LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors are getting a new way to diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome — and influential government advisers say it’s...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dietary advice can be confusing. Is it OK to eat meat and eggs? Is fat in or out?...
JOHN RABY, Associated Press EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — With rampant diabetes and obesity, Mississippi and West Virginia have struggled with health...
(Forbes) – The official measles count is up to 121 cases in 17 states, the CDC reported on Monday, and 85 percent of those resulted from the outbreak stemming from...
Association Celebrates ‘Go Red’ Day With Annual Campaign by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer A website saved her life. And...
(BBC) – Scientists are hopeful that “smart” insulins which are undergoing trials could revolutionise the way diabetes is managed. Instead of repeated blood tests and injections...
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim Special to the NNPA from the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Back in the days when a Black child ran afoul of his...
Neal Bennett, WTLV- and WJXX-TV via USA TODAY JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (USA Today)—A major breakthrough could be coming for patients who suffer from a particularly aggressive type...
(The Times-Gazette) – Researchers have developed a new smartphone accessory that can be used to diagnose HIV and syphilis within 15 minutes; and it works...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Thousands of travelers to the Caribbean and nearby regions are coming home with an unwanted souvenir: a mosquito-borne virus that...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The gap appears to be closing between death rates for black and white Americans infected with the...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama’s health care law, and this time it’s not...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in...
(The Independent) – Years of running too long and too far could be as bad for you as doing nothing at all, a study has...
(USA Today) – The transition to retirement isn’t always easy, especially the emotional adjustments, a new survey of retired Baby Boomers shows. About two-thirds (69%)...
(CBS News) – It may seem like Americans have been inundated with calls to get more sleep, but these efforts are not without reason. The...
MARY ESCH, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama gathered with beneficiaries of his health care law Tuesday to argue that the persistent effort to wipe it out...
(National Geographic) – The oceans have long taunted those who thirst. Records dating to A.D. 200 show that sailors boiled seawater and used sponges to...
(CNBC) – Sanofi launched an inhalable insulin in the United States on Tuesday in a potential boost for its flagging diabetes drug sales and for patient quality...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most non-medical HIV health care workers earned a “D” when surveyed on the science and treatment...
Abby Phillip, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—In the face of a growing measles outbreak, President Obama is urging parents to heed modern science and vaccinate...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Declaring that “the possibilities are boundless,” President Obama on Friday announced a major biomedical research initiative, including plans to collect genetic...
ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting...
(The Westside Story) – Researchers at the University of Birmingham studied the sleeping patterns of professional game players to trace if sleep affects their performance. These...
