(University Herald) – A new research study has shown that many people who think they are depressed might actually be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea or...
(The Washington Post) – Most Americans who go to the doctor will get a diagnosis that is wrong or late at least once in their lives,...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Employers are leaving a bigger chunk of the bill for care to workers who use their health insurance, and benefits experts...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — With the third open enrollment season under the Affordable Care Act beginning in about six weeks, Obama administration officials said Tuesday...
(PBS) Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, is here to provide the Medicare answers you need in “Ask Phil, the Medicare...
MARIA CHENG, Associated Press RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press KENEMA, Sierra Leone (AP) — Something didn’t smell right. As a worker at Kenema...
(CNN) – When you’re first diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel like your life has been turned upside down. I know I did. But I’ve learned...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s plan to rein in prescription drug prices by reshaping how drugmakers do business is being...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Heterosexual Black men were largely invisible at the 2015 United States Conference on AIDS...
Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY (USA Today) – It’s a frustrating reality of the medical marketplace: Prices are all over the map....
Mary Clare Jalonick, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Add another item to lawmakers’ busy fall agenda: Congress must decide whether to do battle again with...
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...
