(BBC) – Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The nation’s second-largest health insurer has changed its corporate name to Anthem from Wellpoint to reflect a label familiar to consumers shopping...
ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Global efforts to provide antiretroviral therapy to children with HIV is lagging sharply compared to adults, according to...
Lily Rothman, TIME MAGAZINE (TIME)—Dec. 1 has been World AIDS Day since 1988 — but though the awareness and activism around the diseases has changed...
(American Live Wire) – What if there were vaccines that didn’t use needles? Sounds too good to be true? Well, that’s exactly what a new measles...
(Medical News Today) – The result marks the first major advance in the treatment of advanced bladder cancer for 30 years, note the researchers, who report their findings...
(USA Today) – We all know what it’s like to get a lousy or short night of sleep: Tempers shorten, snacks become more tempting, attention...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an ongoing effort to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic physicians, healthcare workers and human rights...
(Huffington Post) – It is not a secret that Americans overeat on Thanksgiving. We typically consume more calories during this one meal than we ingest...
(Fox News) – Some half a million cases of cancer a year are due to people being overweight or obese, and the problem is particularly acute...
(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,...
