First Days of Preseason Practice Pose Big Heat Risks for College Football Players
2016-08-26
Coaches, trainers need to be aware of heat illness symptoms, study suggestsContinue Reading
FDA Recommends All Blood Donations Be Tested for Zika
2016-08-26
Updated guidance provides further protection for U.S. blood supplyContinue Reading
Health Highlights: Aug. 26, 2016
2016-08-26
No Olympics-Linked Zika Cases: WHO
Mylan Won’t Lower EpiPen Price
No Hospital Bills for Pulse Nightclub Shooting Survivors
Researchers Jump-Start Coma Patient’s Brain
Historic Face Transplant Transforms Firefighter’s Life
Spiked Heroin Suspected in Rash of Overdoses in Indiana and Ohio
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Early Virus Raises Asthma Risk in Certain Kids: Study
2016-08-26
Infants with a particular gene variant appear more vulnerable after infectionContinue Reading
More Americans Can Afford Medications Under Obamacare: Study
2016-08-26
Improvement seen in all age levels, but millions still struggle with the cost of prescription drugsContinue Reading
Doctors Divided on Safety, Use of Electronic Cigarettes
2016-08-26
When patients ask about safety and using e-cigarettes to stop smoking, doctors’ advice differsContinue Reading
Hopes Dashed for Rare Bone Cancer Treatment
2016-08-26
Extra chemo drugs failed to change course of osteosarcoma, researchers sayContinue Reading
Even a Little Exercise May Help Stave Off Dementia
2016-08-26
Sedentary seniors more likely to suffer mental decline, study findsContinue Reading
Health Tip: Keeping Foods Separate During Grilling
2016-08-26
Practices that can help prevent illnessContinue Reading
Many Teens ‘Vaping’ for Flavor, Not Nicotine
2016-08-25
Study found that only about a fifth of 12th graders who used an e-cigarette used a nicotine substanceContinue Reading