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Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil worries US officials Top infectious disease experts are warning about a rapidly spreading outbreak of deadly yellow fever in Brazil that could hit parts of the United States.
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AHCA a case study in compassion, fairness and freedom When legislators talk about health care, we're talking about people's livelihoods, their futures and, fundamentally, our credibility as an equitable, compassionate society.
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American Medical Association opposes GOP ObamaCare bill The nation's biggest doctors group on Wednesday came out in opposition to the GOP's ObamaCare replacement bill, warning that it would cause millions of people to lose coverage.
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Hospital, Doctors Groups Say They Can't Support Current ACA Replacement Proposal People are still dissecting and deciding where they come down in response to the recently proposed legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Study links bacon, soda to many US deaths MINNEAPOLIS - Most Americans don't need a study to tell them bacon and soda are bad for you, but a new study recommends eliminating them from our diets entirely due to their links to heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
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GOP Health Care Bill Would Cut CDC Fund to Fight Killer Diseases Bird flu has started killing more people in China, and no one's sure why. Zika virus is set to come back with a vengeance as the weather warms up and mosquitoes get hungry.
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Some Neanderthals Were Vegetarian — And They Likely Kissed Our Human Ancestors Now, it's no surprise that Neanderthals didn't brush their teeth. Neither did they go to the dentist. That means bits of food and the microbes in their mouths just stayed stuck to their teeth.
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Analyst: Health care reform good for rich, bad for poor Coloradans In a first-blush analysis of the federal health care plan proposed Monday by House Republicans, the Colorado Health Institute had two takeaways: The plan appears to help upper middle-class and higher income earners at the expense of middle- and ...
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Imatinib efficacy in CML persists over time The efficacy of imatinib for treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia persisted over time, according to nearly 11 years of follow-up from the open-label, multicenter IRIS trial.
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Maybe You, Too, Could Become A Super Memorizer There is such a thing as a memory athlete. These are people who can memorize a truly insane amount of information really quickly, like the order of playing cards in a deck in under 20 seconds, or 200 new names and faces in a matter of minutes.
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Bill to prevent federal funding for Planned Parenthood passes Kentucky House The Kentucky House passed a bill Tuesday that attempts to make it more difficult for Planned Parenthood to obtain federal funding.
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Fewer Heavy Americans Are Trying to Lose Weight, Study Finds Fewer overweight Americans are trying to lose weight in recent years, and researchers wonder if fat acceptance could be among the reasons.
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Americans Are Having Less Sex Than They Used To Specifically, Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s are having less sex than those born in the 1960s and 1970s had at the same age ― despite their reputation for relying on dating apps to set up sexual encounters and preferring hookup culture to ...
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'Very, very pink' tap water has residents in Alberta town in a tizzy ONOWAY, Alta. -- Residents in a small town northwest of Edmonton say bright pink water coming out of their taps was a bit of a shock.
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Tabor, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, honored at retirement party Judy Tabar, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Southern New England who is set to retire in April, is honored at a party, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at the New Haven Lawn Club in New Haven.
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IU study finds caffeine boosts enzyme that could protect against dementia BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study by Indiana University researchers has identified 24 compounds -- including caffeine -- with the potential to boost an enzyme in the brain shown to protect against dementia.
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How exercise—interval training in particular—helps your mitochondria stave off old age This video abstract depicts the findings of Robinson et al., who assessed the effects of three different exercise modalities on skeletal muscle adaptations in young and older adults.
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Mobilizing policy to prevent and treat eating disorders March 7, 2017— Some 30 million Americans suffer from an eating disorder during their lifetime, and far too few receive the care that they need.
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The reason why this entire Canadian town's water turned hot pink Residents of a small Canadian town woke up to quite a colorful surprise earlier this week: Hot pink tap water. Complaints and concerns about the water's odd hue started pouring into the town's office on Monday, prompting officials from Onoway, Alberta, ...
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An outbreak in Brazil has US health experts wondering if yellow fever could be the next Zika Yellow fever has broken out in the jungles outside Brazil's most densely-populated cities, raising a frightening but still remote possibility: an epidemic that could decimate that country's population and spread throughout the Americas, including the ...
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NH woman injects woman trying to give birth with drugs A New Hampshire woman allegedly used a dirty syringe to inject narcotics into another woman who had requested the drugs while attempting to give birth at a Concord, N.H.
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Bacon, soda & too few nuts tied to big portion of US deaths CHICAGO (AP) - Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
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California lawmakers want to repeal HIV criminalization laws SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Exposing a person to HIV is treated more seriously under California law than infecting someone with any other communicable disease, a policy some lawmakers say is a relic of the decades-old AIDS scare that unfairly punishes ...
