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California Bill May Reshape Vaccination Laws Across the Nation
Jessica Damon, of El Cerrito, kisses her daughter, Lucinda Mendes, 3, after leaving a committee hearing where lawmakers approved a measure requiring California schoolchildren to get vaccinated, at the...
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The Key to Losing Weight? ‘You Can’t Outrun a Bad Diet’
(Courtesy of Atlanta Black Star) (CBS News) – If you’re hitting the gym every day but don’t see the numbers going down on the scale, you might be going about weight loss all wrong. New research says...
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Dr. Oz Mounts Spirited Defense Against Critical Letter
In this June 17, 2014, file photo, Dr. Mehmet Oz, vice chairman and professor of surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP...
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Unusual Ice Cream Recalls Raise Questions About Cause
A Blue Bell Ice Cream truck stops at Walgreens in Dallas on Thursday morning, April 23, 2015. Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries recalled all its products this week after listeria was found in a variety...
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Asthma Could be Cured Within Five Years After Drug Breakthrough
(Telegraph) – Asthma could be cured within five years after scientists discovered what causes the condition and how to switch it off. In a breakthrough which could change the lives of Britain’s five...
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Smiley Faces Make Healthy Food More Appealing for Kids
(American Live Wire) – The findings of a new study have revealed how creating smiley faces on health foods and meals can encourage kids to have more of these nutritious meals. The study, which is...
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In Health, Income has Greater Impact than Race
(Stock Photo) By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Being poor can have a bigger impact on your health than your race, according to a recent report by the Urban...
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Police Violence Coverage Takes Mental Toll
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Police have killed at least 369 people in the first four months of 2015, with 103 Black Americans – 28 percent – making up a...
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Alcohol Has Lasting Impact on Memory in Teenagers
In this June 6, 2008 file photo, a row of freshly poured draft beers are seen in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) (India Times) – “In the eyes of the law, once people reach the age of 18,...
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WHO: Most Countries Woefully Unprepared to Fight Resistant Superbugs
Charlotte Harbor, Fla., Publix Pharmacy Technician Sherrie Cocco rings up a customer Monday, Aug. 6, 2007, behind a display of oral antibiotics. (AP Photo/Charlotte Sun) (Reuters) – Only 34 countries...
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Breastfeeding Linked to Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence, According to...
(DNA India) – Women who have breastfed in the past face a 30% reduced risk of breast cancer recurrence, claims a new study. According to a new Kaiser Permanente study, there was also protective effect...
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Teens: Keep the Salt, but Eat a Banana
Bananas (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta) (Nature World Report) – Teenagers, with their innate drive to do things that will come as close as possible to killing them without actually doing so, eat a lot of...
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Every Breath You Take: State of the Air 2015
(Huffington Post) – Think about this: more than 4 in 10 people in the United States live in counties that have unhealthy levels of either ozone or particle pollution. Now think about this: in the...
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FDA Approves Double-Chin Eliminator Injection, Kybella
(ABC News) – The Food and Drug Administration today approved a new drug that promises to get rid of double chins without surgery. The drug is called Kybella, and it is an injectable substance that...
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Flakka, Synthetic Drug Behind Increasingly Bizarre Crimes
This Feb. 12, 2015 photo made available by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Fla., shows confiscated vials of flakka. This emerging drug can alter brain chemistry in such a way that users can’t control...
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Scientists Issue Warning Over Chemicals Common In Carpets, Coats, Cookware
PFASs are used in ordinary products such as this spill-resistant tablecloth. (Gunnar Grimnes/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Lynne Peeples, THE HUFFINGTON POST (The Huffington Post) — In 1961, a DuPont toxicologist...
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Contrary to Goals, ER Visits Rise Under Obamacare
(Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo) Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Three-quarters of emergency physicians say they’ve seen ER patient visits surge since Obamacare took effect —...
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Norway Ranks as World’s Best Place to be a Mother
A Norwegian flag flies at half-mast in this Dec. 6, 2013 file photo. (AP/NTB scanpix, Cornelius Poppe) (Gulf News) – Norway ranks as the world’s best place to be a mother, well ahead of the United...
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Study: Sleepwalking May Run in Family
(Business Standard) – Children are seven times more likely to sleepwalk if both their parents have a history of sleepwalking, according to a new study. More than 60 per cent of children developed...
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Overweight Diabetics Outlive Diabetics with Normal Weight
(Newsmaine) – Researchers from University of Hull in the United Kingdom stated that the overweight diabetics can live longer than normal-thin weight people. As per the World Health Organization,...
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