Tag: Health

Dr. Michael Paul, with the Pediatric Mobile Health Unit of Loyola University Medical Center, talks with fourth-grader Bennita Correa after her physical exam for incoming fifth-graders outside David Burnham Elementary School May 11, 2004 in Cicero, Ill. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

What’s next for the Cures bill

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 12, 2015 4:01 am

Hearing titled "Small Business Health Care Challenges and Opportunities," held Tuesday by theÂ Senate Health subcommittee onÂ Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security. (Screenshot courtesy of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions' website)

Small business owners say Obamacare flaws making insurance expensive

Elizabeth Potter · July 9, 2015 1:50 am

Some Republicans have been wary of end-of-life counseling ever since Palin began her "death panel" claims. (AP File Photo)

Medicare to pay for end-of-life counseling

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 8, 2015 9:48 pm

Doctors may feel pressure to prescribe opioids because it may lead to a better score on a patient satisfaction survey, experts said. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers want to change how heroin addiction is treated

Robert King · July 8, 2015 3:49 pm

Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses supporters at an organizational rally on July 7, 2015 at the Iowa City Public Library in Iowa City, Iowa. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)

Clinton vows to fight drug addiction

Ariel Cohen · July 7, 2015 8:34 pm

Even smokers want to raise cigarette purchasing age

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 7, 2015 6:35 pm

Study: Gluten-free health benefits are overhyped

Emilie Padgett · July 6, 2015 8:38 pm

Two women watch flames burning barbecue briquettes in a small mobile grill as people enjoy the warm summer weather in on Wednesday evening, Aug. 5, 2009, by gathering in a park for a barbecue. (AP Photo/Roberto)

HHS: Sell Obamacare to friends and family for us this July 4th

Barbara Boland · July 3, 2015 8:35 pm

The "deeming" rule puts vaping products and their components such as flavors, nicotine concentration levels, e-cigarette batteries, and software under the purview of the Tobacco Control Act. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Taxing e-cigarettes: A lose-lose-lose for the District of Columbia

Gilbert Ross · July 2, 2015 4:01 am

The Marijuana Check-Up allows users of the drug, who range from content to dissatisfied with their experience, to voluntarily take stock of their use. (AP Photo)Â

NIH-funded program to reduce teen marijuana use with exercise ends

Emilie Padgett · June 30, 2015 9:15 pm

Feds Spend $668K to Study ‘Twitter and Cardiovascular Health’

Jeryl Bier · June 29, 2015 10:09 am

"It's unconscionable that a nation as wealthy as ours would tolerate these kinds of health disparities to exist among the poor and otherwise disadvantaged populations," Hank Johnson, Jr., said. (AP Photo)Â

Dems renew call to track parasitic diseases among poor Americans

Elizabeth Potter · June 26, 2015 7:49 pm