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Ebola Doctor: Media, Politicians Fueled the Public’s Fear
In this Nov. 11, 2014, file photo, Dr. Craig Spencer, who was the first Ebola patient in New York City, listens to comments during a news conference at New York’s Bellevue Hospital. (AP Photo/Richard...
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AG Secretary: Smartphones Could Tell Buyers What’s in Food
In this Oct. 23, 2014, file photo, a bottle of fruit juice is labeled to inform buyers that it is free of GMOs, Genetically Modified Organisms, is displayed in Boulder, Colo. In the ever-complicated...
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Fruits and Vegetables Get a Star-Studded Marketing Push
In this April 24, 2014 file photo, a variety of healthy fruits and vegetables are displayed for sale at a market in Washington. A 12-year study released Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, shows a steady...
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Study: Smokers May Tap Into Multiple Sources for Nicotine
In this Feb. 20, 2014, File photo, a patron exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at the Henley Vaporium in New York. The first peek at a major study of how Americans smoke suggests many use combinations...
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UnitedHealth Tightens Rules Covering Hysterectomies
The UnitedHealth Group’s campus in Minnetonka, Minn. (Jim Mone/AP Photo) NEW YORK (AP) — UnitedHealth, the largest U.S. health insurer, said Thursday it is tightening its coverage rules on...
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How Long Will You Live? Try the Sitting Rising Test
(USA Today) – No time for exercise? Too busy to eat right? What kind of a toll is it all taking on your health? There’s a simple test you can do just about anywhere that’s been proven to predict how...
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First Lady: US Experiencing Food ‘Culture Change’
First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the annual Building a Healthier Future 2015 summit in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press...
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UN Warns Against Complacency as Ebola Fight Enters New Phase
Dr. David Nabbaro, left, a medical doctor organizing the United Nations’ response to the Ebola crisis, speaks during a media conference at the UN office in Brussels on Monday, March 2, 2015. African...
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Majority of Pediatricians Agree to Delay Vaccinations
Pediatrician Charles Goodman vaccinates 1 year-old Cameron Fierro with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, or MMR vaccine at his practice in Northridge, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. (AP...
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America’s Nutrition Coach: A Food Prescription for All Day Long
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist Whether you vowed to lose the weight – for the very last time, get your dream job, or harder yet, rear perfect, angelic geniuses – this year you’ll need energy to achieve...
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Assisted Living Residents with Dementia Receiving Too Many Antipsychotics,...
(McKnight’s) – Government investigators are calling for greater scrutiny of antipsychotics use among dementia patients in post-acute settings beyond nursing homes. Nearly a third of elderly dementia...
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Love Coffee? Your Heart May, Too
In this Friday, Feb. 6, 2009 photo, the owner of a coffee shop serves cappuccinos to judges during a barista competition in Cranberry, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) (HealthDay News) — Drinking three...
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Tougher Laws a Likely Legacy of the Disneyland Measles Outbreak
In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 photo, pediatrician Charles Goodman holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella, or MMR, vaccine at his practice in Northridge, Calif. The vaccine is 99 percent effective...
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Minors Can Very Easily Purchase E-Cigarettes Online, Study
In this Feb. 20, 2014, File photo, a patron exhales vapor from an e-cigarette at the Henley Vaporium in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) (Utah People’s Post) – Selling e-cigarettes to...
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UK Twins Turn Heads: One is White, the Other Black
Lucy Aylmer, left, and Maria Aylmer are twins, despite their radically different appearance. (Courtesy Photo) (CNN) – Here’s a pair of twins no one will have trouble telling apart: One is white, and...
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UN: World Eating Too Much Sugar; Cut to 5-10 Percent of Diet
In this Dec. 18, 2001 file photo, an orange juice company employee works at a plant in Cuautitlan, Mexico. New guidelines published by the World Health Organization on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 say the...
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Orexigen Boasts of Diet Pill’s Heart Benefits; Regulators Not Happy
(National Monitor) – Orexigen Therapeutics saw its shares skyrocket to its highest point in 18 months after declaring that its diet pill, Contrave, had benefits to the body’s cardiovascular system —...
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WHO to Begin Large-Scale Testing of Ebola Vaccine in Guinea
In this Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 file photo, a health care worker, right, takes the temperatures of school children for signs of the Ebola virus before they enter their school in the city of Conakry,...
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SF Hospital Performing Kidney Swap Chain Involving 12 People
California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a rare series of interlinked operations, six patients are getting kidney transplants from six donors at a San Francisco hospital. California...
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Flu Winds Down as FDA Aims for Better Vaccine Next Winter
In this Sept. 18, 2104 file photo, a flu shot is given at the National Press Club in Washington. The miserable flu season is winding down but not quite over yet, health officials said Wednesday, even...
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