(HealthDay News) — Many Americans are likely using daily low-dose aspirin inappropriately in the hopes of preventing a first-time heart attack or stroke, a new study suggests. Researchers found that of...
(Daily Mail) – A daytime nap is an essential part of every baby’s routine. It allows newborns and toddlers the downtime they need to cope with...
BEIJING (AP) — China is ramping up its assistance in the fight against Ebola by dispatching an additional 232 army medical workers to West Africa,...
NEW YORK — In the midst of a worrisome flu season, health officials are pushing doctors to prescribe antiviral medicines more often. The Centers for...
(Politico) – The House easily passed legislation Thursday afternoon changing the Affordable Care Act’s definition of a full-time workweek to 40 hours, the first step...
(The Huffington Post) – In recent years, neuroscientists have become increasingly interested in the idea that there may be a powerful link between the human brain and...
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer The World Health Organization says the two leading Ebola vaccines appear safe and will soon be tested in healthy volunteers in West...
(Reuters) – China will allow online sales of prescription drugs as early as this month, a policy that will open up an over 1 trillion yuan ($161 billion) market...
(CNBC) – Even when there’s good news for health insurance prices, workers still can’t catch a break. A slow-down in growth of premium prices for...
(CNBC) – Robin Wiener has achieved something many small-business owners have struggled to do: She has lowered her firm’s health-care premiums. The dip isn’t huge....
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is increasing assistance to Western African countries hard-hit by the Ebola virus, setting aside 3 million euros ($3.55 million)...
(Forbes) – Teixobactin is the first new class of antibiotic announced in decades. That news and even more importantly, the elegant way it was discovered,...
(New York Times) – The Food and Drug Administration has raised new questions about the safety of an adult laxative routinely given to constipated children, sometimes daily for years....
(Ozy) – Before and after, there’s the bachelor/bachelorette party, the rehearsal dinner and the day-after brunch. There’s the photo booth, which is a definite necessity these...
PITTSBURGH (Philly.com) – People with type 1 diabetes who intensively control their blood glucose soon after diagnosis are likely to live longer than those who...
(HealthDay News) — A drug already used to treat overactive bladder may also someday help control weight by boosting the metabolic powers of brown fat, a small study suggests. While...
(Reuters) – The DASH diet, rich in vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, has been named the best overall diet for the fifth consecutive year,...
(AP) – The flu is now widespread in all but seven states, and hospitalization rates match the dismal season two years ago. While health officials fear...
(Reuters) – The number of children treated annually for accidental pot consumption in Colorado has reached double-digits and a drug treatment chain has seen a...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As families prepare to choose health insurance coverage during the open enrollment period, a recent report...
Mary Clare Jalonick, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The government issues dietary guidelines every five years to encourage Americans to eat healthier. This year’s version...
(CNN) — Shannon Zwanziger seemed perfectly healthy. She was an active 17-year-old who rarely got sick and hadn’t been to a doctor in more than three...
(The Telegraph) – The majority of cancers are the result of bad luck rather than unhealthy lifestyles or inherited genetic faults, scientists have discovered. For years...
(USA Today) – Physician Praveen Arla is witnessing a reversal of health care fortunes: Poor, long-uninsured patients are getting Medicaid through Obamacare and finally coming...
(Time) – In a survey of 3,000 Americans, researchers at Consumer Reports report Tuesday that most are confused about how weight loss supplements make it to market,...
