(CBS Sports) – Both lack of exercise and consuming too many calories can certainly contribute to gaining extra pounds, but a new study suggests that the...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the flurry of news about NFL lawsuits over concussions, the problem affects far more athletes at...
(BBC News) — A contraceptive computer chip that can be controlled by remote control has been developed in Massachusetts. The chip is implanted under a woman’s...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than half of privately insured women are getting free birth control under President Barack Obama’s health law, a...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Many millions of U.S. drivers are expected to hit the highways over the holiday weekend —...
(USA Today) – An average of 38 children have died in hot cars each year in the USA since 1998. And many of these incidents...
(Tech Times) – Dark chocolate lovers and chocolate makers will likely celebrate the results of a small study that indicates dark chocolate could help those suffering...
(The Washington Post) – Some major fast-food chains – McDonald’s, KFC, Taco Bell – may find the latest Consumer Reports fast-food survey hard to swallow. According to...
(USA Today) – Unemployed high school dropout Tremain Hutchinson spent a lot of time talking to young girls on Tagged.com, a teen chat site. Sometimes...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For most of the nearly 30 years since Dr. Nicole Brodie’s asthma diagnosis, the athlete and Army...
(HealthDay News) — People with type 1 or 2 diabetes now have a new means of getting their medication, with the U.S. Food and Drug...
Margie Mason, ASSOCIATED PRESS JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia became the newest country to mandate graphic photo warnings on cigarette packs on Tuesday, joining more...
[REUTERS] (Reuters) – An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended on Wednesday that AstraZeneca Plc be required to submit further clinical data...
[CTV NEWS] WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are warning consumers who use popular anti-acne treatments about rare but potentially deadly allergic reactions that can cause swelling...
(CBS News)—Nearly 170 victims of child sex trafficking, many of whom had never been reported missing, were rescued in the last week as part of an...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Cancer is the nation’s second-leading cause of death for both Blacks and Whites. While there is...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most people who signed up under President Barack Obama’s health care law rate their new insurance highly, but a...
(NBC NEWS) – Senators criticized Dr. Mehmet Oz during a hearing on false diet-product ads on Tuesday –- but does the nation’s most telegenic doctor have...
(TIME) – “I think we have seen this movie before,” Senator Richard Blumenthal said. “It is called big nicotine comes to children near you and...
FENIT NIRAPPIL, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A bill that would have made California the first state in the nation to require warning labels on...
(Dallas Morning News) – Federal, state and county health officials are quietly gearing up for the spread of a new mosquito-borne virus now hitting hard in...
WASHINGTON (Washington Post) – A report released Monday by a respected think tank ranks the United States dead last in the quality of its health care system...
(IEEE Spectrum) – Doing math or any other mental activity when you have low blood sugar is a recipe for errors. For sufferers of Type 1...
(CNN) – Do you tend to forget things when you’re stressed? Like when you’re late for a meeting and can’t remember where you left your car...
(Nature World News) – People with low levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to die earlier than those with high levels...
