BRISTOL, England (UPI) – Dyslexia is not connected to bad eyesight, according to a study which found that many patients had near-perfect vision at the same...
NEW DELHI (CBS News) – The World Health Organization has adopted a plan to combat an alarming resistance against antibiotic drugs. It’s an issue health experts warn will...
(Reuters) – Drug developer GlobeImmune Inc said its experimental hepatitis B drug did not reduce infection in patients after 24 weeks of treatment in a...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sticky plaque gets the most attention, but now healthy seniors at risk of Alzheimer’s are letting scientists peek...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Cheeraz Gormon received an invitation to lobby in Washington on behalf of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power...
Compiled from wire reports Special to the NNPA via the Florida Courier For the first time, a national scientific study has found a higher...
Damon Tweedy, THE NEW YORK TIMES DURHAM, N.C. (The New York Times) — In virtually every field of medicine, black patients as a group fare the...
BOUBACAR DIALLO, Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Relatives of Ebola victims are transporting their bodies on public transportation in Guinea, seating the corpses upright between...
(Utah People’s Post) – Sleep problems are often caused by various mental illnesses, such as depression or post-traumatic stress disorder, but a new research shows...
FARMINGTON, Conn. (WTNH) — What inventor Eric Knight has been working on for five and a half years could be the key to managing Alzheimer’s...
(Daily Times Gazette) – At the age of four years, Alyssa Howes unfortunately became blind and started having up to 20 seizures per day. From...
(CBS News) – Skipping meals may seem like a shortcut to losing weight, but a new study suggests it could backfire and actually increase belly...
(Telegraph) – Suffering from erectile dysfunction? According to a new study, coffee could be the cure. Researchers from the University of Texas found that men...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Robert Ginyard doesn’t have a cure for cancer nor does he have a...
(Silverlink) – Millions of Americans are suffering from irritable bowel syndrome; it is a gastrointestinal syndrome on the large intestine that causes symptoms like cramping...
WEDNESDAY (HealthDay News) — The cluster of heart risk factors known as the “metabolic syndrome” might raise the risk of heart disease more for black women...
(News Quench) – An alarming 34.7 percent of Americans have a condition known as metabolic syndrome, which stems from high blood pressure and high abdominal fat...
(HNGN) – Boys who smoke marijuana are 4-inches shorter than boys who have never smoked cannabis, according to a new study presented at the European Congress...
(NWA Online) – The Federal Trade Commission and all 50 states accused four cancer charities of being “sham charities,” saying the groups had deceived donors and...
(Nature World Report) – Anyone consuming too much gluten can suffer from celiac disease, which is an immune disorder. This disorder is responsible for causing...
(Benchmark Reporter) – Not only is breast density linked to an increased risk of cancer, it can also make cancer much harder to detect since...
(Times-Gazette) – MIT and Duke scientists discovered an area inside the brain that is sensitive for the time of one’s speech, a crucial element for spoken...
By Chris Bennett Special to the NNPA from The Seattle Medium Three days after being diagnosed with breast cancer on her 35th birthday Bridgette...
Maanvi Singh, NPR (NPR.com) — They switched diets. Twenty South Africans gave up their corn porridge and vegetable stews for burgers and fries. And 20...
(The StarPhoenix) — The strength of your handshake could indicate the chance of a future heart attack, a major study led by a McMaster University...
