Doctors nudged by overdose letter prescribe fewer opioids
In a novel experiment, doctors got a letter from the medical examiner’s office telling them of their patient’s fatal overdose. The response: They started prescribing...
Outdoor fun dwindles as smoky haze hangs over California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A dull haze and the faint smell of smoke from distant blazes have blanketed many California cities for two weeks, forcing...
Appeals court tells EPA to stop sales of harmful pesticide
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping a widely used pesticide on the market...
Japan queries all medical schools on gender discrimination
TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government launched an investigation Friday into whether the nation’s medical schools have discriminated against female applicants, following revelations that one...
Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak taking place in a war zone
BENI, Congo (AP) — Highlighting the dangers in containing an Ebola outbreak in a war zone, suspected rebels killed seven people in northeastern Congo and...
Physician convicted of improper prescribing gets 4 years
FRANKLIN, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky doctor convicted of illegally prescribing opioids to patients who died of overdoses has been sentenced to four years and...
Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more
WASHINGTON (AP) — You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure … your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic test data...
Rent control fuels costliest fight on California 2018 ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Los Angeles-based health care nonprofit known for funding controversial ballot measures is waging an expensive battle with the real estate...
Mayo Clinic names head of Florida campus as new CEO
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mayo Clinic will get a new president and chief executive at the end of the year when Dr. Gianrico Farrugia takes over...
New Wal-Mart Health Clinics drastically cutting costs for consumer
Free Market yet again trying to fix what the government and it's cronies created
Leading Anti-Marijuana Academics Are Paid by Painkiller Drug Companies
(Vice)- As Americans continue to embrace pot—as medicine and for recreational use—opponents are turning to a set of academic researchers to claim that policymakers should avoid...
Leo DiCaprio Declares War on Western Industrial Civilization
(Breitbart)- Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has declared war on Western industrial civilisation by funding and narrating a series of short eco documentaries urging us all to...
Global Warming Computer Models Meltdown as Antarctic sea ice hits new record high
(Daily Mail)- The levels of Antarctic sea-ice last week hit an all-time high – confounding climate change computer models which say it should be in...
Marrow transplants can reverse adult sickle cell
CHICAGO (AP) — Bone marrow transplants can reverse severe sickle cell disease in adults, a small study by government scientists found, echoing results seen with...
The South prescribes more painkillers, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) — Powerful painkillers have been driving the nation’s rising rate of overdose deaths, and now the government is singling out the states...
NIH creates network to tackle mysterious diseases
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is expanding its “mystery disease” program, funding a network at six universities around the country to help diagnose patients with...
Ebola deaths in West Africa rise to 467
DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — The World Health Organization says West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has claimed 467 lives as the death toll continues to climb in...
Measles outbreak complicates 2 big Amish events
SHILOH, Ohio (AP) — Visitors from around the world to two upcoming events in Ohio’s Amish country could come away with more than they bargained...
Tourniquets make comeback with American police
HOUSTON (AP) — One of the world’s oldest and most easily used medical tools is making a comeback on American streets. Police in many big...
No sign of anthrax illness after CDC lab incident
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials say there are no signs anyone got sick from anthrax after a lab safety problem at the Centers for Disease...
Liberia vows prosecution for hiding Ebola patients
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president says anyone caught hiding suspected Ebola patients will be prosecuted. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued the warning on state radio...
Cuomo: Boost HIV tests, treatment to end epidemic
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state can end its three-decade HIV crisis by the year 2020, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as he announced...
Studies question UN strategies to save mothers
LONDON (AP) — In the past decade, billions of dollars have been spent trying to save the lives of mothers in developing countries using strategies...
Bush’s daughter leads global health group
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Barbara Bush was struck by what she saw when she arrived in Africa more than a decade ago as her...
A look at how West Africa is combating Ebola
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in three West African countries is already the deadliest to date with 635 cases and 367 fatalities, and...
