Rural Living Means Planning Ahead for Your Health Care
Many of the things that make rural living appealing to some – the remoteness, the absence of crowds, the simplicity – can make health care more difficult. Choices for doctors…
Beefalo, a bison-cattle hybrid, is being touted as the healthy meat of the future
Enlarge this image This hybrid bull, which lives on the A&K Ranch near Raymondville, Mo., will be part of the process to create beefalo that are 37.5% bison, the magic…
Advisers to the FDA back Novavax COVID vaccine
Enlarge this image Dr. Stephaun Wallace, who leads the global external relations strategies for the COVID-19 Prevention Network at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, receives his second…
Gene Test Lets Some Colon Cancer Patients Safely Skip Chemo
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A blood test could save some colon cancer patients from getting unnecessary chemotherapy following surgery, while making sure that…
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tens of thousands of breast cancer patients could safely go without radiation therapy after their tumor has been removed,…
Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation
By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, June 7, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Tens of thousands of breast cancer patients could safely go without radiation therapy after their tumor has been removed,…
They thought they bought Obamacare plans. What they got wasn’t insurance
Enlarge this image A Google search for Obamacare plans can direct consumers to a series of “lead-generating” websites: nongovernmental webpages that connect insurance brokers to consumers. Getty Images hide caption…
Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Here’s a simple weapon to employ against the opioid epidemic: New research finds that placing time limits…
Brain’s Wiring, Not Lack of Willpower, May Drive Obesity: Study
June 6, 2022 – “You want fries with that?” How you answer that question may have less to do with willpower than you might think. Virginia Tech scientists are taking…
Study Sees Strong Links Between Depression and Crohn’s, Colitis
By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — New research points to a compelling interplay between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and depression. IBD includes Crohn’s…