(Maine News Study) – A comparative study was carried out to know the effects of reading regular books versus e-books. Researchers from Harvard Medical School...
(Los Angeles Times) – What do real-world doctors have to say about the advice dispensed on “The Dr. Oz Show”? Less than one-third of it...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The second sign-up season under President Barack Obama’s health care law is off to a good start but there...
(Reuters) – U.S. health regulators will recommend that gay men be allowed to donate blood one year after their last sexual contact, easing a ban...
(Bloomberg View) – The decision by Europe’s highest court that obesity can be a disability will only make a bad problem worse. Too many people in rich countries...
(Business Week) – Mabinty Mansaray’s plan for Christmas and New Year’s was the usual: grab her kids and her two sisters and take the bus from...
Health Officials Warn of Depression, Anxiety by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The holiday season often arrives with high expectations...
JULIE WATSON, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A consumer advocacy group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Aetna Inc. saying a new policy violates the...
by Valecia Weeks Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times What is that hideous word “DIET”? Well, it’s simply food and drink regularly consumed or as the...
(The Washington Post) – It’s not hard to understand what makes Dr. Oz so popular. Called “America’s doctor,” syndicated talk-show host Mehmet Oz speaks in a...
LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a man faked a heart attack inside a Florida Wal-Mart store so his friend could steal toys. The men...
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Colorado will spend more than $8 million researching marijuana’s medical potential — a new frontier because government-funded marijuana research...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer For the first time in two decades, a new treatment has been shown to limit the damage from a common...
OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Napster co-founder Sean Parker says he missed most of his final year in high school and has...
DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors charged 14 people in a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed 64 people nationwide in what...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Six patients given blood-cell transplants similar...
(New York Times) – We all know that exercise can make us fitter and reduce our risk for illnesses such as diabetes and heart disease. But...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t want to be confronted with the number of calories in that margarita or craft beer? Then avoid...
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first system that could be used by blood banks to destroy viruses and bacteria in...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to head off a new round of consumer headaches with President Barack Obama’s health care law, the insurance...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens, the government’s annual drug use survey finds. Even...
Orange, Calif. (New York Times) — Nick Meza, 18, recently had another five-day round of chemotherapy at the outpatient clinic here at Children’s Hospital of Orange County. Usually...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Monday approved President Barack Obama’s nomination of Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s push to cover America’s uninsured faces another big test Monday. This time, it’s not only how...
(New York Times) – The Commonwealth Fund has been publishing surveys comparing health care in industrialized countries since 1998, a continuing report card in which...
