MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The makers of a twice-rejected pill designed to boost sexual desire in women are hoping a yearlong lobbying...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. teens are getting sleepier: Many lack even seven hours of shut-eye each night and the problem has...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist Valentine’s Day has passed but if you want to keep the romantic fires burning, don’t fret. In the words of...
LINDA A. JOHNSON, AP Business Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Imagine being able to identify who is likely to develop a particular disease — and then...
(The Star-Tribune) – Surgeons who operate on blood vessels in the brain are hailing new data that suggest many more patients would survive strokes if they...
(Tech Times) – Puerto Rico has an obesity crisis. It has higher incidence of childhood obesity compared with mainland United States. In a bid to...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama heralded a “new phase in the fight” against Ebola on Wednesday and said progress against the...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and...
(CBC News) – For decades, health organizations and governments have encouraged people to limit how much fatty foods they eat. Now, it looks like the...
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American For nearly 20 years, a chronic health problem has endured for Eddie Branch of...
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%)...
