Tag: Health

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CDC warns of ingesting metal bristles from BBQ cleaning brushes

Paul Bedard · September 1, 2015 11:58 pm

Regulators have been on alert regarding pure powdered caffeine following the deaths of two young men last year. (AP Photo)Â

FDA cracks down on deadly powdered caffeine

Robert King · September 1, 2015 3:27 pm

A survey released Tuesday by three mental health groups found that people younger than 54 are more likely to have seen a psychologist or other mental health provider than those who are older.Â (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Suicides rising, but younger Americans more likely to seek help

Paige Winfield Cunningham · September 1, 2015 4:01 am

Vice President Joe Biden has done nothing to tamp down speculation that he's preparing to jump into the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo)

Audit: Feds doled out billions despite shoddy paperwork

Rudy Takala · August 26, 2015 1:40 pm

The study looked at whether omega-3 fatty acids, derived mainly from fish oil, can slow cognitive decline in seniors. (iStock photo)

Study doubts benefits of fish oil on brain health

Robert King · August 25, 2015 4:20 pm

Contact lens wearers must wash hands before touching lenses and take out contacts before showering, sleeping or swimming. (Wikimedia Commons)

Nearly all contact lens wearers perform risky behaviors: CDC

Robert King · August 20, 2015 5:00 pm

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced he has cancer and will undergo treatment at an Atlanta hospital. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Carter says cancer has spread to his brain

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 20, 2015 2:49 pm

Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks during an education summit, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015, in Londonderry, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Let’s see even more GOP alternatives to Obamacare

Washington Examiner · August 20, 2015 4:01 am

Planned Parenthood whistleblower: Heart of aborted fetus was still beating

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 19, 2015 2:41 pm

A kit of Naloxone, a heroin antidote that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, is displayed at a press conference about a new community prevention program for heroin overdoses in which New York police officers will carry kits of Naloxone, on May 27, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

White House announces $13m to fight heroin epidemic

Susan Crabtree · August 17, 2015 2:43 pm

"My only involvement in this study was supplying tumors that I had removed from my patients," said Carson. (AP photo)

Carson: Fetal tissue allegations ‘aren’t even true’

Barbara Boland · August 16, 2015 7:56 pm

A new study funded by the National Institutes of Health found that people who cut dietary fats lost 68 percent more body fat than people who cut carbohydrates. (AP Photo)Â

Study says cut fats, not carbs, to lose the most weight

Robert King · August 13, 2015 5:55 pm