Recipe for a healthy heart may include more breakfast, less TV By HealthDay March 22, 2019 at 9:36 a.m. Want a healthier heart? Get at least a fifth of your daily calories from your...
Healthy diet might not lower dementia risk By HealthDay March 22, 2019 at 9:36 a.m. A long-running study questions the conventional wisdom that a healthy diet may help ward off...
‘Medieval’ diseases flare as unsanitary living conditions proliferate By Anna Gorman March 22, 2019 at 9:36 a.m. Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she regularly pours...
6 ways parents and schools can tackle the spike in teen suicide By Washington Post March 22, 2019 at 9:36 a.m. The two middle-schoolers had never met in person, but they both struggled with depression and...
Trump’s proposed budget would slash total cancer funding while boosting pediatric research By Washington Post March 16, 2019 at 1:57 p.m. The Trump administration's budget proposes a $50 million increase for pediatric cancer research for the...
Seniors with UTIs need antibiotics ASAP, study says By HealthDay March 9, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. For older adults with a urinary tract infection (UTI), antibiotic treatment should begin immediately to...
Listening to older patients who want to stop dialysis By Judith Graham March 7, 2019 at 9:19 a.m. Dr. Susan Wong sat down with an 84-year-old patient in the hospital, where he'd been...
Icing an athletic injury? That might only make things worse. By Andrew P. Han March 9, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. If you've ever needed to recover from an athletic injury, you've probably used ice to...
Tick bites more likely to cause red meat allergy than previously thought By HealthDay March 9, 2019 at 1:05 p.m. Certain tick bites can cause a red meat allergy, and now scientists are shedding new...
I study brain illnesses. I now live with one: Lou Gehrig’s disease. By Washington Post March 5, 2019 at 11:34 a.m. I cannot speak, walk or use my hands anymore. I am unable to move my...