Health

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 ...

23:13, 16 Dec 2018

CFS is thought to affect up to 17 million people worldwide

15:42, 10 Dec 2018

This year has seen a record number of cases of a mysterious paralyzing illness in children, U.S. health officials said Monday. It's still not clear what's causing the kids to lose the ability to move their ...

12:06, 07 Dec 2018

Traffic accidents kill 1.35 million people every year, with Africa bearing the brunt with the highest death rates

10:48, 06 Dec 2018

Move would boost state coffers, slow the growing number of firms establishing farms abroad

08:39, 02 Dec 2018

Head of HIV treatment center at Islamabad's Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences says facility receives up to 40 new HIV patients every month, underscoring alarming increase in the number of infections

06:24, 01 Dec 2018

Revealed - the mental health burden of Australia's first responders

18:10, 30 Nov 2018

30 years from now will we still have a World AIDS Day? Or could AIDS be a thing of the past?

14:04, 29 Nov 2018

President Donald Trump will soon sign legislation reauthorizing a 15-year-old HIV/AIDS program that has helped millions in Africa.Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement Thursday at a White House event marking Saturday's World AIDS Day.The ...

22:20, 27 Nov 2018

Some 37 million people worldwide are infected with HIV

09:01, 21 Nov 2018

Since the 2010 passage of the legislation known as "Obamacare," the uninsured rate has fallen from 16 percent to less than 9 percent

18:11, 20 Nov 2018

Alerts cover all forms of romaine, including whole heads, hearts, bags, mixes and Caesar salad

02:52, 19 Nov 2018

More than 3.6 million middle and high school students were current e-cigarette users in 2018, a “dramatic” uptick that ended years of decline in overall youth tobacco use, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published in a ...

02:34, 19 Nov 2018

Ambient air pollution is the largest environmental health problem in the United States and in the world more generally. Fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 millionths of a meter, known as PM2.5, was the fifth-leading cause ...

03:01, 14 Nov 2018

Last week’s election results show that health care is still a top concern for many Americans. Members of Congress must now decide how to move forward. Their task: providing a coherent answer to our national ...

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 ...

23:01, 15 Oct 2018

In our experience, most recipes for scalloped potatoes take hours of work yet still produce unevenly cooked potatoes in a heavy, curdled sauce. This version is faster than most and produces layer upon layer of ...

10:16, 15 Oct 2018

A couple of years ago a neighbor of mine noticed that I called for gochujang, a Korean hot paste, in a recipe on my blog. She was excited that an ingredient she had grown up ...

23:37, 14 Oct 2018

Since now is the time many families are planning their holiday dinner dishes, I'm thinking about my own contributions. Though I have so many ideas floating around in my head, I am testing a few ...

13:39, 09 Oct 2018

I have been searching for this recipe for years. Early in my career, I worked with a girl who was originally from Ireland. Most weeks, she would make wheaten bread and bring it to the ...

06:13, 24 Sep 2018

This Spanish-inspired seafood dish is a simple one-pot meal. You can substitute halibut, sea bass, or haddock for the cod in this recipe.Other varieties of hard, cured sausage (such as linguica) can be substituted for ...

06:12, 24 Sep 2018

Beef usually hogs the spotlight when it comes to stews, but there are plenty of other meats that can star in this quintessential, cold-weather comfort food. Pork, chicken and here, lamb, a big favorite ...

06:12, 24 Sep 2018

Now that my kids are on their own and cooking for themselves, both have thanked me for passing on one technique in particular: how to cook a thin piece of protein and make a pan ...

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 ...

04:43, 18 Oct 2018

A woman says a Michigan pharmacist refused to fill a prescription to help her complete a miscarriage, telling her it was against his religion. Rachel Peterson of Ionia tells the Detroit Free Press the pharmacist worked ...

04:04, 17 Oct 2018

One in 37 hospitalizations in Pennsylvania in 2017 were related to opioids, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council. According to the report, the number of opioid-related hospital ...

03:45, 17 Oct 2018

Hawaii health officials say the statewide outbreak of mumps has ended. The state Department of Health says more than 1000 people were identified with mumps since the outbreak began in March 2017, stemming from two clusters ...

03:32, 16 Oct 2018

The number of jobs in New York's health care industry continues to rise, with that sector of the state's economy contributing about $71 billion in wages last year. That's according to a new report released Monday ...

02:12, 06 Oct 2018

It all started when Lance Allen's co-workers insisted he had a twin. The 45-year-old Sioux Falls resident had taken a job at Aprima Medical Software, where he sold electronic health records software. He kept hearing about ...

13:16, 26 Aug 2018

Foods, vitamins, and other tips to manage this elusive autoimmune disease Lupus, also known as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is a complex autoimmune disease in which the body attacks itself, resulting in a wide range of often ...

13:16, 26 Aug 2018

Women today are 50 percent more likely to experience prenatal depression than their mothers When Lucy Howard was pregnant with her second child, she felt like she was walking through fog. “It was a struggle to get ...

13:13, 26 Aug 2018

Many U.S. doctors don’t discuss the harms of lung cancer screening or the potential for overdiagnosis in conversations with current and former smokers about whether tests are necessary, two new studies suggest. The U.S. Preventive Services ...

13:11, 26 Aug 2018

Brazil's health officials say more than 4 million children still need to be vaccinated against measles. More than 1,380 people have been infected in an outbreak linked to cases imported from Venezuela. To stop the disease's spread, ...

13:11, 26 Aug 2018

Arizona Sen. John McCain has discontinued medical treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer, says his family. It's a likely indication that the war hero, presidential nominee and longtime leading lawmaker is nearing the end ...

08:53, 14 Aug 2018

Alarms go off so frequently in emergency rooms, doctors barely notice. But when a colleague is wheeled in on a gurney, clinging to life, that alarm becomes a deafening wake-up call. For Dr. Kip Wenger, that ...

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 despairto 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 realm, transcending ...

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 ...