Media Matters is taking a closer look at Latino news. The research group known for calling out what it considers “conservative misinformation” in the mass media launched a Hispanic engagement…
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox MARCH 2, 2015 By Austin Frakt and Aaron E. Carroll – Austin Frakt is a health economist with several governmental and academic…
Boston University is teaching students about safe sex and sexual health with a little bit of help from none other than wizard extraordinaire Harry Potter. Last week, as part of…
Medical experts warned Friday the anti-vaccination lobby is growing in Bosnia, using scientifically discredited arguments to stoke parental fears in the worst-affected country in Europe’s measles outbreak. This trend —…
By Jancee Dunn Sigh if this has happened to you: You’re heading out the door, feeling reasonably upbeat — your outfit is cute, the weather is sunny. And then, wham!…
On a recent wintry afternoon, Mark T. Bertolini, the 58-year-old chief executive of Aetna, the health insurer, was sitting in his Hartford office wearing a dark suit and a crisp,…
What happens when America’s most populous state runs low on its most precious resource for the fourth year in a row? A lack of rainfall doesn’t just result in problems…
As you may have heard, congressional Republicans have embarked once again on their six-year mission to eventually one day get around to coming up with their own plan to replace…
House Republicans attached language to a major education bill Wednesday night that would financially penalize school districts that allow school-based health centers to provide information about abortion to pregnant high…
BY LISA RAPAPORT Tue Feb 24, 2015 5:11pm EST (Reuters Health) – Phone support can help ease postpartum depression, a small study suggests, offering an option for mothers who are…
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This post was originally published by Kaiser Health News (KHN). Kaiser Health News (KHN) is a nonprofit national health policy news service. Buying health care in America is like shopping…
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Linda Melone When you’re under the weather with a cold or achy muscles or joints, it may be best to skip your regular workout. But…
Months of declining cases have fed hopes that the Ebola outbreak might finally be ending. “There are now 10 times fewer people diagnosed with Ebola each week than there were…
Damon Wayans is a funny guy, but he’s got a serious health problem keeping him from honoring multiple tour dates. Read the whole story at Eurweb
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In 2012, the Affordable Care Act barely survived a constitutional challenge when Chief Justice John Roberts stunned conservatives and voted along with the court’s four liberal justices to uphold the…
Can a high-fat diet also be a high-performance diet? Most people who exercise or compete in endurance sports would probably answer no. For decades, recreational and competitive athletes have stoutly…
Four Wesleyan University students were arrested Tuesday in connection with a dozen hospitalizations among people who took a party drug known as Molly. The students were arrested on assorted drug…
READ: Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case “[We] know of no administrative actions that could, and therefore we have no plans that would, undo the massive damage to our…
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK, Feb 24 (Reuters) – New York City has reached a tentative agreement with local rabbinical leaders regarding the Jewish circumcision ritual of direct oral suction…
The federal government is powerless to prevent millions from losing health insurance if the Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama in a lawsuit to be argued next week, Health…
We know that food affects the body — but could it just as powerfully impact the mind? While the role of diet and nutrition in our physical health is undeniable,…
Twenty-five years ago, I thought that a case of the measles was no big deal. Like my brother and sister before me, and my younger sister after, I had survived…
A new Gallup survey has found that the two states with the most dramatic drop in their respective rates of uninsured are Kentucky and Arkansas, both deeply red in presidential…
“It’s completely transforming,” says McCarthy, author of “Joyous Health: Eat and Live Well Without Dieting.” “I often tell people, ‘Do you want to feel better? Do you want to have…
looking at your statement and seeing all those zeros. And even financial planners who say you might need more for your retirement can’t argue that it is an impressive start….
Eating peanut products as a baby significantly reduces the risk of developing the allergy by 80% in high-risk infants, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests. Peanuts…
A birth control method that works more than 99 percent of the time is making a comeback after all but disappearing from America in the 1980s and 1990s. The intrauterine…
Just when you thought the news today would be bad, we’re here to save the day. The chocolate milk that you’re craving? The Greek yogurt? The aromatic cheeses? Not only…