Health

13:08, 20 May 2019

880 cases reported this year; federal health officials continue pushing parents to vaccinate children

00:27, 20 May 2019

Sarah Day is a school nurse with "street cred" when it comes to the polarizing issue of vaccines on an idyllic island in Washington state known for its rural beauty, counterculture lifestyle and low immunization ...

04:03, 25 Apr 2019

The pilot phase aims to vaccinate 360,000 children per year in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi

02:46, 22 Apr 2019

WHO sees a huge increase in measles cases, The NIH blames it on a decline in the number of people being vaccinated

09:20, 16 Apr 2019

Fears grow on the continent about the spread of measles and other infectious diseases

10:09, 08 Apr 2019

Zapping the brains of people over 60 with a mild electrical current improved a form of memory enough that they performed like people in their 20s, a new study found.Someday, people might visit clinics to ...

00:55, 05 Apr 2019

387 cases reported as of March; last year saw 372 cases

05:07, 02 Apr 2019

One morning last fall, 4-year-old Joey Wilcox woke up with the left side of his face drooping.It was the first sign of an unfolding nightmare.Three days later, Joey was in a hospital intensive care unit, ...

22:15, 28 Mar 2019

People living with HIV now can save another's life if they are healthy enough to donate a kidney

18:10, 15 Mar 2019

The latest U.S. research on eggs won't go over easy for those who can't eat breakfast without them. Adults who ate about 1 ½ eggs daily had a slightly higher risk of heart disease than those ...

12:02, 26 Feb 2019

Impregnated with Daoism and Buddhism, traditional Chinese medicine sees the human being as a system that lives at the rhythm of the universe that surrounds it. Nourished by the five climates of the sky and ...

01:42, 11 Feb 2019

The chemical compounds are all around you. They're on many fabrics, rugs and carpets, cooking pots and pans, outdoor gear, shampoo, shaving cream, makeup and even dental floss. Increasing numbers of states have found them ...

08:55, 08 Feb 2019

Measles may be gaining a foothold in the US, where it was officially eradicated in 2000

08:10, 02 Feb 2019

New WHO cancer pain control guidelines aimed at millions afflicted with this illness

21:08, 17 Jan 2019

U.S.-based Carter Center reports just 28 cases worldwide last year, adding there were millions of cases in the 1980s

01:11, 03 Jan 2019

Smartphones have been blamed for contributing to depression and suicidal behavior in susceptible teens. But what if they could identify kids at risk? Researchers are trying to develop phone apps to detect impending mental health ...

18:43, 28 Dec 2018

Researchers examined mortality estimates for more than 15.2 million international migrants; overall, migrants were about 30 percent less likely to experience premature death from all causes than natives of the countries where they moved

18:04, 21 Dec 2018

The hemp industry still has work ahead to win legal status for hemp-derived cannabidiol, or CBD oil, as an ingredient in food or dietary supplements despite the big farm bill President Donald Trump signed this ...

23:20, 20 Dec 2018

Pregnant women have been overlooked in vaccine research and administration for too long, according to new guidance from an international team of experts

10:16, 18 Dec 2018

Even your lifespan can be local. Researchers have long said that health disparities are heavily influenced by where you live. New data from the National Center for Health Statistics show just how much your neighborhood can ...

00:06, 23 Mar 2019

Kitchen staff arrive at the former Fall Creek Valley Care Center at 4:30 to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday to make nutritious meals for close to 400 seniors in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties.Meals might ...

11:50, 11 Mar 2019

We love the earthy flavor of uncooked kale, but the texture of raw kale can be a little tough.Many recipes call for tossing it with dressing and letting it tenderize in the fridge overnight. This ...

11:49, 11 Mar 2019

We wanted to pair earthy, hearty mushrooms with equally hearty farro.To start, we used the pasta method (an abundance of water) to boil our farro, which ensured the grains cooked evenly and required only half ...

07:14, 01 Mar 2019

A green cuisine effort is expanding in France as scientists warn that meat consumption must be drastically cut to fight climate change and sustain a growing population

03:15, 17 Feb 2019

Insects are crawling onto menus at restaurants across the United States.

10:26, 28 Jan 2019

Highlighting the fresh flavors of Provencal cuisine, soupe au pistou is a classic French soup composed of seasonal vegetables, creamy white beans and fragrant herbs.Celebrating colorful, early-summer produce, this soup needed to be chock-full of ...

09:16, 22 Jan 2019

If you're from the Northeast, or if you haven't been to Chicago, you may dismiss deep-dish pizza out of regional pride. That would be a mistake.Real Chicago-style pizza is certainly thick, but its texture and ...

05:52, 01 Jan 2019

Two major studies last year offered some insight into the role carbs play in making us fat, but unfortunately they don't settle the question of how best to lose weight in 2019.There is fierce debate ...

