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Can gene therapy be harnessed to fight the AIDS virus?

For more than a decade, the strongest AIDS drugs could not fully control Matt Chappell’s HIV infection. Now his body controls it by itself, and researchers are trying to perfect the gene edi...

DATE: Feb 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Flu shot only 36 percent effective, making bad year worse

NEW YORK – The flu vaccine is doing a poor job protecting older Americans and others against the bug that’s causing most illnesses. Preliminary figures released Thursday suggest t...

DATE: Feb 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

How best to treat opioids’ youngest sufferers? No one knows

CHICAGO – Two babies, born 15 months apart to the same young woman overcoming opioid addiction. Two very different treatments. Sarah Sherbert’s first child was whisked away to a h...

DATE: Feb 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

First blood test to help diagnose brain injuries gets OK

CHICAGO – The first blood test to help doctors diagnose traumatic brain injuries has won U.S. government approval. The move means Banyan Biomarkers can commercialize its test, giv...

DATE: Feb 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

14 worms pulled from woman’s eye after rare infection

NEW YORK – An Oregon woman who had worms coming out of her eye is being called the first known human case of a parasitic infection spread by flies. Fourteen tiny worms were remove...

DATE: Feb 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Marijuana’s 4/20 holiday tied to rise in fatal car crashes

CHICAGO – Marijuana users’ self-proclaimed holiday is linked with a slight increase in fatal U.S. car crashes, an analysis of 25 years of data found. The study lacks evidence on w...

DATE: Feb 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Flu season still getting worse; now as bad as 2009 swine flu

NEW YORK – The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 1...

DATE: Feb 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

AP count: Nearly 11.8M enroll for Obama health law in 2018

WASHINGTON – Call it the political equivalent of a death-defying escape: former President Barack Obama’s health care law pulled in nearly 11.8 million customers for 2018, despite the Republi...

DATE: Feb 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

What can you do if your doctor always keeps you waiting?

Q: My doctor was seriously late for my appointment, which caused me to miss some work and basically penalized me financially. Can I demand at least a partial refund? A: Just this ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

2nd man has gene editing; therapy has no safety flags so far

A second patient has been treated in a historic gene editing study in California, and no major side effects or safety issues have emerged from the first man’s treatment nearly three months a...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Carbohydrates: The good, the bad and the ugly

Today’s topic was a reader’s request. The reader asked, “What carbohydrates are healthy, and should we be avoiding fructose in our diet?” It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a ...

DATE: Feb 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Overtraining is a real danger, even if you’re not an elite athlete. Know the signs.

Everyone knows that exercise in general makes you happier, stronger and more energetic. We hear it ad nauseam, especially this time of year. But what if fitness did the very oppos...

DATE: Feb 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health