Tag: Health

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

Princeton University professor Peter Singer. (By Joel Travis Sage, via Wikimedia Commons)

Disability group slams Princeton for employing professor who supports infanticide

Elizabeth Potter · June 25, 2015 7:35 pm

A school lunch featuring a grilled cheese sandwich on whole grain bread served with a southwestern-style corn salad, fresh carrots and either canned pears or apple sauce is shown Monday, May 5, 2014, at Mirror Lake Elementary School in Federal Way, Wash., south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Bland school lunch? Bring salt and pepper

Nathan Rubbelke · June 24, 2015 8:38 pm

Sick Leave: My Humbling Week at the Hospital

Victorino Matus · June 24, 2015 11:25 am

WH Slated to Hold ‘Summit on Climate Change and Health’

Daniel Halper · June 22, 2015 8:13 pm

What's behind all the essential oils fuss is doTERRA, a Utah direct marketing company that entered the natural lifestyle market seven years ago and has grown to employ more than 1 million distributors. (Eustress/Wikimedia Commons)Â

Essential oils: The latest craze in alternative medicine

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 22, 2015 4:01 am

Republican presidential candidate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, waits to speak during a campaign stop at the South Carolina Military Museum, Monday, June 8, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Perry blames ‘major back surgery’ for embarrassing 2012 performance

John Siciliano · June 21, 2015 6:02 pm

Lee Springer's dad left this world at 12:58 a.m on June 11, 2015. He shared three things his dad taught him during his difficult last weeks in the hospital. (Lee Springer/Medium)

Three things my dad taught me in his last days

Lee Springer · June 20, 2015 9:00 pm

President Obama has been known to frequent fast-food restaurants and spotted plenty of times digging into heart-clogging dishes. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

10 times Obama brought trans fat foods to the table

Emily Leayman · June 18, 2015 3:30 pm

Of the 27 million people without coverage, 15.5 million don't qualify for help from the federal government in getting coverage, either through enrolling in the Medicaid program or getting subsidies to buy marketplace plans. (AP Photo)

Obamacare’s track record just got worse

Washington Examiner · June 18, 2015 4:01 am