11:47, 10 Dec 2018

Making holiday cookies_the rolled, cutout, and glazed butter-cookie variety_is everyone's favorite December activity. Unfortunately, these cookies either look good but taste like cardboard or have buttery, rich flavor but lack visual appeal.We wanted a simple ...

15:19, 21 Nov 2018

Avoid all romaine lettuce, but don't worry about your turkey.With two food poisoning outbreaks making headlines before Thanksgiving, the messages about what's safe to eat can be hard to keep straight. Here's what you should ...

05:48, 08 Nov 2018

Heating and glazing a cured ham seems effortless, but many recipes yield leathery meat in an overly sweet glaze. We wanted to guarantee moist meat in a nuanced glaze. Bone-in hams, labeled “with natural juices,” have ...

10:01, 30 Oct 2018

Pizza bagels, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a starring new role in our diets: Foods that can be called healthy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revamping its definition of healthy to ...

10:54, 29 Oct 2018

Most of the time, I end up putting my energy into the main course. You, too, right? The side dishes then have a tiered level of time and effort afforded to each of them, often ...

08:17, 29 Oct 2018

For many of us, the menu for Thanksgiving is etched in stone. We eat the same dishes every year because we love every one of them. But what about switching it up a little by ...

22:17, 28 Oct 2018

RIO HONDO — Parents have the opportunity to learn basic nutrition facts, how to save money when grocery shopping and healthier eating habits. The one-hour training is part of a six-week program called Expanded Food and ...

08:32, 28 Oct 2018

This isn’t your typical pumpkin flavor.Get the idea of hot lattes and sweet cupcakes and muffins out of your head, because Chris Poremba’s Spicy Pumpkin Sauce over Butternut Squash Noodles isn’t like any pumpkin you’ve ...

22:40, 24 Oct 2018

By the time mid-October arrives, ideas of recipes to prepare and enjoy at any given moment have already teased my taste buds. Suddenly shopping lists change from summer ingredients to the jewels of autumn with ...

05:28, 24 Oct 2018

Easy, fun and flavorful, everyone loves fruity gelatin desserts, right? Why not try this version that’s a bit healthier? These gelatin shots are made by infusing immune boosting herbs in gelatin made with fruit juice. So ...

21:59, 22 Oct 2018

When one thinks of staple foods, one is inadvertently drawn to packaged dry goods stored in a pantry like rice, pasta, beans or flour. When considering staple dinners of course, one would gather thoughts that ...

21:51, 22 Oct 2018

WHEELERSBURG, Ohio — After 60 years and three generations, the family-owned and-operated Fuhrmann Orchards has grown from a few apple trees to over 200 acres of locally grown produce. "We grow 30 varieties of apples, over ...

05:06, 26 Apr 2019

This year, during World Immunization Week, the World Health Organization launched the world’s first malaria vaccine. Scientists are also testing a vaccine for HIV, and they are working on vaccines aga

19:11, 14 Apr 2019

A drug that's used to help control blood sugar in people with diabetes has now been shown to help prevent or slow kidney disease, which causes millions of deaths each year and requires hundreds of ...

20:15, 08 Apr 2019

Venom from a dangerous spider contains a molecule that stalls the effects a stroke has on the brain, according to Australian biochemists

08:48, 25 Mar 2019

If the test is approved, doctors will be able to diagnose fibromyalgia instantly and save patients years of suffering

06:10, 17 Mar 2019

A fast, easy test pregnant women can take at home could protect their health and that of their unborn babies

21:00, 13 Mar 2019

It says medications often contain 'inactive' ingredients that can cause allergic reactions or gastrointestinal reactions in some people

20:42, 08 Mar 2019

Vaccine protects both women and men from HPV cancers

01:43, 07 Mar 2019

London man is cured of HIV -- what does that mean for other HIV-infected patients?

21:28, 05 Mar 2019

A mind-altering medication related to the club drug Special K won U.S. approval Tuesday for patients with hard-to-treat depression, the first in a series of long-overlooked substances being reconsidered for severe forms of mental illness. The ...

04:05, 03 Mar 2019

When we smile, a heart specialist says, the chemicals that are released are positive

07:03, 19 Feb 2019

Study finds magnets can relieve depression when medications can't

00:15, 13 Jan 2019

Researchers have produced a drug cocktailthat helped monkeys infected with three deadly strains of Ebola recover from the disease

01:15, 10 Jan 2019

Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of ...

12:11, 27 Dec 2018

Fluctuations in the prevalence of the facial deformity found between Caucasians, Africans and Asians

05:04, 20 Dec 2018

Cleft lip and cleft palate are one of the most common birth defects in babies around the world

14:04, 19 Dec 2018

The U.S. government told doctors Wednesday to consider prescribing medications that reverse overdoses to many more patients who take opioid painkillers in a move that could add more than $1 billion in health care costs. Assistant ...

