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...
(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,...
