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FDA OKs powerful opioid pill as alternative to IV painkiller

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. regulators on Friday approved a fast-acting, super-potent opioid tablet as an alternative to IV painkillers used in hospitals. The decision by the Food and Dr...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Don’t spank: Pediatricians warn parents of long-term harms

The nation’s leading pediatricians’ group has strengthened its advice against spanking and other physical punishment because of the potential for long-term harm. In an updated pol...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. advisory group urges hepatitis A shots for homeless

For the first time, a U.S. advisory committee is recommending a routine vaccination for homeless people, voting Wednesday to urge hepatitis A shots to prevent future outbreaks of the contagi...

DATE: Nov 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Appendix removal is linked to lower risk of Parkinson’s

WASHINGTON – Scientists have found a new clue that Parkinson’s disease may get its start not in the brain but in the gut – maybe in the appendix. People who had their appendix rem...

DATE: Nov 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Trippy depression treatment? Hopes and hype for ketamine

CHICAGO – It was launched decades ago as an anesthetic for animals and people, became a potent battlefield pain reliever in Vietnam and morphed into the trippy club drug Special K. ...

DATE: Oct 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Cut your sugar intake with a power bowl

This wouldn’t be a nutrition column if we never talk about salad! As we celebrate Halloween today, a lot of candy will be sold in the U.S. We can combat this volume of sugar by ma...

DATE: Oct 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Guns send over 8,000 U.S. kids to ER each year, analysis says

Gun injuries, including many from assaults, sent 75,000 U.S. children and teens to emergency rooms over nine years at a cost of almost $3 billion, a first-of-its-kind study found. ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Science Says: Sex and gender aren’t the same

WASHINGTON – Anatomy at birth may prompt a check in the “male” or “female” box on the birth certificate – but to doctors and scientists, sex and gender aren’t always the same thing. ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. approves first new type of flu drug in 2 decades

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades. Wednesday’s approval of Xofluza for people age 12 and older comes ahead of the ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Many Connect for Health Colorado customers can expect lower costs

Income-tax penalty for not having insurance ends next year

DATE: Oct 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Desperate and duped? GoFundMe means big bucks for dubious care

People seeking dubious, potentially harmful treatment for cancer and other ailments raised nearly $7 million over two years from crowdfunding sites, a study found. Echoing recent ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. health chief says overdose deaths beginning to level off

WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. drug overdose deaths has begun to level off after years of relentless increases driven by the opioid epidemic, health secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday, cautio...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health