by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Things are “moving in the right direction” in terms of the treatment of mental health...
(CNN) – A person may not have to “see color” to be racist. Some blind people, just like sighted people, make judgments about others based on...
Lindsey Tanner, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — A racial gap in kidney transplants appears to have closed, a 13-year study found. Rates of such transplants...
Maria Cheng, ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON (AP) — A tiny, wireless pacemaker could offer some heart patients a surgery-free alternative to the traditional devices, a...
Ben Hirschler and Ludwig Burger, REUTERS (REUTERS) — Bayer will move a heart failure drug into final-stage testing this year, boosting its ambitions in...
(The Root) – It’s never much of a surprise when I hear it, but it stings all the same. Freddie Gray would be alive today if...
(Banbury Cake) – A top doctor has warned of a “tidal wave” of diabetes patients as figures revealed one in 10 people are at risk of developing...
(AL.com) – Kraft Heinz has issued a recall for more than 2 million pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon after consumers have reported becoming sick, according to...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A pediatricians’ group is recommending that infants at high risk of peanut allergies be given foods containing peanuts...
(Jacksonville.com) – Lou Brock is one of the elite players in baseball history, master of stolen bases and owner of numerous awards and honors. While visiting...
(Fox News) – Taking one or two baby aspirins a day for at least five years was tied to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law doesn’t start for another couple of months, but the next...
LONDON (AP) — Health researchers say there are now nearly 47 million people living with dementia globally, up from 35 million in 2009. They warned that...
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Doctors have returned to work at Ghana’s public hospitals, ending a three-week strike that saw only police and military hospitals open...
SYLVIE CORBET, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has been grappling with how to reconcile religious beliefs with secular values when it comes to pork in...
(CBS News) – If you’ve gone to the pharmacy recently, there’s a good chance you may have noticed the cost of a generic drug isn’t what...
(CBS News) – Putting in extended days at the office may do more than just stress you out and cramp your social life. New research shows...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Scientists have finally figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat, a major discovery that could...
FRANCIS KOKUTSE, Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana is going to bring in about 170 Cuban doctors to work at health facilities amid a doctors’...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Move over, “Obamacare.” A new poll finds Americans worried about medication costs and broadly supporting government action to curb...
(Reuters) – Americans broadly support providing federal funding for free women’s health exams, screenings and contraception services, a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found, suggesting risks for Republicans...
(HealthDay News) — Just one or two drinks a day can increase the risk of certain cancers, researchers report. A new study of 136,000 adults found...
(Reuters) – U.S. teens who try electronic cigarettes may be more than twice as likely to move on to smoking conventional cigarettes as those who have never...
(The Atlantic) – For the first time, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging education policymakers to start middle- and high-school classes later...
(CBS News) – Colon cancer patients who regularly drink caffeinated coffee may be lowering their risk of tumor recurrence and death from the disease, new research...