03:50, 19 Dec 2018

Cleft lip and palate develop early in pregnancy and doctors can prepare corrective surgery even before birth

06:36, 22 Nov 2018

After a diagnosis of breast cancer, many women have surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation. But a new study shows that if the cancer is caught early enough, women might be able to avoid the ...

18:32, 15 Nov 2018

Meditation worked as well as traditional therapy for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in a small experiment sponsored by the Department of Defense. Researchers say meditation could be a better choice for some vets who ...

04:05, 08 Nov 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — If you can do a downward-facing dog, you’re among the increasing numbers of Americans doing yoga. A new report says more adults — and even kids — are practicing yoga and meditation. A ...

03:54, 06 May 2019

During the free Falun Gong workshop at the Fremont Main Library on April 30, 2019, dozens of people from all walks of life and from different ethnic backgrounds living in the San Francisco Bay Area ...

09:53, 29 Apr 2019

It was early morning on June 3rd when Doctor Margaret Trey’s Qantas flight landed at Tom Bradley International Airport in Los Angeles after an extended delay at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. She hastily glanced at her ...

02:57, 23 Mar 2019

Did you know that through your ears you could be able to read the human body’s map and discover all of the possible diseases affecting it? According to western medicine, ears are nothing worthy or special ...

10:36, 11 Mar 2019

Ann Teurlings, from Belgium, is the mother of six children. Thirty years ago she sustained injuries from a severe car accident, which left her with chronic pain for decades. However, all of that changed after ...

09:47, 02 Jan 2019

During his early years, Sterling Campbell, a NYC-based drummer for British rock star David Bowie, lived an unrestrained lifestyle—drinking alcohol and smoking pot every day. He couldn’t break out of the vicious cycle until one ...

08:05, 23 Dec 2018

From drugs and despair to becoming a good person, living a normal life and striving to do even better When Mateusz Filipkowski was a boy in Poland, he believed in the existence of a wonderful ...

06:50, 10 Dec 2018

Mr. Zhang Zengjun, 57, works as a network management engineer for a Silicon Valley company in California. He is very healthy and happy. It’s hard to believe that about 20 years ago, Mr. Zhang suffered ...

08:48, 26 Nov 2018

‘Tis the season when the conversation shifts to what you’re thankful for. Gathered with family and friends around a holiday feast, for instance, people may recount some of the biggies – like their health or ...

11:59, 19 Nov 2018

Martins Rubenis is a retired Olympic medalist from Latvia. Born in 1978, Rubenis started learning luge when he was 9 years old. Despite the honors, an athlete’s lifestyle can inflict a huge toll on the body. “I ...

11:57, 16 Oct 2018

Ursula lives in southern Germany. She has a wonderful family that anyone would dream of—a caring husband and three healthy children. However, she often tells her friends, “It was not as it seemed to be. ...

06:54, 11 Oct 2018

A recent Harvard study reveals that children who had a religious upbringing are likely to be healthier and have a higher degree of well-being in early adulthood than those who did not.  The study, conducted by ...

04:09, 13 Sep 2018

Life is full of many joys and sorrows, that we must face every day. When we feel a void in our hearts, we look for an answer to the pain, that will help us to ...

13:21, 26 Aug 2018

I grew up in a swimming pool. My dad was a swimmer both in college and during World War II, and he expected us kids to be swimmers, too. I remember every summer weekday practicing ...

13:20, 26 Aug 2018

Before popping pills, try these gentle alternative treatments Let’s face it: Being in chronic pain is awful. It creeps into every aspect of life. Your sleep may suffer, it’s tough on loved ones, and you feel ...

13:20, 26 Aug 2018

Adding essential oils to food is an ancient practice that can help the body heal. When we think of cooking with herbs and spices, we usually reach for the fresh or dry versions of those ingredients ...

13:18, 26 Aug 2018

Those with allergies suffer many unpleasant symptoms. Luckily, Chinese medicine offers effective relief for allergic rhinitis, including nasty symptoms like itchy, red, watery eyes, digestive disturbances, itchy throat or skin, congestion, postnasal drip, and sneezing. What Causes Allergies? Allergies are a great ...

13:17, 26 Aug 2018

A solar term is a period of about two weeks and is based on the sun’s position in the zodiac. Solar terms form the traditional Chinese calendar system. The calendar follows the ancient Chinese belief ...

08:48, 14 Aug 2018

More and more people are either swapping traditional cigarettes for e-cigarettes or simply picking up an e-cigarette habit, causing this trend to grow in popularity. The appeal of e-cigarettes is that people believe them to be ...