LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s traveled to the sites of worrisome outbreaks of SARS, bird flu, MERS. But the Ebola outbreak that’s...
(New York Times) – Most news coverage of the new Kaiser Family Foundation annual survey on employer-sponsored health plans has focused on the fact that growth in premiums in 2013...
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri women seeking abortions will face one of the nation’s most stringent waiting periods, after state...
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Authorities are investigating programs in at least three states that collect bodies donated for scientific research, medical training and other purposes....
LONDON (The Times of India) – Taking sleeping pills for over three months increases a person’s risk of getting Alzheimer’s by over 51%. Taking benzodiazepines...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Exposure to racial discrimination may explain why members of some minority groups disproportionately suffer from...
In the latest installment of the Florida Courier’s series on Blacks and mental health, we review the Miami Herald’s spotlight on the state’s inability to handle...
(The Body) – A new study suggests that many African Americans may not be getting effective doses of the HIV drug Selzentry (also known as Celsentri or maraviroc)....
by Sandra Jordan Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Whether you saw it first-hand on the streets, on smartphones or on your...
(Upstart Magazine) – According to the new study, a lumpectomy could increase the survival rates of the breast cancer patients more than the double mastectomy....
(Business Week) – Hospitals in states that expanded Medicaid have more paying customers, bolstering the bottom lines of for-profit hospital chains, a new analysis published on...
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but...
(New York Times) – As a candidate in 2008, President Obama promised that health reform would reduce family premiums by up to $2,500, equivalent today to about...
(Los Angeles Times) – California parents are deciding against vaccinating their kindergarten-age children at twice the rate they did seven years ago, a fact public health...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer As CVS sharpens its focus on customer health, the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain will tweak its corporate name and stop the...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Americans’ eating habits have improved — except among the poor, evidence of a widening wealth gap when it...
(TIME) – Diabetes is one of the most common diseases in the U.S., and there’s a single biggest culprit to blame, found a new study released today in Annals...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Could action-packed TV fare make you fat? That’s the implication of a new study that found people snacked...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sorry, clean freaks. No matter how well you scrub your home, it’s covered in bacteria from your own...
Cape Town (News24.com) – Scientific experiments on an African fish have shown what might have happened when the first fish ‘walked’ out of water, an evolutionary...
(Daily Mail) – And men who doubled their intake of fruit and vegetables to the recommended five portions a day reduced their risk by nearly a...
(Wall Street OTC) – Remaining in a good shape and losing extra flab can do wonders in keeping you healthy. Health experts and doctors also...
(Medical News Today) – The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks of gestation). Around 1...
JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Governments should have tougher rules for electronic cigarettes — banning their use indoors and putting them off limits for...
(The Washington Post) – What’s in a name? When it comes to health plans sold on the individual market these days, it’s often less than...
