Tara Siegel Bernard, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Christine Salerno is like many other single working mothers with small children, but her days are...
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans bought less soda for the 10th straight year in 2014, with diet sodas shrinking more than their sugary counterparts, according...
MICHAEL VIRTANEN, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — By day, Tanya Lemon was a 35-year-old single mother who took care of her four children. By night,...
RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence overrode state law and his own anti-drug policies Thursday to authorize a short-term needle-exchange program...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Sometimes celebrities or otherwise physically fit people will put on a fat suit and document their experience with...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly In a new study that could help improve the day-to-day quality-of-life for women with breast cancer, UCLA researchers...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Ebola has taken its greatest toll on babies. About 90 percent of children under age 1 who caught the virus...
(The Huffington Post) – You know these people: they bound out of bed in the morning ready to tackle their sunrise bike rides. They leave...
MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty years ago, insurance companies had the answer to the soaring cost of caring for the elderly....
(The Huffington Post) – It goes without saying that the United States’ childhood obesity rates are beyond problematic — approximately 17 percent of kids and adolescents in this...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist I get asked lots of questions about what, when, and how much food to eat in order to achieve a...
Richard Marini, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE (The Houston Chronicle)—A lot of the advice in the recently released U.S. dietary guidelines sounds familiar, yet it holds a...
Renee Lewis, AL JAZEERA AMERICA (Al Jazeera America)—The most widely used herbicide in the world, glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto product Roundup, was...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press KEITH RIDLER, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Potatoes that won’t bruise and apples that won’t brown are a step closer...
(Reuters) – An experimental drug from Biogen Idec Inc became the first Alzheimer’s treatment to significantly slow cognitive decline and reduce what is believed to...
(Mashable) – Are you an indoor gardener? Keeping house plants is a hobby that really gives back, making spaces look, feel and even smell fresh....
(Reuters) – The tobacco industry makes $7,000 for each of the more than 6 million people who die each year from smoking-related illness, the health...
(The Huffington Post) – Your TV may be wreaking havoc on your diet. Watching any old show on the tube while simultaneously snacking can contribute to...
(The Huffington Post) – I’ve never been one of those people. You know the kind, the ones who wake up in the morning or lace up in...
(Bloomberg) – In a crowded lab on the edge of Copenhagen, food scientists at Swiss biotech company Evolva Holding are scrambling to help reinvent one...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Researchers have identified common genetic traits that may explain how aspirin can help protect against colon cancer. It’s...
(AL.com) – As legislators consider prison reform in Alabama, a national expert on African-American health said the criminal justice system is a major source of...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “It’s the stress of what we are going through as a community that is...
(The Huffington Post) – I woke up in the middle of the night one night last year, and my boyfriend was missing from his side...