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Police: With baby on way, woman demanded heroin injection CONCORD, N.H. - A woman in labor demanded a friend inject her with heroin and methamphetamine before firefighters arrived at their home and she gave birth while entering an ambulance, New Hampshire police said Wednesday.
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Wellness Wednesday: National Eating Disorder Awareness Week The open house featured several maps of proposals for residents to see, but city staff also emphasized the need for feedback from Rapid City residents to learn what they see for the future of downtown.
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Strawberries remain at top of pesticide list, report says (CNN) An annual report by the Environmental Working Group found that nearly 70% of samples of 48 types of conventionally grown produce were contaminated with pesticide residues.
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Sex last night may make you feel happier at work today What makes for a happy, productive worker? It could be a good sex life. At least that's the suggestion of a new study that included 159 married employees who were surveyed daily for two weeks.
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Fewer heavy Americans are trying to lose weight, study finds FILE- In this file photo dated Tuesday, June 26, 2012, two overweight women hold a conversation in New York, USA. Almost a third of the world population is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according ...
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Utah lawmakers pass bill to lower DUI limit to 0.05 percent SALT LAKE CITY - Utah could soon have the strictest DUI threshold in the nation after state lawmakers on Wednesday night voted to lower the limit for a driver's blood-alcohol content to 0.05 percent, down from 0.08 percent.
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Obamacare repeal guts crucial public health funds The latest Republican health-care bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act would eliminate funds for fundamental public health programs, including for the prevention of bioterrorism and disease outbreaks, as well as money to provide immunizations and ...
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Mumps outbreak at Barrington High School after health officials confirm third case Since last week, the Lake County Health Department has confirmed three cases of mumps in the Barrington area, including two at Barrington High School.
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America's Health and Healthcare Depend On Preventing Chronic Disease The United States is in the midst of another divisive fight about how health care is delivered to Americans from coast to coast. But no matter what mechanism evolves, its sustainability will depend on our nation's success in preventing chronic disease ...
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This State Is About To Become The First To Lower The Legal Alcohol Limit To .05% Gov. Gary Herbert said he supports a recently passed bill that will lower the legal limit to .05% blood alcohol content. Claudia Koerner.
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Utah Legislature adopts toughest drunken driving law in nation (Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Terry Buck gives a suspected impaired driver a sobriety test October 31, 2014.
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Americans Are Eating Too Much Bacon and Too Few Nuts: Study CHICAGO - Gorging on bacon, skimping on nuts? These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
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Study: Eating too much (or too little) of these 10 foods could hurt you A new study links overeating - or not eating enough - of these 10 foods and nutrients to death by heart disease, strokes and diabetes.
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Interval training exercise could be a fountain of youth NEW YORK (CNN) - Looking for a fountain of youth? You may need to search no further than your sneakers. Exercise, particularly high-intensity interval training, encourages your cells to make more proteins to feed their energy-producing machinery ...
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Egyptian woman Eman Ahmad undergoes bariatric surgery in Mumbai Weighing an estimated 500 kgs, Eman (36) was flown to Mumbai in a special cargo aircraft in February to undergo medical treatment for weight reduction.
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Colorado legislature looks to address the "wild west" of pot clubs In this Dec. 31, 2013 file photo, partygoers smoke marijuana during a Prohibition-era themed New Year's Eve invite-only party celebrating the start of retail pot sales, at a bar in Denver.
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Lawmakers Toughen Utah DUI Trigger Senators cleared the way Wednesday for Utah to become the toughest state in the nation when it comes to driving under the influence.
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Where residents are the happiest -- and not so cheery (CNN) Don't worry, be happy on the coast of southwest Florida. The Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island metro area was tops in contentment for the second year in a row, according to the Gallup-Healthways 2016 well-being rankings.
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Want to be happier at work? Have a more active sex life, study finds. The key to increased job satisfaction and engagement may reside in the bedroom, according to a new study. Researchers found married employees who "prioritized sex at home" enjoyed their work lives more.
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Interval training: A fountain of youth? (CNN) - Looking for a fountain of youth? You may need to search no further than your sneakers. Exercise, particularly high-intensity interval training, encourages your cells to make more proteins to feed their energy-producing machinery -- and this ...
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Health of ticks may be key to health of humans Researching ticks' immune system in an effort to get rid of pathogens transmitted by ticks that affect humans. (Barbara Haddock Tayor, Baltimore Sun video).
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Alzheimer's: The disease that could bankrupt Medicare Every 66 seconds this year, an American will develop Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association annual report, released Tuesday.
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Report: African women ahead as lawmakers, but face violence African women have made significant progress including higher female participation in many legislatures than in Britain and the United States - but women on the continent also face "daunting" challenges in high rates of sexual violence, maternal ...
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