(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...
(Reuters Health) – Heart attacks seem to have a bigger effect on life expectancy for women and African Americans than for white men, a new study...
Lauren Abdel-Razzaq, THE DETROIT FREE PRESS DETROIT (The Detroit Free Press) — The number of African-American males applying to medical school has steadily declined every year except...
Jeff Riley, THE DAILY TIMES GAZETTE (Daily Times Gazette) — With the combined efforts of health officials in the United States and US Preventive Services...
(Salon) – It’s a tale as old as time. Conservatives find themselves backed into a political corner, usually right before a contentious election season. In need...
MARLEY JAY, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that some doctors and pharmacies are getting confused by the...
MARIA CHENG, Associated Press Medical Writer RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response is officially winding...
(BBC) – In the US, poverty, deprivation and exploitation draw thousands of its own children down into a dark underworld that offers few ways out. It...
TRONDHEIM, Norway (UPI) — “Hard” physical training twice a week can help arthritis patients experience less pain and inflammation, as well as a small drop in BMI,...
(Reuters Health) – Being connected to friends, family and social groups may offer some protection against suicide, suggests a new U.S. study. Among more than 70,000...
(Time) – White man’s risk of getting prostate cancer is approximately 1 in 8, whereas for black men the risk was 1 in 4 Black men...
KATHY MATHESON, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest patient to...
(HNGN) – A team of researchers studied the association between blood pressure swings and heart disease. The study, published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine, involved analyzing...
DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – While hospitals are thought to be sterile, safe environments where sick people get better, not sicker a new investigation by Consumer Reports into...
