Posts in category Health

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) _ Suicides by young children are rare and the low rate has held mostly stable except for …

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Mammograms at 40 or 50? Every year or every other year? What’s the best colon check? …

By GARY D. ROBERTSON RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Though their party complains often about health insurance coverage mandates from Washington, Republicans in North Carolina’s legislature …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) _ New Mexico has no clear strategy on how to keep decreasing what is currently the second-highest rate of teens giving …

By CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) _ At the front of a classroom, health worker Cheryll Moore demonstrates “the nod” _ a jerk of the …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ A man has filed a lawsuit against Norton Healthcare, claiming employees lost a piece of his brain after surgery. The Courier-Journal …

CRUCITO, Colombia (AP) _ Manuel de Jesus Sanchez holds up a green poncho to protect his skin from the midday sun. The farmer says he …

By MIKE ANDERSON AND VIVIANE VO-DUC KSL-TV RIVER HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) _ Elise Wright acts just like any other 8-year-old girl. She likes to jump …

By RACHEL NANIA WTOP-FM CLIFTON, Va. (AP) _ On the second floor dining room of Trummer’s on Main in historic Clifton, Va., executive chef Austin …

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) _ Five senior living facilities in the Eugene area have reported outbreaks of norovirus in recent weeks. Lane County health officials tell …