Posts in category Health

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) _ The State Board of Animal Health has lifted quarantines in Dickey and Lamoure counties that it put in place following confirmation …

KAPLAN, La. (AP) _ Lafayette General Health has added Abrom Kaplan Memorial Hospital to the list of Acadiana-area hospitals it is operating. The changeover came …

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ The number of drug overdose deaths in Pima County continues to exceed 300 per year. The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/1d9XVw0 …

By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ If Louisiana’s next governor wants to expand the state Medicaid program to tap into billions of available …

BEIJING (AP) _ Hong Kong authorities have quarantined 18 fellow passengers of a South Korean man who arrived in the city infected with Middle East …

HILO, Hawaii (AP) _ Administrators are closing one wing of the Hilo Medical Center’s behavior health facility, leaving even fewer options for mental health services …

By JOLEEN OSHIRO Honolulu Star-Advertiser HONOLULU (AP) _ If your head is telling you to start your day with a bowl of oatmeal but your …

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ The move to make cancer treatments gentler for children has paid a double dividend: More …

By KYLE POTTER ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Patients hoping to access medical marijuana may struggle to register for the medicine as doctors and hospitals …

NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) _ Northern Ireland’s leader says he suffered a heart attack this week because he lives on junk food, gets too little …