(CBS News) – Head lice are a giant nuisance — as many as 12 million American school children between the ages of 3 and 11 get...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Today, close to one in four Black children – as young as 2 years old – is...
by Victoria T. Davis Special to the NNPA from The Indianapolis Recorder Within the last few weeks, Dalelynn Bradshaw-Settle, 28, did something she never thought she...
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — The drug makers of a “little pink pill” touted as a boost for female sexual desire will learn...
(WTVOX) – Google announced a partnership with DexCom – the leader in continuous glucose monitoring – to create a disposable glucose monitoring device. Google’s Life Sciences,...
(The Daily Herald) – Life has its ups and downs, but parenthood is supposed to be among the most joyous. At least that’s what the movies...
by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Nearly a million people signed up for health insurance under President Obama’s law even after the official enrollment season...
(NDTV) – Soon after the announcement of its new CEO Sundar Pichai and a holding company called Alphabet, the Google Life Sciences team has teamed up with a healthcare...
London (Live Mint) – Listening to music before, during and after surgery reduces patients’ pain, eases anxiety and lessens the need for painkillers, British scientists said...
(CBS News) – Lyme disease may be grossly under-reported in the United States. Government researchers say the tick-borne infection affects about 10 times as many Americans as previously...
Dubai (Gulf News) – Saturated fats are one of the main building blocks of many cellular structures in the human body and should be consumed in...
(CBS News) – Minor ailments you might be tempted to ignore could be early signs of a serious illness. That’s the message of a recent Reader’s...
(BABW News) – According to Fierce Health Care, a recent review of the sanitation procedures used in hospitals revealed that the practices have huge, unsafe gaps. Jennifer...
(India Today) – Forget treadmill work stations, a portable pedalling device under the desk can provide a convenient way to keep sedentary workers active at work,...
(HealthDay News) – Fried chicken, sweet tea and greens cooked in bacon fat — delicious hallmarks of a Southern diet — may increase your risk for...
(Australian Broadcasting Company) – Listening to music might help prevent epileptic seizures, a US study has found. Researchers from Ohio State University discovered that epilepsy patients’...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A revamped Diet Pepsi without aspartame is popping up on store shelves. So will people start...
(HNGN) – Promising new research suggests patients with low testosterone levels who have gone one testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) could have a lower risk of cardiovascular events...
(Daily Mirror) – Parkinson’s Disease victims could be helped by a drug used for liver disease. Scientists found ursodeoxycholic acid increased energy levels in the cells...
(Reuters) – Despite an explosion of fitness advice from TV shows, blogs, books and online experts, a basic knowledge of health and exercise still eludes most...
By Felecia Piggott-Long, Ph. D. Special to the NNPA from The Winston-Salem Chronicle Today, it is not surprising to see women sporting kinky twists, locks, Nubian...
(Yahoo!) – Cliché sayings about how to get and stay married abound: Opposites attract, don’t go to bed angry, the grass is always greener on the...
(The Washington Post) – Picky eating is such a common complaint among parents of young children that some physicians consider it a normal part of childhood...
(Forbes) – As hospital operators begin to report second period earnings — the sixth consecutive quarter of new revenue from once uninsured patients — the number...
HOUSTON (UPI) – Injured adult cells in the body initiate a process present during embryonic cell development to protect themselves, but this effort at self-preservation often damages...
