Disneyland Measles Outbreak Strikes in Anti-Vaccination Hotbed of California
Fred Barbash, THE WASHINGTON POST ANAHEIM, California (The Washington Post)—Sometime in early December, somebody who probably caught measles abroad visited one of the Disney theme parks in...
View ArticleElectric Shocks Can Bring Back Memories
(Sky News)—The best way to improve your memory will probably shock you. A study published in the Nature journal says memories can be retroactively enhanced using mild electric pulses. Lila Davachi,...
View ArticleEbola Ebbing in West Africa But Vigilance Needed — WHO
In this photo taken on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, a woman suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus sits in an ambulance in Kenema, Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/ Tanya Bindra) Stephanie Nebehay, REUTERS...
View ArticleUS Sen. Warren to File Bill Targeting Top Drug Companies
In this Nov. 19, 2014 file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is shifting her focus from Wall...
View ArticleNew Study Reveals Healing Power of Voices
The emergency entrance at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago as seen on Nov. 16, 2007. Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for Northwestern University Feinburg School...
View ArticleGOP Pushes Abortion Bill Through House on March for Life Day
Pro-abortion rights supporters hold up signs in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, as they wait for the arrival of anti-abortion demonstrators during the annual March...
View ArticleOne Dose, Then Surgery: A New Way to Test Brain Tumor Drugs
In this Oct. 24, 2014 photo, Dr. Nader Sanai operates on cancer patient Lori Simons at Phoenix’s Barrow Neurological Institute. The surgery was part of one the most unusual cancer experiments in the...
View ArticleFederal Government Failing to Protect Children, Report Says
Vermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell, right, confers with Commissioners Theresa Martha Covington (center) and Patricia M. Martin (left) before the CECANF public meeting in Burlington, Vermont, on...
View ArticleChina Moves to Accept Imports of All US Apple Varieties
In this Oct. 13, 2014, file photo, Alfonso Martin helps pack apples for export at Valicoff Fruit in Wapato, Wash. For the first time in several years, all varieties of apples from the United States...
View ArticleMedicare Unveils Alternative Payment Models
In this Nov. 17, 2014 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell speaks at Florida International University College of Law in Miami. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) (Health Leaders...
View ArticleDementia ‘Linked’ to Common Over-the-Counter Drugs
(BBC) – All of the types of medication in question are drugs that have an “anticholinergic” effect. Experts say people should not panic or stop taking their medicines. In the US study in the journal...
View ArticleDr. Oz Guest Forced to Pay $9 Million for Weight Loss Scam
Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, vice chairman and professor of surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 17, 2014 , before the Senate...
View ArticlePoll: Most Say Restore Health Aid if Court Kills Subsidies
This Nov. 29, 2013, file photo shows a part of the HealthCare.gov website, photographed in Washington. The administration is warning hundreds of thousands of consumers they risk losing...
View ArticleObama Administration on Track to Surpass Health Care Goal
This March 25, 2014, photo shows part of the website for HealthCare.gov as photographed in Washington. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some 9.5...
View ArticleStudy: Insurers May Using Drug Costs to Discriminate
In this photo taken Aug. 21, 2014 shows health care tax forms 8965, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Insurance companies, perhaps...
View ArticleThink Snoring is Normal? Why Sleep Apnea Shouldn’t Be Ignored
(Daily Burn) – People who snore may think that their partners or roommates are the ones most affected by their nightly symphonies — after all, they’re the ones who are kept awake while the...
View ArticleNFL Players Who Started Young Show More Thinking Problems
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at a press conference at the NFL’s spring meeting, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman) JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — NFL...
View ArticleCensus: 1 in 5 Children on Food Stamps
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy tumbled in 2008. Numbers released by...
View ArticleOn Super Bowl Sunday, Veggies Are Most Popular Food
CHICAGO (AP) — While the gladiators of the NFL are clashing in Phoenix at the Super Bowl, the titans of food will be fighting for supremacy at spreads across the country. Many parties will have...
View ArticleUniversity of Birmingham Research Suggests Sleep Patterns Affect Performance...
(The Westside Story) – Researchers at the University of Birmingham studied the sleeping patterns of professional game players to trace if sleep affects their performance. These days the timings for...
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