TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer The nation’s largest health insurer, UnitedHealth, will muscle up for its fight against rising prescription drug costs by spending more than...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — An apple a day doesn’t necessarily keep the doctor away. That’s according to proverb-busting research that found daily...
CANDICE CHOI, AP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A program to put a dietitian group’s “Kids Eat Right” logo on Kraft Singles has reached...
By Kathleen Masterson, UCSF News The worst Ebola outbreak in history is not yet over. While Ebola is no longer dominating headlines and nightly newscasts, global...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist The much-maligned carbohydrate (an essential, macro nutrient) has been touted as the bane of your dietary existence for too long. Don’t...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist The much-maligned carbohydrate (an essential, macro nutrient) has been touted as the bane of your dietary existence for too long. Don’t...
Hannah Nichols, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today)—Coffee is the morning pick-me-up of millions – every day people drink coffee to increase wakefulness and improve...
Margot Sanger-Katz, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life....
Sabrina Tavernise and Michael D. Shear, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—President Obama on Friday urged Congress to double the funding to confront...
Sabrina Tavernise and Michael D. Shear, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—President Obama on Friday urged Congress to double the funding to confront...
Tara Siegel Bernard, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Christine Salerno is like many other single working mothers with small children, but her days are...
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans bought less soda for the 10th straight year in 2014, with diet sodas shrinking more than their sugary counterparts, according...
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans bought less soda for the 10th straight year in 2014, with diet sodas shrinking more than their sugary counterparts, according...
MICHAEL VIRTANEN, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — By day, Tanya Lemon was a 35-year-old single mother who took care of her four children. By night,...
MICHAEL VIRTANEN, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — By day, Tanya Lemon was a 35-year-old single mother who took care of her four children. By night,...
RICK CALLAHAN, Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence overrode state law and his own anti-drug policies Thursday to authorize a short-term needle-exchange program...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Sometimes celebrities or otherwise physically fit people will put on a fat suit and document their experience with...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly In a new study that could help improve the day-to-day quality-of-life for women with breast cancer, UCLA researchers...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Ebola has taken its greatest toll on babies. About 90 percent of children under age 1 who caught the virus...
The subject of mental illness has been taboo in the African American community for too long. Too often these issues have been locked behind closed doors,...
By Ed Carpenter, USF Magazine News Editor The University of San Francisco’s Wolfram Alderson is waging a national campaign to save American lives by changing the...
(The Huffington Post) – You know these people: they bound out of bed in the morning ready to tackle their sunrise bike rides. They leave...
MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirty years ago, insurance companies had the answer to the soaring cost of caring for the elderly....
(The Huffington Post) – It goes without saying that the United States’ childhood obesity rates are beyond problematic — approximately 17 percent of kids and adolescents in this...
RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of uninsured U.S. residents fell by more than 11 million since President Barack Obama signed the health...