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5 Reasons Generic Drugs Cost So Much
(AP Photo/Alden Pellett) (CBS News) – If you’ve gone to the pharmacy recently, there’s a good chance you may have noticed the cost of a generic drug isn’t what it used to be. That’s because the prices...
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French Lawmaker Wants Mandatory Vegetarian Menu at School
In this May 6, 2014 file photo, French chef Xavier Lebeau poses with a plate of Quenelles de Brochet (pike fish) with Green Haricot beans and Champignons de Paris (Paris mushrooms), at the Saint Pierre...
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Doctors in Ghana Return to Work at Hospitals, Ending Strike
(AP Photo) ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Doctors have returned to work at Ghana’s public hospitals, ending a three-week strike that saw only police and military hospitals open in the capital. Ghana Medical...
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Report: Nearly 47 Million People Now Have Dementia
(Alberto Pellaschiar/AP Photo) LONDON (AP) — Health researchers say there are now nearly 47 million people living with dementia globally, up from 35 million in 2009. They warned that without a medical...
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Tardy Tax Filers Risk Loss of Health Care Subsidies
In this Aug. 21, 2014 file photo, a health care tax forms 8962 is seen in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sign-up season for President...
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An Aspirin a Day – For Years – May Keep Colon Cancer Away
(Fox News) – Taking one or two baby aspirins a day for at least five years was tied to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in a study from Denmark. Earlier studies had suggested that aspirin and...
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Doctors Recommend Early Exposure to Prevent Peanut Allergies
This Feb. 20, 2015 photo shows an arrangement of peanuts in New York. In a statement released online Monday, Aug. 25, 2015 in the journal Pediatrics, a pediatricians’ group is recommending that infants...
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Recall Alert: 2 Million Pounds of Oscar Mayer Turkey Bacon Recalled After...
The recalled items, which were distributed nationwide, was produced between May 31 and Aug. 6. (Oscar Mayer) (AL.com) – Kraft Heinz has issued a recall for more than 2 million pounds of Oscar Mayer...
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Consultant Warns That People Must Act Now to Stop ‘Tidal Wave’ of Diabetes
A woman tests her blood sugar level as part of her management of diabetes. (David Proeber, AP) (Banbury Cake) – A top doctor has warned of a “tidal wave” of diabetes patients as figures revealed one in...
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Hall of Famer Lou Brock Shares Experiences with Diabetes, Encouragement in...
Lou Brock (AP Photo) (Jacksonville.com) – Lou Brock is one of the elite players in baseball history, master of stolen bases and owner of numerous awards and honors. While visiting the Yates Family YMCA...
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What Makes Black Men Run From the Police?
In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, police arrest a demonstrator protesting against the shooting of 12-year-old boy Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Mark...
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Bayer Heart Failure Drug Cuts Death in Mid-State Trial
(AP Photo/Eckehard Schulz) Ben Hirschler and Ludwig Burger, REUTERS (REUTERS) — Bayer will move a heart failure drug into final-stage testing this year, boosting its ambitions in cardiovascular...
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Study: Tiny, Wireless Pacemaker Could be Surgery-Free Option
In this undated image provided on Saturday Aug. 29, 2015 by Mount Sinai Hospital in New York shows Dr Vivek Reddy as he checks the screen while doing a surgery to implant the new tiny wireless...
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A Racial Gap in Kidney Transplants Closes But Work Remains
Lindsey Tanner, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — A racial gap in kidney transplants appears to have closed, a 13-year study found. Rates of such transplants among white patients used to far surpass...
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Blind People Can Be Racist, Too, Study Says
(CNN) – A person may not have to “see color” to be racist. Some blind people, just like sighted people, make judgments about others based on their race, according to a new study. The findings come...
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U.S. Department of Health Sees Glimmers of Hope in Mental Health Status of...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Things are “moving in the right direction” in terms of the treatment of mental health and mental health disparities in the Black...
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Self Talk for a Healthy Lifestyle Change
by Valecia Weeks Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times It’s a common saying, “Losing weight is easy…keeping it off is the hard part”. Well, ladies, I come to tell you that I strongly...
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A Racial Gap in Kidney Transplants Closes But Work Remains
Surgeons transplant a kidney in 8-year-old Sarah Dickman at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in 2008. (AP Photo) LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A racial gap in kidney transplants...
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Young at Heart? Not Most Americans, Government Report Says
In this Thursday, June 6, 2013 file photo, a patient has her blood pressure checked by registered nurse in Plainfield, Vt. Your heart might be older than you are, according to a CDC report released...
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Older, Heavier Americans Fuel a $4 Billion Knee Replacement Market
(Bloomberg) – Americans are getting older, and heavier—and both trends are trouble for the country’s knees. The rate of total knee replacements almost doubled between 2000 and 2010 for Americans over...
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