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...
(Fox News) – In our culture, marathon runners and triathletes are often seen as the picture of perfect health and physical stamina. But before you add...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s unpopular health care law is losing some of its political punch as vulnerable Democrats see it...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A woman started an act of kindness chain that lasted for hours at a Starbucks drive-thru in Florida. She ordered...
(Time) – A new trial involving nearly 200 children with sickle-cell anemia found that monthly blood transfusions could reduce the chance of strokes by more...
(New York Times) – In an earnings call last week, Walmart announced that its workers were signing up for health insurance en masse. The news was bad for the company’s...
NEW YORK (AP) — A unit of Hain Celestial Group Inc. is recalling some peanut and almond butter because of possible salmonella contamination. The company...
by Pastor E.A. Deckard Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times “For too long we have swept the problems of mental illness under the carpet…...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency may require oil refineries to regularly measure the...
Alison Young, USA Today ATLANTA (USA TODAY)–More than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and toxins that pose significant or bioterror risks to people and...
(The Washington Post) – More than 80 percent of women diagnosed with HIV contract the virus through heterosexual sex. A condom provides the best protection against HIV — but...
(Psych Central) – Older adults who suffer from sleep difficulties are at greater risk of dying from suicide than well-rested adults, according to new research at the Stanford...
(Business Week) – Earlier this week, Angela Pollock ditched Colgate Total toothpaste after using it for about 15 years and bought Crest Pro-Health instead. Pollock, a...
ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola is buying a 16.7 percent stake in Monster Beverage for $2.15 billion, with the world’s biggest soda maker hoping to benefit...
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may “vastly underestimate the magnitude of the...
(Chinatopix) – Fast food chain operator Burger King is shelving its healthier French fry option Satisfries, after it flopped among American consumer despite an aggressive pushing marketing push, the...
