The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a record number of tick-borne diseases – more than 59,000 – were reported in 2017. It’s a 22 percent increase from the…
Two U.S. government agencies are giving conflicting interpretations of a safety study on cellphone radiation: One says it causes cancer in rats. The other says there’s no reason for people…
Juul Labs, a maker of e-cigarettes and flavored nicotine cartridges, said it will stop selling certain flavors and quit doing social media promotion to try to curb teen use of…
As the holidays kick off, it usually means extra time with family and friends and often a party or two. But when it comes to your nutrition and health, the…
Elementary school third-graders run under a rainbow-colored tarp during the 15th annual Kansas Kids Fitness Day, in Hutchinson, Kan. New federal guidelines released on Monday advise that children as young…
Rick Doblin, in Vista, Calif., is the founder and director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, Doblin is pushing for the therapeutic potential of psychedelics including MDMA,…
The decision by the Food and Drug Administration came over objections from critics who fear the pill will be abused. In a lengthy statement, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said there…
In an updated policy released Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says that can include aggression, brain changes, substance abuse and suicidal behavior in adulthood. The academy says research since…
A U.S. advisory committee recommended routine hepatitis A vaccinations for homeless people after an increase in outbreaks of the contagious liver disease.Associated Press file The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
This microscope image shows an abnormal protein that is a hallmark of Parkinson’s disease clumped inside the appendix. New research suggests Parkinson’s, a brain disease, may get its start in…
Now the chameleon drug ketamine is finding new life as an unapproved treatment for depression and suicidal behavior. Clinics have opened around the United States promising instant relief with their…
As we celebrate Halloween today, a lot of candy will be sold in the U.S. We can combat this volume of sugar by making healthier choices during mealtime. We’ve all…
Handguns are displayed on a vendor’s table at an annual gun show in Albany, N.Y. In a study looking at data from 2006-14, serious gun injuries including many from assaults…
The National Center for Transgender Equality, NCTE, and the Human Rights Campaign gather on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, for a…
U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades. Xofluza is a pill for shortening the duration and easing symptoms of the flu.Genentech via…
Income-tax penalty for not having insurance ends next year
Courtesy of Michelle Drapeau via AP<br><br>In this image from video posted on YouTube on Aug 11, 2018, Michelle Drapeau, a stomach cancer patient in West Palm Beach, Fla., speaks about…
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Azar says the number of drug overdose deaths has begun to…
This undated fluorescence-colored microscope image made available by the National Institutes of Health in September 2016 shows a culture of human breast cancer cells. For the first time, one of…
health care, school-based programs central to plan
Residents expressed need for therapeutic resources
Patients from across Four Corners will test new medications, devices
Durango Herald file That 30 days turned into more than a year. Although I miss the instant relaxation that comes when alcohol hits the bloodstream, I don’t long for what…
Being near someone eating a peanut butter sandwich might pock her skin with hives, she told them. Catching a whiff of dust from nuts could make her breathing more labored.…
New research, published Tuesday, Oct. 16 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests obesity surgery may dramatically lower the danger of heart attacks and strokes in people with…
At least 62 cases have been confirmed in 22 states this year, and at least 65 additional illnesses in those states are being investigated, according to the Centers for Disease…
Maybe you had time to sleep in or just felt so tired and “out of it” that you couldn’t believe it was already time to get up. If this is…
This 1981 electron microscope image shows varicella-zoster virions from a patient with chickenpox. On Thursday, the CDC says a small but growing proportion of U.S. toddlers have not been vaccinated…
In a statement, the International Rescue Committee said it was “alarmed” that there were 33 new cases between Oct. 1 and Tuesday, versus 41 cases during all of September. Most…
of opioid-related deaths rises in state, nation
