(MedPage Today) – Now that the vitamin D research fires have begun to die down, I wanted to look into this apparent health fad to...
(New York Times) – Regular consumption of yogurt may help lower the risk for Type 2 diabetes, a new study has found. Researchers followed almost 200,000...
(New York Times) – A power device used during uterine surgery in at least 50,000 women a year in the United States risks spreading cancerous tissue and should...
Meghan Glynn, NEWSDAY (Newsday.com)—According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21.9 million people in the United States are diagnosed diabetics — with an additional...
(Medical News Today) – Reporting their findings in the journal Science, the international team, led by researchers at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, say because of...
(Live Science) – A laser that is normally used in tattoo removal can also treat facial scarring from acne, according to a new study. In...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Some low-cost generic drugs that have helped restrain health care costs for decades are seeing unexpected price spikes...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Taking a cholesterol-lowering drug for five years in middle age can lower heart and death risks for...
WESTMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — A proposal that would have made the town the first in the nation to ban all tobacco sales has gone up...
DALLAS (USA Today) — In sickness — and now in health — Amber Vinson and Derrick Markray know love can survive anything, even Ebola. “I said...
(Time) – What’s the opposite of brain food? Trans fat, finds a new study presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014. Eating a lot of...
(Vice News) – An estimated 2.5 billion people lack access to proper sanitation around the world, and more than a billion defecate openly. Some 4 billion cases...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer A coalition of companies and aid groups announced plans Tuesday to test experimental drugs and collect blood plasma from Ebola...
HOPE YEN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With many seniors facing high medical bills, a congressional investigation has found that federal government websites meant to give...
by Kate Bratskeir Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times Coffee is good. Coffee is great. More than half of adults in the U.S. think so,...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Sharon Carter does everything that she can to lose weight. After years of overindulging,...
Josh Barro, THE NEW YORK TIMES LOS ANGELES (The New York Times)—News articles often describe Truvada, the daily medication that has been shown to greatly reduce...
(Politico) – A majority of Americans give good reviews for insurance they recently acquired through government exchanges within the past year, a new poll shows. With...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Use of electronic cigarettes by high school students tripled over three years, according to a new government...
DALLAS (USA Today) — Attorneys representing the family of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan said Wednesday the hospital that treated him will pay his relatives an undisclosed...
JOSEPH PISANI, AP Business News NEW YORK (AP) — Gym classes that promise a plump posterior are in high demand. A surgery that pumps fat into...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Childhood obesity has quadrupled in teenagers, and more than doubled in children over the course of...
by Dorothy Rowley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Older adults who’ve lost their sense of smell — namely, the ability to pick up...
Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The federal health insurance exchange went live Sunday night for window shopping — a couple days later than some...
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As the biggest-ever outbreak of Ebola continues to ravage West Africa, here are a few key numbers to...
