Tag: Health

Alzheimer's disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and its numbers are rising as the baby boomer generation ages. No effective prevention, treatment, or cure exists. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Senators urge Trump administration to bolster Alzheimer’s research

Kimberly Leonard · February 1, 2018 10:32 pm

Under Obamacare, eating establishments are required to print the calorie count of every item on their menus. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

House sets vote to ease Obamacare rules on menu labels

Pete Kasperowicz · February 1, 2018 9:18 pm

$"I had six fractures, three of them displaced. The bones will never be straight, they'll sort of heal in a crooked fashion now," said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)$ News

Rand Paul on his injuries: ‘The bones will never be straight’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 1, 2018 2:04 pm

A new mandate requires occupational therapy assistants to obtain bachelor's degrees, something that is not necessarily easily obtained by those pursuing middle-skill, middle-income jobs. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Occupational therapy: You shouldn’t need a degree for that

Garrett Watson, Shoshana Weissmann · February 1, 2018 12:25 am

Donnie Cardenas recovers from the flu at the Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, Calif. The San Diego County resident said he was battling a heavy cough for days before a spike in his temperature sent him into the emergency room on Jan. 10. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Congress looks to reauthorize pandemic program as flu cases swell

Kimberly Leonard · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

As of August 2016, fentanyl and its analogs (drugs that mimic chemical structure and therefore effect) are consistently killing more people than either heroin or prescription opioids. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

The opioid crisis has moved beyond prescription pills to deadly fentanyl

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2018 5:01 am

Accepted current medical practice both among clinical professionals and the insurance industry suggests that people really should be open to considering e-cigarettes as a form of "medicine," at least in some cases. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

E-cigarettes are what the doctor ordered

Eli Lehrer · January 29, 2018 4:44 pm

According to an update by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu is now widespread in every state except Hawaii. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Baby boomers hit harder than usual by flu season

Kimberly Leonard · January 26, 2018 6:02 pm

Bureaucrats, not doctors, are making healthcare so expensive

Marion Mass, kenneth-fisher · January 26, 2018 5:01 am

The CDC found that areas with local transmission of Zika saw a 21 percent increase in births with outcomes linked to the mosquito-borne virus in the last half of 2016 from the first half of 2016. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

CDC finds more birth defects in areas affected by Zika

Robert King · January 25, 2018 6:36 pm

Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon announced she would resign Wednesday amid an ongoing scandal involving one of the school's medical doctors. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State president announces resignation in wake of Larry Nassar scandal

Associated Press · January 25, 2018 2:33 am

The analysis from Avalere Health hypothesizes that people who were previously uninsured were able to receive ongoing medical care for chronic conditions. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Costs rising for Obamacare’s Medicaid enrollees: Analysis

Kimberly Leonard · January 24, 2018 4:33 pm