitals to provide employees with access to free birth control.

Learn proper flu etiquette

Don't laugh but there is a socially proper way to have the flu. And Anna Post, great-great-granddaughter of the doyen of proper etiquette, Emily Post, has put together the flu etiquette ground rules.

Henry Ford Health System opens center in Bloomfield Hills

Henry Ford Health System is opening its 32nd medical center Monday at a site in Bloomfield Hills.

Rules to spare kids smoky cars urged

Chicago — Texting while driving, speeding and back-seat hanky-panky aren't all that parents need to worry about when their kids are in cars: Add secondhand smoke to the list.

Big medical bills may add up to qualified tax breaks

Taxpayers swamped by big medical bills in 2011 can get some relief when they file income tax forms this spring thanks to an overlooked deduction that is hard to reach in a typical year.

New program to improve poor's access to medicine

Detroit— Details of a new national program to improve how the uninsured receive prescription medication are expected to be released in Detroit.

Whooshing in ear could be serious, must be checked

Dear Dr. Donohue: I am a 72-year-old woman who had a scope exam of my stomach and esophagus done a few weeks ago. The next morning I woke and heard a loud whoosh-whoosh in my left ear.

Six-organ transplant saves girl, 9

Coach’s emphasis on stretching stirs debate

The gift of organ donation is priceless

Backlash hits cancer charity

Marijuana isn’t as destructive as nicotine because you smoke less

Firm recalls hard-boiled eggs, sold in Mich., for possible listeria

Boehner: Feds should back off birth control order

All of us, even Princes, need diet discipline

Planned Parenthood grants cut

Consult doctor for voice troubles lasting beyond couple of weeks

Take preventive measures to eschew the flu

Be cautious if you stop taking meds

Pfizer recalls 28 lots of birth control pills

Cancer charity halts grants to Planned Parenthood

St. Joseph Mercy Oakland to open fourth urgent care