Obesity causes more than 100,000 cases of cancer in the United States each year according to a report from the American Association for Critical Illness Insurance, creating a greater financial strain on health insurance companies and American families.

Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following remarks on the Senate floor this afternoon in regard to transparecy being the guiding principle of health insurance reform. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:

The Huffington Post is currently running a write in campaign urging women to relate stories about Health insurers and discrimination against women. Women are relating some truly horrifying stories about how their health insurance is being canceled after being raped, due to seeking medical help for rape related illnesses.

A new study finds that one in five patients with chronic kidney disease is depressed, even before beginning long-term dialysis therapy or developing end-stage renal disease.

White House senior advisor, David Axelrod, will be appearing on ABC News "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" today, Sunday, October 18, 2009. Among the topics that will be discussed is the public option for health insurance that is so conspicuously absent from the Senate Finance Committee’s Baucus bill passed last week.

On Friday, U.S. health officials announced that information on health-related issues can be sent to seniors from their private health insurance providers, as long as the members were allowed to opt out of receiving the communications. The announcement has led to the closing of the investigation into Humana, a major insurance company that was allegedly trying to scare seniors with a mailer claiming that, under Obama's health care reform plan, the members would lose important health benefits.

At yesterday's meeting of the Senate Finance Committee, the "Baucus bill," which addresses health insurance reform for the United States, passed in a vote of 14-9. However, now that health care reform is one step closer to a reality, liberals insist the bill is too moderate.

The hold-out Senate Finance Committee voted by a 14-9 margin to move the fifth and final health care reform proposal through the conservative panel. Senator Olympia J. Snowe was the lone republican who voted in favor of the reform proposal. She joined all 13 Democrats on the panel in support of the landmark bill.

Women with breast cancer are likely to have low levels of vitamin D, which could contribute to decreased bone mass and greater risk of fractures.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and there's good news for post-menopausal women. Engaging in moderate to vigorous exercise may result in a reduced risk of breast cancer.

New research reveals the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test may lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment of prostate cancer.

By a vote of 406 to 18 the House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill to hold Medicare premiums steady for all beneficiaries for the next year. The bill now goes to the Senate, where the Finance Committee is expected to address the bill soon.