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Generation of Tanners See Spike in Deadly Melanoma
This, June 24, 2014, file photo shows people swimming on a sunny day at Mission Beach in San Diego. Stop sunbathing and using indoor tanning beds, the acting U.S. surgeon general warned in a report...
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Pennsylvania State Police Defend Fitness Test
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — The head of the Pennsylvania State Police urged the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday to withdraw a new lawsuit that claims the agency’s physical...
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Top Doctor Dies from Ebola After Treating Dozens
This photo provided by the CDC shows an ebola Virus. U.S. health officials are monitoring the Ebola outbreak in Africa but say the risk of the deadly germ spreading to the United States is remote. (AP...
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Can a 5-Minute Run Help You Live Longer?
Biden runs across the street from a campaign stop to meet students outside two schools in Muscatine, Iowa. (AP Photo) (Cosmopolitan) – It’s old news that exercise can protect your health and maybe...
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Study: Simple Blood Test May Predict Risk of Suicide
(AP Photo) WASHINGTON (Xinhua) — A simple blood test to detect a chemical alteration in a single human gene linked to negative thoughts and impulses may reliably predict a person’s risk of attempting...
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Hysterectomy Device Pulled, May Raise Risk of Spreading Cancer
Doctors Amy Reed and Hooman Noorchashm after the start of Reed’s chemotherapy treatment. Reed, a Boston doctor, had what she thought was a routine hysterectomy that actually ended up spreading cancer...
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Cheesecake Factory Owns a Health Advocate’s List of Meals with Most Calories
(The Washington Post) – Don’t for a minute think that the Cheesecake Factory makes the most caloric meal in America. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s “Xtreme Eating...
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USDA Overhauls 50 Year-Old Poultry Inspections
This Aug. 24, 2010 file photo shows chickens in Sparks, Md. The Obama administration is overhauling poultry plant inspections for the first time in more than 50 years, a move it says could result in...
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Obama: US Takes Ebola Outbreak in Africa Seriously
President Barack Obama speaks about the economy, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is...
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African Leaders to Launch $125M Ebola Emergency Battle Plan
In this photo taken on July 8, 2014, Ebola advocacy group Crusaders for Peace, spokesperson Juli Endee, center, educates people on the deadly virus in Paynesville, east of the city Monrovia, Liberia....
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WHO: Death Toll from Ebola in W. Africa Hits 887
A Nigerian health official wearing a protective mask waits to screen passengers at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian...
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Ebola Drug Made From Tobacco Plant Saves U.S. Aid Workers
An ambulance arrives with U.S. doctor Kent Brantly, right, at Emory University Hospital, in Atlanta, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Brantly was flown from Liberia to Atlanta on Aug. 2, and is receiving...
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‘Gluten-Free’ Labeling Standards Kick In
In this Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, a variety of foods labeled Gluten Free are displayed in Frederick, Md., Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. Starting this week, “gluten free” labels on packaged foods have real...
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US Government Had Role in Ebola Drug Given Aid Workers
Jeremy Writebol holds a photograph of his mother and father before an interview with a reporter in Wichita, Kan., Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. Jeremy is the son of Nancy Writebol, a missionary stricken with...
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Fed Government Removes Many Hospital Errors from Public Access
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services removed data about many serious hospital errors from public access earlier this month, preventing patients from thoroughly researching the malpractice...
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Daily Aspirin ‘Can Ward Off Cancer’
(Daily Mail) – Healthy people should be encouraged to take a daily dose of aspirin to ward off cancer, according to the leader of a new study highlighting the drug’s benefits. The research shows that...
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Nigerian Nurse Dies of Ebola in Lagos
A Nigerian health official wearing a protective mask waits to screen passengers at the arrivals hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian...
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CDC Issues Highest-Level Alert for Ebola
Nigeria health officials wait to screen passengers at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a...
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Study Ties New Gene to Major Breast Cancer Risk
In this photo taken on Thursday, May. 6, 2010, a mammographer performs an advanced imaging screening that promotes early detection of breast cancer. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) By MARILYNN...
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Prostate Cancer Screening Could Cut Deaths by 20%, Study Argues
Andy Dang, a lab assistant at Genomic Health, labels cancer tissue sample transfer tubes for an RNA extraction process. The company’s new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may...
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