Wash your hands often and get an annual flu vaccine — those are the best ways to avoid getting sick, yes, but not the only ways. “There’s an entire arsenal of tools and ...
Experts offer the following tips for avoiding surprise medical bills for preventive care:
• Call your insurance plan — the 800-number on your insurance card — to find ou...
The average high-blood-pressure patient lives one day longer for each month of treatment with antihypertensive drug therapy, according to researchers from the University...
ATLANTA — A new study suggests that when parents are deployed in the military, their children are more than twice as likely to carry a weapon, join a gang or be involved...
WASHINGTON — An advisory board said Friday that ethical issues need to be resolved if the anthrax vaccine is going to be tested in children to be sure it’s safe and to l...
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration says Merck’s cholesterol drug Vytorin helps reduce heart attack, stroke and related problems in patients with kidney diseas...
LOS ANGELES — Using an annual chest X-ray to screen for a deadly disease such as lung cancer might seem to make some sense. But the tactic simply does not save lives.
Th...
Snakes build muscle while digesting food
WASHINGTON — You don’t think of pythons as big-hearted toward their fellow creatures. They’re better known for the bulge in their...
She says learn, ask and stay positive
BUTLER TWP — Tracy Gullickson is a survivor.
Two and a half years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Interestingly, as a reg...
Charity offers free, special services
A cancer diagnosis is life changing in many ways. The rounds of doctor visits, blood work and treatments eventually come to define t...
