Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria is one of the germs that can evolve to resist antibiotics. “Nightmare bacteria” with unusual resistance to antibiotics of last resort were found more than 200 times…
According to a study released April 3, middle-aged Americans who experienced a sudden, large economic blow were more likely to die during the following years than those who didn’t. The…
Or do you struggle with low energy during the day, feel sleepy after lunch, need caffeine at 4 p.m., or find yourself waking up at night hungry? Think of the…
Infants who are given antacids like Zantac or Pepcid are more likely to develop childhood allergies, perhaps because these drugs may alter their gut bacteria, a new large study suggests.Children’s…
The inside of a rubber duck is shown after it was cut open for a photo in Nauen, Germany. Swiss researchers now say the cute, yellow bath-time friends harbor a…
Superior Court Judge Elihu Berle has ruled that California law requires coffee companies to carry an ominous cancer warning label because of a chemical produced in the roasting process. Judge…
Public health nurse Peggy Cooley of the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, seen on the phone screen, uses Skype video to remotely monitor a patient taking antibiotics for tuberculosis at home…
A screen displays a patient’s vital signs during open heart surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore. Hospitalizations cause only about 4 percent of personal bankruptcies among…
American Dental Association on Monday, said it is pressing for seven-day prescription limits and mandatory education that encourages using other painkillers.Associated Press file The association announced a new policy Monday…
Colorado could be short 800 primary care physicians by 2020
A weekly pill organizer from Port and Polish is $15 and about the size of a cellphone.Becca Risa Luna/Port and Polish About 82 percent of American adults take at least…
Class teaches how to recognize mental health disorders, support people in crisis
Packing on pounds seems to dull people’s sense of taste, and puzzled researchers turned to mice to figure out why: Obesity, they found, can rob the tongue of taste buds.Associated…
Kevin Hines was scheduled to make an appearance at Fort Lewis College
Members of Washington’s homeless community have constructed an encampment in front of the Central Union Mission. These crowded spaces can become breeding grounds for communicable diseases, like tuberculosis and the…
Instructor Jane Chente Wu Adams leads her class of seniors in their exercises in Burtonsville, Maryland.Bill O’Leary via Washington Post/file I quickly started giving out these prescriptions, going so far…
The Jackson Women’s Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss., is currently the state’s only abortion clinic. Abortions in the U.S. are very safe but getting one without facing delays and…
Praluent 75 mg, a drug sold by Sanofi and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, is one of a new class of cholesterol medicines that lower cholesterol far more than statin medicines can. A…
Make-A-Wish Foundation sending Durango family to California
University of Vermont student veterans Thomas Moore, left, and Dan Wright, participate in a class studying Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey in Burlington, Vt. The Greek poet wrote in…
After CT and MRI scans, the medical team of an 84-year-old patient made an alarming discovery: Where much of the man’s right frontal lobe of his brain should have been,…
Barber Eric Muhammad, owner of A New You Barbershop, measures the blood pressure of customer Marc M. Sims in Inglewood, Calif. Black male customers at dozens of Los Angeles area…
A pharmacy technician poses for a picture with hydrocodone and acetaminophen tablets, also known as Vicodin, at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Okla. Opioids including Vicodin and fentanyl…
A man injects heroin into this arm under a bridge along the Wishkah River at Kurt Cobain Memorial Park in Aberdeen, Wash. The government said non-fatal overdoses visits to hospital…
A long line of travelers waiting for the Transportation Security Administration security check point at O’Hare International airport in Chicago. Psychologists say it’s the nonstop strains of everyday life that…
The Associated Press<br><br>The contents of a drug overdose rescue kit are seen at a training session about how to administer naloxone, which reverses the effects of heroin and prescription painkillers,…
A sign at the specialty clinic at Children’s Minnesota in Minneapolis alerts patients to a measles outbreak in the area. While parts of the world have all but banished measles,…
Chemotherapy is administered to a cancer patient via intravenous drip in Durham, N.C. IVs are one of the most common things in health care. Each year, tens of millions of…
A Meals on Wheels America volunteer delivers a meal to homebound senior in Takoma Park, M.D. From ride-sharing apps to grocery deliveries, digital door locks to “smart” medicine dispensers, more…
du1-i-syn If you or anyone you know has ever had difficulty swallowing, this anatomy is where the trouble begins. An estimated 9 million Americans suffer from difficulty swallowing, otherwise known…
