Health Care

Best Diet of 2019? Dieticians choose Mediterranean

05 January 2019, 02:57

Another diet based on a healthy region of the world, the Mediterranean diet , holds the top overall spot this year for the first time in U.S. News and World Report's rankings. In addition to lowering blood pressure, research suggests the DASH diet...

House Democrats vote to defend ACA in court - and jam Republicans

05 January 2019, 05:57

Republicans mounted a concerted effort to overturn the Affordable Care Act past year but were unable to do so. A group of Democratic-led states is appealing a federal judge's controversial ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional, kicking off the ...

Flu season lands hard on NY and the Southern U.S.

05 January 2019, 03:58

Although the flu is not something most healthy Americans go around worrying about, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) is warning that this year's flu season could be a brutal one. The Pittsylvania-Danville Health District will off...

Swedish hospital on lockdown after report of suspected Ebola case

04 January 2019, 11:14

Patients who meant to go to the A&E at Enköping hospital were told to go instead to a primary care provider or the University Hospital in Uppsala, the authority added. The man had returned from a trip to the east African country of Burundi several we...

You're Not Getting Your Wall, Mr. President

03 January 2019, 03:08

She says Democratic priorities include lowering health care costs, investing in green infrastructure and "restoring integrity" to government. Well, the government shutdown has lasted over 12 days. She will preside over the most diverse Congress i...

American Flown To Nebraska After Possible Ebola Exposure

01 January 2019, 09:58

The doctor had been providing medical assistance in the central African country, where over 300 people have died in the latest Ebola outbreak. However, if it becomes necessary for this person to be transferred to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit ,...

Influenza Vaccines Consumption Market Dynamics and Manufacturers Profiles to 2023

29 December 2018, 05:13

Pre-K students in CT will need to verify they received a flu shot prior to starting class in 2019. Less often, a person might get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly the...

Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year's 'gift'：The Asahi Shimbun

28 December 2018, 11:57

Besides cannabis, kratom or known as ketum in Malaysia has also been given the green light for medical usage. Producers, purveyors, and researchers would need licenses to handle the drugs, whereas the end-users will need prescriptions. Thailand has...

Guatemalan Boy Who Died in US Custody Had Flu

28 December 2018, 11:44

Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said the agency needs "a different approach" after another young migrant child died in USA custody on Christmas Eve. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California, has called for...

Drew Barrymore Shows Off Weight Loss in Before & After Photos

25 December 2018, 07:16

Looking [back], it sure looked that way. It's not the first time Drew's opened up to her fans about the reality behind her seemingly glamorous life. Barrymore was earlier married to bar owner Jeremy Thomas and comic Tom Green. The "Santa Clari...

Flu has arrived for the holiday season, CDC warns

23 December 2018, 01:26

The flu vaccine is inactive and can not cause the infection. Just last week, the CDC said the flu season was off to a slow start, but all that changed a couple of days ago when the number of reported cases rose to the point where the flu season ...

Walgreens Boots Alliance's Quarterly Profit Rises 36.8%

22 December 2018, 05:32

AMG Funds LLC bought a new position in shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,320,000. Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA ) from a neutral rating to a sell rating in...

United States surgeon general urges crackdown on e-cigarettes 'epidemic' among teenagers

21 December 2018, 05:14

The detailed advisory listed various strategies that states, communities, health professionals and parents can apply to restrict the use of e-cigarettes. Mr Adams singled out Juul , a Silicon Valley company, which has come to dominate the e-cigare...

Obamacare Ruling Likely to Be Overturned - Slog

21 December 2018, 01:58

Sebelius had concluded that an individual mandate without a tax penalty is unconstitutional. He added, "Not only does tonight's ruling confirm that this broken law can not hold up under court scrutiny, but it also affirms that the law does not act...

Teen vaping soars as opioid use, drinking decline

19 December 2018, 06:23

Nicotine vaping on rise among USA teenagers: Survey. Vaping among American teenagers increased dramatically in 2018, with almost two of every five high school seniors reporting they've tried an e-cigarette during the past year, a new survey reveal...

Health insurance sign-up deadline is today

15 December 2018, 07:27

A federal appeals court on Thursday narrowed an order that had blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing new rules that undermine an Obamacare requirement for employers to provide insurance that covers women's birth control.

Johnson & Johnson 'knew about asbestos in baby powder for decades'

15 December 2018, 07:29

Of the thousands of lawsuits, J&J has won some of the cases, CNBC noted. This is not the first time the company, which also manufactures medical devices, has come under fire for issues related to its baby powder. Since the report has been release...

Unconstitutional: Federal Judge Strikes Down Obamacare

15 December 2018, 06:23

The tweets are in response to U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor, a George W. Bush appointee, ruling Obamacare must be nixed because the penalty for not being insured was removed by Congress . Typically, the executive branches argues to uph...

Government report reveals which drugs are most frequently used in overdose deaths

15 December 2018, 03:30

Though reporting by medical examiners and coroners improved over the course of the report , Hedegaard noted, in 2016, 15 percent of drug overdose death certificates still didn't include any specific drug. Just as striking as the overall uptick, ho...

J&J shares nosedive on report it knew of asbestos in Baby Powder

15 December 2018, 02:26

Reuters reviewed documents from at least 1971 to the early 2000s that they say showed powders sometimes tested positively for small traces of asbestos. In a major setback to the company, St. Louis jury in July had awarded almost $4.7 billion i...

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