by Starla Muhammad and Eric Ture Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO – The March 31 deadline for uninsured Americans to enroll...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more than...
[UPI] A large number of patients in advanced stages of kidney disease are inappropriately being prescribed statins to lower their cholesterol, U.S. researchers say. Lead author...
[UPI] Patients with cancer who were married at the time of diagnosis live markedly longer compared with unmarried patients, U.S. researchers say. In fact for some...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Preschool naps should be preserved, even in the face of pressures to add more to the curriculum, say researchers who concluded that sleep...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] It might not be Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, but Oct. 1 should be a shopping day to remember. For the first...
[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] The fountain of youth may simply be a healthy diet and reduced stress after all, not a magic pill or expensive cosmetics. Comprehensive lifestyle...
[SF GATE] The Centers for Disease Control on Monday confirmed a link between routine use of antibiotics in livestock and growing bacterial resistance that is killing at least...
[UPI] U.S. researchers show people with a sleeping disorder who get at-home treatment to improve sleep can look more attractive as well. Study leader Dr. Ronald...
[MEDICAL NEWS TODAY] After being diagnosed with cancer in one breast, many young women opt to have the other healthy breast removed with a procedure called...
[CBS NEWS] When it comes to getting a full night’s rest, black Americans are more likely to get too little snooze-time than white American adults. A...
by Dee Louis-Scott Special to the NNPA from the Pasadena/St. Gabriel Valley Journal News Psychological abuse can be as damaging to the psyche as physical abuse...
by William Covington Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly “We do not defeat death with a transplant; rather, we gain an extension of life. So the...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] An estimated 200,000 Americans quit smoking in the wake of a federally funded ad campaign that graphically showed the consequences of tobacco use,...
[GLOBAL NEWS] DURHAM, N.C. – Before Atkins, South Beach and Paleo, there was the Rice Diet. Shelley Winters, Lorne Green and Buddy Hackett – all...
[NBC NEWS HEALTH] Life expectancy for women at 50 has improved but the gap between poor and rich countries is growing and could worsen without better...
[THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR] In Oregon, folk singers croon about the state’s health insurance exchange in artsy television ads. Connecticut is passing out “Get covered” sunscreen at...
[CBS NEWS] Americans could save billions of dollars in health care costs each year if hospitals did a better job of curbing preventable infections, according to...
[VACCINE NEWS DAILY] Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine released a study on August 27 that showed African-American women are less likely...
[DAILY MAIL ONLINE] A number of women across the country have listed their positive pregnancy tests for sale on Craigslist. One expectant mother in the Buffalo,...
[REUTERS] A program including self-monitoring, gym access and occasional counseling calls helped black women maintain their weight in a new study. Black women who are overweight...
[THE TAMPA TRIBUNE] There’s been a big shift in how many school districts take money from soda companies and ban junk food from vending machines, health...
[REUTERS] More than one in 10 children had a stutter by age four in a new Australian study, but those kids scored just as high or...
Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender There is a huge difference between a fruit smoothie you blend up at home and the concoctions you...
Today is the day that the working parents should know that you are appreciated. Working parents in particular struggle to meet the hardest demands of every...
