Tag: Health

After questions were raised about President Trump's mental health, the American Psychiatric Association reminded its members in a statement that "Arm-chair psychiatry or the use of psychiatry as a political tool is the misuse of psychiatry and is unacceptable and unethical." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Psychiatric association warns against diagnosing public figures like Trump without medical exam

Kimberly Leonard · January 10, 2018 12:21 am

Twenty-four people were harmed between late 2016 and August of 2017, prompting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to cut the U.S. presence in Cuba to emergency levels. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Families of diplomats attacked in Cuba may not get full medical care

Joel Gehrke · January 9, 2018 5:12 pm

President Trump will sign an executive order that will give administration officials 60 days to come up with a plan for helping veterans access mental health and suicide prevention services during their first year out of the military. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to sign executive order aimed at reducing veteran suicides

Sarah Bedford · January 9, 2018 3:59 pm

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, urges long-term Children's Health Insurance Program funding be extended in next spending bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Orrin Hatch urges long-term children’s insurance funding in next spending bill

Robert King · January 9, 2018 3:55 pm

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., rode his scooter to the chamber for the final vote on the GOP tax bill. "Steve Scalise. He's braver than all of us. He's braver," President Trump said, praising the Louisiana Republican after the passage of the GOP tax bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steve Scalise to undergo new surgery as part of shooting recovery

Al Weaver · January 9, 2018 3:01 pm

Mitt Romney has not confirmed whether Tapper's account is true or why he chose not to make the announcement himself. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Mitt Romney was successfully treated for prostate cancer last summer

Anna Giaritelli, Al Weaver · January 8, 2018 7:38 pm

The legislation would allow terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs. (iStock photo)

Koch-backed group urges passage of ‘Right to Try’ bill allowing experimental drugs for terminal patients

Kimberly Leonard · January 8, 2018 2:31 pm

President Trump announced this week that the U.S. would suspend millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan, and said the country has given the U.S. "nothing but lies and deceit" and granted terrorists a "safe haven." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Rand Paul: I was in ‘a living hell’ after neighbor attacked me

Kyle Feldscher · January 8, 2018 12:17 am

According to a copy of President Trump's New York driver's license, he is 6-foot-2, but in a September 2016 letter, Trump's longtime physician wrote that Trump's height was 6-foot-3 and that he weighed 236 pounds. The latter combination makes his body mass index 4 pounds short of "obese." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump lied about his height to dodge ‘obese’ category: Book

Kimberly Leonard · January 5, 2018 5:09 pm

President Trump's executive order intended to allow people to buy lower-cost health insurance that can circumvent some of the mandates created under Obamacare. The Department of Labor proposed a rule that would allow smaller businesses to band together to buy health insurance. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump administration releases proposal to allow workers to band together for health insurance

Kimberly Leonard · January 4, 2018 2:04 pm

President Trump is just a few pounds short of obesity and is an avid fan of fast food, but the president has said his workaholic lifestyle and golfing have kept him physically and mentally in shape. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s medical exam will disappoint critics. Here’s why

Kimberly Leonard · January 2, 2018 5:01 am

A report says that the White House fired the remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump fires remaining members of HIV/AIDS advisory council: Report

Mandy Mayfield · December 29, 2017 6:57 pm