Tag: Health

Small businesses struggle with Obamacare

Robert King · November 17, 2015 5:01 am

Maryland Gov. LarryÂ Hogan gave a nod to his staff, saying they ensured the governor's office still got plenty done during his course of treatment.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Md. governor cancer-free

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 16, 2015 9:01 pm

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a proposed rule Thursday to require more than 3,100 public housing agencies across the country to make their properties smoke-free.Â (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

HUD seeks to ban smoking in public housing

Robert King · November 12, 2015 4:53 pm

About 65 percent of American adults think e-cigarettes are harmful to the health of people who use them, less than tobacco cigarettes but more than marijuana, the poll said.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Americans want e-cigarette regulations

Robert King · November 9, 2015 4:20 pm

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Fitness guru: Eat fat, it’s good for you and key to healthiness

Paul Bedard · November 9, 2015 3:19 pm

"For the addicts, the people who are the small-time users ... we need to give them treatment," Christie said.Â (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Christie pressed on exact drug policies

Curt Mills · November 8, 2015 9:58 pm

Chipotle voluntarily closed down 43 of its locations in Washington and in the Portland area as a precaution after an E. coli outbreak linked to six of its restaurants in the two states has sickened 37Â people. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

37 sick from E. coli outbreak in the Northwest

Anna Giaritelli · November 3, 2015 9:28 pm

The Social Security Disability Insurance programÂ now has 11 million beneficiaries.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Budget deal pushes disability reform to backburner

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2015 5:01 am

On Monday, MyPlate.gov, a division of USDA that dispenses nutrition advice, tweeted out a list of 10 things parents can do to help preschoolers build "healthy mealtime habits." (AP Photo)

USDA to parents: Don’t badmouth icky foods to your kids

Pete Kasperowicz · November 2, 2015 11:25 pm

Beginning in January, doctors can get reimbursed for advising terminally ill patients on what types of interventions they may want to accept or reject.Â (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Medicare to pay for end-of-life counseling

Paige Winfield Cunningham · November 2, 2015 6:43 pm

A consumer pays 23andMe $199 and the company sends a kit that has a vial and some solution in it. The person spits in the vial, shakes it up and sends it back to 23andMe, which tests the sample and sends back the results online. (istock photo)

Genetic testing, without leaving your home

Robert King · November 2, 2015 6:01 am

How the GOP can seize the healthcare initiative

Jimmy Soni · October 31, 2015 5:01 am