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Screening Cuts Risk of Breast Cancer Death Almost in Half
In this Thursday, May 6, 2010 file photo, a radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles. A big U.S. study published in the Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012 New...
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How Scientists Built the World’s First Lab-Grown Limbs
A suspension of muscle progenitor cells is injected into the cell-free matrix of a decellularized rat limb, which provides shape and structure onto which regenerated tissue can grow. (Bernhard Jank,...
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Alcohol Use Disorder on the Increase, Often Untreated
Washington DC (infoZine) – A new study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, reports that nearly one-third of adults...
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New Blood Test Can Reveal Past Viruses
Washington (ArabNews) – A new and inexpensive test is making it possible to identify all of a person’s past and present viral infections by simply analyzing a drop of blood. The method, called...
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Drinking Water on Empty Stomach Immediately After Waking Up
(AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File) (Daily Nutrition News) – Drinking water immediately after waking up is a popular ritual in Japan. Scientists agree that is very beneficial to our health. For our readers...
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Alzheimer’s Association and AKAs Collaborate to Educate and Advocate in Fight...
Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson, AKA Inc. International president (courtesy photo) Courrier Staff/USNewsWire Special to the NNPA from the New Pittsburgh Courier CHICAGO — The Alzheimer’s Association is...
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Many African-American Women ‘Silent and Alone’ with Infertility
James McIntosh, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today) — The study, published in Psychology of Women Quarterly, also found that infertility impaired many of the women’s sense of self and gender...
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THE RELIGION CORNER: MSG Foods — What You Really Need To Know (Pt. 1)
By Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Each year in memory of my mother, Fannie Estelle Hill Grant, and to honor the anniversary of my radio talk show The Lyndia Grant Show,...
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In Republican Stronghold, Worries About End of Obamacare
In this March 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President...
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Studies: Widely Used Diabetes Drugs Seem Safe for the Heart
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Some widely used diabetes medicines help control blood sugar without the heart risks suggested by earlier research, new studies find. Although reassuring on...
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San Francisco Considers Health Warning on Soda Advertising
This Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, file photo, shows soft drinks for sale at K & D Market in San Francisco. San Francisco officials are deciding whether to impose a warning on ads for soda pop....
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Study: Many U.S. Hospitals Mark Up Prices 1000 Percent
This handout photo provided Friday, August, 1, 2014, by Emory University, shows the isolation room at Emory University Hospital set up to treat patients exposed to certain infectious diseases and where...
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Madness and Creativity: Is Genetic Vulnerability to One a Source of Strength...
Children play with blue foam building blocks at the Blue School in New York City on March 31. The private preschool was founded by members of the Blue Man Group who wanted to send their own children to...
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NYC Proposes High Sodium Warning for Chain Restaurants
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) (USA Today) – The New York City health department will propose a new rule Wednesday that would require chain restaurants to put a warning symbol next to menu items that have...
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San Francisco Moves to Put Warnings on Ads for Sugary Drinks
This Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, file photo, shows soft drinks for sale at K & D Market in San Francisco. San Francisco officials are deciding whether to impose a warning on ads for soda. (AP...
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FDA Panel Backs First-in-Class Cholesterol Drug
Sanofi Aventis (AP Photo) MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Federal health advisers on Tuesday recommended approval for a highly anticipated cholesterol drug from Sanofi and...
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Obama: Health Law is Now ‘Reality,’ Despite What Critics Say
President Barack Obama speaks at the Catholic Hospital Association Conference about healthcare reform, Tuesday, June 9, 2015, at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn...
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Blue Bell: Listeria Source Likely ID’d at Oklahoma Plant
In this April 10, 2015, file photo, Blue Bell ice cream rests on a grocery store shelf in Lawrence, Kan. Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries issued a voluntary recall Monday, April 20, 2015, for all of...
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The North-South Divide on Two-Parent Families
(New York Times) – When it comes to family arrangements, the United States has a North-South divide. Children growing up across much of the northern part of the country are much more likely to grow up...
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Study: Rape Prevention Training Works, Cuts Sex Assault Risk
In this Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, Texas Tech freshman Regan Elder helps drape a bed sheet with the message “No Means No” over the university’s seal at the Lubbock, Texas campus to protest...
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