(CBS News) – It may seem like Americans have been inundated with calls to get more sleep, but these efforts are not without reason. The...
MARY ESCH, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Bottles of Walmart-brand echinacea, an herb said to ward off colds, were found to contain no echinacea at...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama gathered with beneficiaries of his health care law Tuesday to argue that the persistent effort to wipe it out...
(National Geographic) – The oceans have long taunted those who thirst. Records dating to A.D. 200 show that sailors boiled seawater and used sponges to...
(CNBC) – Sanofi launched an inhalable insulin in the United States on Tuesday in a potential boost for its flagging diabetes drug sales and for patient quality...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most non-medical HIV health care workers earned a “D” when surveyed on the science and treatment...
Abby Phillip, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—In the face of a growing measles outbreak, President Obama is urging parents to heed modern science and vaccinate...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Declaring that “the possibilities are boundless,” President Obama on Friday announced a major biomedical research initiative, including plans to collect genetic...
ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting...
(The Westside Story) – Researchers at the University of Birmingham studied the sleeping patterns of professional game players to trace if sleep affects their performance. These...
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...
