(Telegraph) – Liberia released its last current Ebola patient from hospital on Thursday, marking the West African nation’s unexpected transition from critical-list patient to international poster boy...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The suicide rate for girls and young women in the U.S. continues to rise, at a pace...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say people should eat less sugar. But that’s easier said than done. Anyone who has tried cutting...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The miserable flu season is winding down but not quite over yet, health officials said Wednesday, even as...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a rare series of interlinked operations, six patients are getting kidney transplants from six donors at a San Francisco hospital....
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization will start large-scale testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine in Guinea on Saturday to...
(National Monitor) – Orexigen Therapeutics saw its shares skyrocket to its highest point in 18 months after declaring that its diet pill, Contrave, had benefits...
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone’s sugar high. The U.N. health agency...
(CNN) – Here’s a pair of twins no one will have trouble telling apart: One is white, and one is black. Thanks to a rare...
(Utah People’s Post) – Selling e-cigarettes to minors falls under illegal status in 41 states in the U.S. but a new study has found out...
(Reuters) – Chris Barr had no problem getting his eight children exempted from vaccinations when they went to school. First in California, and later when...
(HealthDay News) — Drinking three to five cups of coffee a day may reduce the risk of developing clogged arteries, which in turn might reduce...
(McKnight’s) – Government investigators are calling for greater scrutiny of antipsychotics use among dementia patients in post-acute settings beyond nursing homes. Nearly a third of...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist Whether you vowed to lose the weight – for the very last time, get your dream job, or harder yet,...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Nations is urging donors, organizations and countries fighting Ebola in West Africa not to give in to complacency as the...
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY (USA Today)—At a time when measles is making a dramatic comeback, a new study finds that more than 70% of children’s...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a “culture change” in the five years since she started...
(USA Today) – No time for exercise? Too busy to eat right? What kind of a toll is it all taking on your health? There’s...
NEW YORK (AP) — UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, said Thursday it is tightening its coverage rules on hysterectomies. The company says it will require...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations of products, and...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What if cauliflower got the same type of marketing firepower as candy bars and potato chips?...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the ever-complicated debate over labeling of genetically modified foods, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offers this idea: Use...
TOM McELROY, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he...
(Politico) – Mississippi has a sickly reputation. The Magnolia State ranks at or near the bottom in most health rankings: worst infant mortality and most kids...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s health secretary told Congress Tuesday that she has no administrative actions available to fix the “massive...
