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Experts Assess WHO Ebola Response
This undated colorized transmission electron micrograph image made available by the CDC shows an Ebola virus virion. (Frederick Murphy/CDC via AP) (VOA News) – A panel of experts released its...
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Want the New Heart Disease Miracle Drug Entresto? It’s Going to Cost You Big...
The Aug. 12, 2005 file photo shows the logo of Swiss company Novartis in Basel, Switzerland. (AP Photo/Keystone, Steffen Schmidt) (Morning Ticker) – Recently we reported on the FDA’s decision to...
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As Consumers Shoulder More Costs, Healthcare Prices Remain Hidden in Florida,...
Various prescription drugs on an automated pharmacy assembly line at Medco Health Solutions, in Willingboro, N.J, in 2011. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo) (Miami Herald) – Consumers with health insurance...
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Some Antidepressants May Pose Increased Risk Of Birth Defects
Capsules of fluoxetine, the chemical name for the popular antidepressant Prozac, are sorted at a packaging line at Barr Laboratories in Forest, Va., Tuesday, July 31, 2001. (AP Photo/The News &...
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The 3 Most Important Actions You Need To Take Daily To Drain Your Lymph Fluids
(Healthy, Wild and Free) – Your lymphatic system plays a vital role in your health. It’s also referred to as ‘your second circulatory system’ because it helps to bring nutrients to areas throughout...
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FDA Approves New Heart Failure Pill From Novartis
(Dispatch Times) – Heart failure is one of the most common medical conditions in the United States, accounting for approximately 5.1 million cases of affected individuals throughout the country. Heart...
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Poll: Sandwich Generation Worried About Own Long-Term Care
In this photo taken Monday, July 6, 2015, Kamila Al-Najjar, center, visits with her mother, Joan Groen, right, at her assisted living facility as her daughter, Inanna Al-Najjar, 14, left, looks on in...
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States to Start Cracking Down on E-Cigarette Sales to Minors
This June 12, 2013, file photo shows a person posing with an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette. Electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens, the governments...
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Burlington Company Hopes Airing Device Will Revolutionize Sleep Apnea Treatment
BOSTON (CBS) – Fifteen-percent of men and five-percent of women suffer from sleep apnea. Treatment at night with a special machine is crucial but can be a real nuisance. But a local company has...
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The Scary Way Diabetes Affects Thinking Skills and Brain Function
Carolyn Gregoire, THE HUFFINGTON POST (The Huffington Post) — A growing body of research is finding that diabetes can take as devastating a toll on the brain as it takes on the body. A new study...
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Medicare Plans to Pay Doctors for Counseling on End of Life
Refusal of treatment form (Jacob Windham/Flckr/CC By 2.0) Pam Belluck, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Medicare, the federal program that insures 55 million older and disabled Americans,...
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Lupus Disproportionately Affects Black Women
$32 Billion in Funding Could Raise Awareness By Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Lupus, or systemic lupus erythematosus, is a chronic and often debilitating...
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Study: Silent Cancer in Moms a Rare Result in Prenatal Tests
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — For pregnant women, abnormal results from certain prenatal tests may signal that something is wrong — with the moms-to-be, not the fetus, a preliminary...
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New Study Banning Headers Only Part of Stopping Concussions
A recent study showed that female soccer players suffer greater symptoms—and have longer recovery times—than their male counterparts following a concussion. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) EDDIE PELLS, AP...
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United Nations Chief: World is on Track to End AIDS Epidemic by 2030
In this photo taken Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, a woman gives water to an HIV patient receiving treatments at an HIV/AIDS Care Center on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar. (Khin Maung Win/AP Photo) (The...
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‘Consumer Reports’ Says Laundry Pods Are Too Risky To Recommend
(Austin Kirk/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Scott Hensley, NPR (NPR.com) – Consumer Reports, the granddaddy of advice-givers on what to buy, won’t recommend laundry pods containing liquid detergent anymore. The...
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South Carolina Judge Extends Order Sealing Church Massacre Documents
Dylann Storm Roof (Courtesy Photo) Harriet McCleod, REUTERS CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) — A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended for another week a temporary order sealing court documents and...
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Study Shows High-Risk Areas for Lyme Disease Growing
FILE – This March 2002 file photo shows a deer tick under a microscope in the entomology lab at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, R.I. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho, File) Mike Stobbe,...
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Transplant Drug May Help Limit Damage After a Heart Attack
Stephen Feller, UPI LONDON (UPI) – A drug used to mute the immune system in transplant patients to prevent the rejection of a new organ may also help repair damage after a heart attack. Following a...
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The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken Takes America by Storm
Korean fried chicken at Bonchon (Arnold Gatilao/Flickr/CC BY 2.0) Larry Olmstead, USA TODAY (USA Today) — The scene: Buffalo makes a pretty good claim to having invented the chicken wing as we know...
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