By Mike McGee Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner For many youth across the nation, the transition into adulthood comes with questions. Questions...
Larry Olmstead, USA TODAY (USA Today) — The scene: Buffalo makes a pretty good claim to having invented the chicken wing as we know it,...
Stephen Feller, UPI LONDON (UPI) — A drug used to mute the immune system in transplant patients to prevent the rejection of a new organ...
Mike Stobbe, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — The geographic areas where Lyme disease is a bigger danger have grown dramatically, according to a new...
Mike Stobbe, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — The geographic areas where Lyme disease is a bigger danger have grown dramatically, according to a new...
Harriet McCleod, REUTERS CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) — A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended for another week a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing...
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 risks...
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 risks...
EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A group of scientists checked a decade’s worth of data about what causes concussions in high school...
EDDIE PELLS, AP National Writer AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A group of scientists checked a decade’s worth of data about what causes concussions in high school...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — For pregnant women, abnormal results from certain prenatal tests may signal that something is wrong — with the...
$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...
(The Washington Post) – In announcing the good news from the latest global HIV/AIDS report that the virus is being beaten back more quickly than expected, United...
Pam Belluck, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Medicare, the federal program that insures 55 million older and disabled Americans, announced plans on...
Pam Belluck, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Medicare, the federal program that insures 55 million older and disabled Americans, announced plans on...
Carolyn Gregoire, THE HUFFINGTON POST (The Huffington Post) — A growing body of research is finding that diabetes can take as devastating a toll on...
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...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Frustrated by the slow pace of federal action, state attorneys general are waging their own campaigns against the sale and advertising of...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Caught between kids and aging parents, the sandwich generation worries more than most Americans their age about how...
(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...
In a sharp email exchange, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf has blasted local developer Phil Tagami for moving ahead with a deal to export coal out of...
(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...
(NPR) – Some antidepressants may increase the risk of birth defects if taken early in pregnancy, while others don’t seem to pose the same risks, a...
(Miami Herald) – Consumers with health insurance shouldered more of the expense for their medical care in 2014, but Florida and nearly every other state did little...
(Morning Ticker) – Recently we reported on the FDA’s decision to approve Entresto, a new drug from Novartis that has shown an astonishing 20 percent reduction...
