CHICAGO (AP) — While the gladiators of the NFL are clashing in Phoenix at the Super Bowl, the titans of food will be fighting for...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — NFL veterans who started playing tackle football before the age of 12 are more likely to have cognitive...
KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Insurance companies, perhaps more than previously thought, may be charging the sickest patients extra for drugs under...
(Daily Burn) – People who snore may think that their partners or roommates are the ones most affected by their nightly symphonies — after all, they’re...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some 9.5 million people have already signed up for 2015 coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law, and...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans including significant numbers of Republicans would want lawmakers to restore federal aid for buying coverage under President...
(Salon) – 2014 was not a great year for Dr. Oz. Not only was he berated by Sen. Claire McCaskill in a Senate subcommittee hearing for promoting...
(BBC) – All of the types of medication in question are drugs that have an “anticholinergic” effect. Experts say people should not panic or stop...
(Health Leaders Media) – Federal officials have announced an accelerated effort to use payment reform as a mechanism to shift Medicare and the broader healthcare industry...
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — For the first time, all varieties of apples from the United States will go on sale in...
HOLBROOK MOHR and GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press The federal government’s failure to enforce the nation’s child protection laws is a “national disgrace” that leaves abused children...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Lori Simons took the bright orange pill at 3 a.m. Eight hours later, doctors sliced into her brain, looking for...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of abortion protesters swarming the city in their annual March for Life, Republicans muscled broadened abortion restrictions...
(CBS) – Every five seconds, someone in this country suffers a traumatic brain injury; a third of those cases will be severe enough to cause...
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is shifting her focus from Wall Street to the nation’s top pharmaceutical companies. The Massachusetts Democrat plans to...
Stephanie Nebehay, REUTERS GENEVA (Reuters)—The Ebola epidemic in West Africa appears to be ebbing, with fewer than 150 cases reported in the past week, but efforts...
(Sky News)—The best way to improve your memory will probably shock you. A study published in the Nature journal says memories can be retroactively enhanced...
Fred Barbash, THE WASHINGTON POST ANAHEIM, California (The Washington Post)—Sometime in early December, somebody who probably caught measles abroad visited one of the Disney theme parks...
Sarah Knapton, THE TELEGRAPH (TheTelegraph.co.uk)—NHS guidelines which advise 150 minutes of exercise a week should be revised to take into account that even small amounts...
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Close to 1,000 new cases of Ebola were recorded in the last three weeks despite progress in...
(Discovery) – Kids in the United States eat so much pizza that some researchers now argue the food should join the ranks of sugary drinks and...
(Daily Mail) – Just a single cup of coffee a day could help ward off skin cancer, said a study. Four cups daily, however, would be...
NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) – Evidence is piling up that too much sitting can take a serious toll on your health. A new study links sitting...
(Reuters) – The simple fact of growing up in a big city may not be a major factor in whether a child develops asthma, according to...
