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China says woman died from bird flu new to humans
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities said Wednesday that a 73-year-old Chinese woman died after being infected with a bird flu strain that had sickened a human for the first time, a development that the...
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Mystery Fatal Illness Strikes Texas Hospital
A mysterious illness strikes at a Montgomery County Houston-area hospital, taking four lives, with four more that are infected and are experiencing influenza-like symptoms. All infected people are...
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Overhaul website problems may trigger price hikes
Problems with the government's main health care overhaul website carry a bigger risk than frequent crashes: Higher prices could follow for many Americans if technical troubles scare off young people....
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Dads to diapers and more, myth-busting survey says
CHICAGO (AP) — The detached dad, turning up his nose at diapering and too busy to bathe, dress and play with his kids, is mostly a myth, a big government survey suggests. Most American fathers say they...
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Text Message Program Helps Diabetics Eat Healthier
A new health program called TXT4Health sends diet text message reminders to diabetic patients in hopes to break bad health habits. A study of this recent health text program proved to reduce and...
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Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers
CHICAGO (AP) — As a key enrollment deadline hits Monday, many people without health insurance have been sizing up policies on the new government health care marketplace and making what seems like a...
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Deadline extended for health insurance sign-up
CHICAGO (AP) — The deadline to sign up for insurance on the government's health care website arrived Tuesday, a day later than expected after the Obama administration granted those waiting until the...
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Health Matters: Diet Can Help Seasonal Winter Blues
Feeling the effects of seasonal affective disorder or the holiday blues as many call it is common this time of year. But changing your diet could bring you out your funk! An American Physcological...
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Federal health care sign-ups pass 1 million mark
HONOLULU (AP) — The government's rehabilitated health insurance website has seen a December surge in customer sign-ups, pushing enrollment past the 1 million mark, the Obama administration says....
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Calif. girl to remain on ventilator until Jan. 7
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California girl declared brain dead after tonsil surgery will remain on life support for at least another week after a state judge on Monday extended a deadline. Jahi McMath's...
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Girl declared brain dead moved from hospital
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Acting with a court order, the family of a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after a tonsillectomy has had her taken from a California hospital to be cared for...
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Jahi McMath moved to unnamed facility
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery is being cared for at a facility that shares her family's belief...
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Anti-smoking Efforts Has Saved Roughly 8 Million US Lives
CHICAGO (AP) — Anti-smoking measures have saved roughly 8 million U.S. lives since a landmark 1964 report linking smoking and disease, a study estimates, yet the nation's top disease detective says...
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California girl who was declared ‘brain dead’ gets feeding tube
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The family of a 13-year-old California girl who was declared brain dead after suffering complications from sleep apnea surgery has gotten her the feeding and breathing tubes that...
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Doctors say food stamp cuts could backfire
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind...
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Controversy plagues school mental health screening
MIAMI (AP) — After his father was diagnosed with cancer, a 15-year-old Champaign, Ill., teen started skipping school, erupting in angry outbursts, yelling at teachers and punching holes in walls or...
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Study: New rotavirus vaccines seem safer
Newer vaccines against rotavirus, a severe diarrheal disease in children, slightly raise the risk of a rare bowel problem that doomed an earlier vaccine, new studies show. But researchers say the...
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Debates Over Drug Are Far From Over
DENVER (AP) — Recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado and Washington, but debates over the drug are far from over. Here's a look at debates emerging in the states where the drug is already...
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