'Questionable Prescription? (CBS News)Dr. James Shortt calls himself a "longevity physician," on the cutting edge of alternative medicine. But the death of one of his patients has been ruled a homicide and investigators are now looking at how she was treated.
'Duncan Ties Health Plan to Higher Cigarette Tax (Washington Post)Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan called yesterday for doubling the state's cigarette tax to expand health-care coverage for uninsured children, to cut the cost of prescription drugs and to boost spending on treatment for drug addicts.