Tag: Health

Since 1975, the annual rates of all bicyclists dying by getting struck by a car decreased by 44 percent. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Bicycle mortality rate for children drops

Robert King · August 13, 2015 5:12 pm

Alabama and Louisiana, along with New Hampshire, have all taken steps to strip Medicaid dollars from Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo)Â

Administration warns states trying to defund Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 12, 2015 7:51 pm

A judge sits at a table without his face showing, holding papers with a gavel in front of him.

Court’s bias threatens Virginia’s reputation

Sherman Joyce · August 11, 2015 4:01 am

In this Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2011 file photograph, physician assistant Jon Bigler looks at a patient's leg at Ashland Health Center in Ashland, Kan. (AP Photo)Â

Top docs approve of Obamacare

Robert King · August 3, 2015 6:21 pm

Junk food is so visible in so many non-food retail outlets -- hardware stores, bookstores, car washes, offices -- that it's difficult for people to avoid encountering it wherever they go.Â

Americans crave too much junk food

Washington Examiner · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

From a survey of 1,000 Americans, Gallup found that 64 percent drink at least one cup of coffee a day. That number has barely budged from 63 percent in 1999. (AP Photo)Â

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Gallup: Americans are slowly kicking unhealthy habits

Emily Leayman · July 31, 2015 12:00 pm

"The website is under our control now but it is down until we can restore the site and put safeguards in place," a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman said. (Screenshot)

Uncritical media parrots Planned Parenthood hacking claim

Becket Adams · July 30, 2015 8:00 pm

The White House says President Obama will veto legislation that would let the Department of Veterans Affairs fire corrupt or negligent officials. (AP Photo)Â

Obama issues veto threat; worried VA reform would make the VA ‘less attractive’ to workers

Pete Kasperowicz · July 29, 2015 10:29 pm

Anti-abortion activist sign is held aloft during a rally opposing federal funding for Planned Parenthood in front of the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)

Doctored Planned Parenthood videos shouldn’t derail life-saving medical research

Vicki Saporta · July 29, 2015 4:01 am

Pernicious Bunk 101

The Scrapbook · July 27, 2015 4:00 am

Planned Parenthood President: Abortion Clinic Bombers, Murderers Behind Videos

Daniel Halper · July 26, 2015 1:14 pm

On Friday, the FDA proposed putting added sugar on the nutritional label for packaged foods. (iStock)

FDA wants to add more sugar to nutrition labels

Robert King · July 24, 2015 7:07 pm