Lauren Neergaard, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Give flu vaccine another chance: This year’s version got a recipe change that should make it more...
Silvia Hernandez, PIONEER NEWS (PioneerNews.com) – It is common knowledge that coffee has stimulant properties. And obviously, the stimulant properties of coffee come greatly...
David Kroll, FORBES (Forbes) – Black children were more than half as likely as white children to be given opioid pain medicine when arriving in U.S. emergency...
(CBS News) – The diabetes drug Jardiance sharply reduced chances of dying in diabetic patients at high risk of heart complications, a study shows, making the type...
Sumayah Aamir, I4U.COM (I4U.com) – The experts have identified a special protein that can be applied to cardiac patients in the form of patches....
Dave Swanson, REVIEWED.COM (Reviewed.com) – Not that you had any doubt about it, but snacking is here to stay. In contrast to America’s...
Anna Molin, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL STOCKHOLM (The Wall Street Journal) — A 3-year-old girl with Type 2 diabetes, one of the youngest people...
Sarah Hedgecock and Matthew Herper, FORBES (Forbes.com) – Last week, the NIH held a press conference announcing that a study on blood pressure recommendations...
(Reuters) – Six out of 10 Nigerian children experience some form of violence and a quarter of girls suffer sexual violence, according to a survey conducted...
(NBC News) – Could making your kid play outside help prevent nearsightedness later? A Chinese study published Tuesday suggests it can. With 30 percent of Americans...
(Reuters Health) – When patients are hospitalized more than once in the same month, it may have more to do with their income or education levels...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – AIDS activists fighting to end the epidemic in the Black community can take cues from the...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A government task force says a daily low-dose aspirin could help certain people in their 50s and 60s...
The Misty Melony Sickle Cell Disease Foundation Aims to Make Life Better for Sickle Cell Patients By Brian W. Carter Special to the NNPA from the...
MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — The facts are hard to fathom: a mother alone with her 3-year-old son in a playground for...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Consumers aren’t looking for health problems when they shop at dollar stores or keep older furniture, but...
Paul Jablow, The Inquirer (Philly.com) — For researchers, physicians – and patients – prostate cancer has always been among the most maddening and elusive of foes....
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (UPI) — Drinkers of diet beverages were found to obtain more of their daily caloric intake from discretionary “junk” foods, likely canceling out the benefits...
(Reuters Health) – Adults who get too much or too little sleep may have the beginnings of “hardening” of the arteries, which can be an early...
(9 News) – A 24-hour cancer blood test could save patients the pain of not know their diagnoses for weeks and give patients better chances of...
THURSDAY (HealthDay News) — Struggling to breathe with sinus troubles can keep you from getting a good night’s sleep. But a new study suggests that surgery...
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dr. William Grier, a psychiatrist who co-authored the groundbreaking 1968 book, “Black Rage,” which offered the first psychological...
(The Guardian) – Writer Rebecca Skloot has hit back at a Tennessee parent who is trying to have her acclaimed biography of Henrietta Lacks removed from local schools, saying the...
By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Stressed-out students in England recently received a little help with their anxiety after school...
(Fox News) – People with type 2 diabetes who smoke have significantly higher risks of heart disease, stroke, and death than diabetic non-smokers, a new study...