Pakistan refugee crisis creates polio challenge
BANNU, Pakistan (AP) — The rugged Pakistani region of North Waziristan emerged as a hotbed of polio infections after Taliban militants in the isolated area...
Court: Chiropractic college must accommodate blind
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court ordered the nation’s leading chiropractic college on Friday to make accommodations to allow blind students to...
FDA approves inhalable diabetes drug Afrezza
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration says it has approved a long-delayed inhalable diabetes medication to help patients control their blood sugar levels....
Sierra Leone warns of contact with Ebola infected
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone has warned that it is a serious crime to shelter someone infected with the Ebola virus. The Health...
More countries adding graphic warnings to smokes
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia became the newest country to mandate graphic photo warnings on cigarette packs on Tuesday, joining more than 40 other nations...
Philip Morris Int’l to sell Marlboro HeatSticks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Philip Morris International Inc. is hoping to capitalize on the growing appetite for alternatives to traditional smokes like e-cigarettes with a...
FDA clears robotic legs for some paralyzed people
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have approved a first-of-a-kind set of robotic leg braces that can help some disabled people walk again. The ReWalk...
Drink up, NYC: Ban on big sodas canned
NEW YORK (AP) — Big sodas can stay on the menu in the Big Apple after New York state’s highest court refused Thursday to reinstate...
FDA grapples with oversight of fecal transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a low-cost treatment for a life-threatening infection that could cure up to 90 percent of patients with minimal side effects, often...
Court won’t reinstate New York City’s big-soda ban
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court has refused to reinstate New York City’s ban on the sale of big sodas. The state’s Court...
French moms may spend less time in maternity wards
PARIS (AP) — France is considering reducing the time mothers spend in maternity wards as part of efforts to cut spending. French mothers spend on...
Designer T cells fight viruses after transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bone marrow transplants save thousands of lives but patients are vulnerable to severe viral infections in the months afterward, until their new...
Panel: Flu spray better than shots for young kids
ATLANTA (AP) — When it comes to flu vaccines, a federal panel says a squirt in the nose is better than a shot in the...
FDA warns of allergic reactions with acne products
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are warning consumers who use anti-acne treatments about rare but potentially deadly allergic reactions that can cause swelling of...
WHO reduces Ebola death toll in Sierra Leone
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The World Health Organization has changed its methodology in reporting the number of people killed in an Ebola outbreak in Sierra...
3-D mammogram scans may find more breast cancer
CHICAGO (AP) — 3-D mammograms may be better at finding cancer than regular scans, a large study suggests, although whether that means saving more lives...
Uruguay’s first marijuana club seeks recognition
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A group has taken steps to become the first officially recognized marijuana-growing club in Uruguay, where lawmakers have made their country...
Uruguay’s first marijuana club takes first steps
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A marijuana growing club is taking steps to be the first officially recognized in Uruguay, where lawmakers have made their country...
Iran lawmakers approve birth-control surgeries ban
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that lawmakers have approved a bill criminalizing performing birth-control surgeries amid a drop in...
Doctors to parents: Start reading to kids early
CHICAGO (AP) — The nation’s largest pediatricians’ group says parents should read aloud to their children every day starting in infancy. Doing so can enhance...
Kansas residents concerned about pipeline eruption
OLPE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas health officials on Monday were at the site of natural gas pipeline eruption in eastern Kansas, where crops and trees...
Heart pacer-zapper benefits women more: FDA study
CHICAGO (AP) — Women with heart failure are less likely to get a special kind of pacemaker than men, but more likely to benefit from...
Children win broader access to donor lungs
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A national transplant board has permanently adopted a rule that gives children a better shot at donor lungs. The vote comes a...
Ebola cases rise in Africa as doctors sound alarm
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The international medical organization Doctors Without Borders is sounding the alarm over the outbreak of the Ebola disease in West Africa...
Sierra Leone defends its record on Ebola outbreak
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone says it is dismayed by allegations that it is not doing enough to combat the Ebola outbreak ravaging...