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Codeine Prescribed to 500,000 Children Yearly, Despite Known Dangers
[CelebrityCafe.com] A new study has found that even though codeine syrup has been proven to be dangerous for children, hundreds of thousands of kids are still being prescribed the drug in emergency...
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ABLE Act Could Help Disabled To Save
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As of 2006, more than 2.4 million African Americans receiving Social Security benefits are disabled, or are the spouses or children of...
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Pot Smoking May Pose Heart Dangers, Study Suggests
[WebMD] WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2014 — Marijuana use might contribute to heart and artery disease among young and middle-aged adults, particularly those already at risk for cardiovascular problems, a...
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Vermont Ups the Ante on Genetically Modified Foods
Edge Fuentes, left, stands with his wife Katie Spring, right, and their 9-month-old son Waylon in their planting room surrounded by seedlings for vegetables and flowers at their Good Heart Farmstead,...
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FDA Panel Says No to Shock Therapy Device
[MedPage Today] GAITHERSBURG, Md. — Members of an FDA advisory panel said Thursday that the agency should ban the use of electrical stimulation devices for aversive conditioning in patients with...
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Measles Off to a Fast Start, as Cases Trend Up
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are worried about recent U.S. measles outbreaks that so far have caused more illnesses than at the same point of any year since 1996....
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FDA Eases into Regulating e-Cigarettes
Graphic explains how electronic cigarettes work (AP Photo) MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, AP Tobacco Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government’s move to regulate e-cigarettes is a leap into the unknown....
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‘This Season is Worse’ Insist Sneezing, Wheezing Northeast Florida Allergy...
[Jacksonville.com] In a Monday, April 5, 2010 photo, Shane Nantz kicks up a cloud of pollen as he mows the front yard of his west Charlotte, N.C., home. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Todd Sumlin)...
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Cholesterol Drug Users May Use Pills as a License to Overeat
[Standard Media] New York, USA: People who take the common cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may feel a false sense of security and eat a bit more, according to a new study. Researchers found...
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Increasing Fiber Intake Helps Heart Attack Survivors Live Longer
[Nature World News] People with high levels of fiber intake have a 25 percent lower risk of dying early post heart attack than people with low levels of fiber consumption. Also, every ten gram increase...
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Coral Reefs Yield New Proteins to Tackle HIV
[Medical News Today] National Cancer Institute researchers have discovered a new class of protein found in sea coral that appears able to prevent HIV from entering T cells. If the proteins can be...
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Users Bemoan e-Cigarette Laws in NYC, Chicago
In this Feb. 20, 2014 photo, Talia Eisenberg, co-founder of the Henley Vaporium, uses her vaping device in New York. Under a New York City law taking effect Tuesday, April 29, 2014, vaporizing devices...
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Med Students Don’t Wait to Give Back
Future medical professionals begin helping underserved communities long before they earn their medical degrees (Photo by Michael L. Jones) By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON...
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Is Healthy Obesity a Myth?
[WebMD] More than 20 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes; most are overweight or obese. (Photo courtesy Atlanta Black Star) WEDNESDAY, April 30, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Can someone be obese and...
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Aspirin Regimen For Heart Attack Prevention Not For Everyone
Taking aspirin every day could help reduce the risk of heart attack in some cases. (HNGN) – New research suggests aspirin is effective in preventing heart attack in some individuals, but not all, a...
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Schools Seek Changes to Healthier Lunch Rules
In this Tuesday, April 29, 2014 photo, Biden Arias-Romers, 5, left, and Nathaniel Cossio-Boatwright, 6, eat lunch at the Patrick Henry Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. Starting next school year,...
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Coke, Pepsi Dropping ‘BVO’ from All Drinks
Powerade bottles in various flavors are photographed in San Francisco, Monday, May 5, 2014. A controversial ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, is being removed from some Powerade sports drinks. (AP...
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Mortality Drop Seen to Follow ’06 Health Law
In this April 12, 2006, file photo Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, reacts at Faneuil Hall in Boston after signing into law his landmark health care bill, designed to guarantee health insurance to...
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Bayer to Buy Merck Consumer Business for $14.2B
In this photo taken July 6, 2009 worker Roland Ulbrich presents an Aspirin pill made for Italy at the pharmaceutical plant of the Bayer Bitterfeld company in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, eastern Germany....
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FDA: Organic Mangoes Recalled, Possibly Tainted With Listeria
(NBC Philadelphia) – If you bought mangoes in New Jersey recently, you might want to double-check the label before eating them. Pacific Organic Produce is recalling Purity Organic mangoes after one of...
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