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October 28, 2015

Electronic records tied to fewer malpractice claims

Doctors who start using electronic health records are less likely to get sued than their colleagues who stick with traditional paper records

October 28, 2015

N.J. Restaurant Patrons May Have Been Exposed to Measles

Health officials in New Jersey are warning people who’ve recently eaten at a popular Livingston restaurant that they may have been exposed to measles

October 28, 2015

Secondhand smoke kills 42,000 nonsmokers a year in US

How many Americans die from smoking without even lighting up a cigarette? More than 42,000 people a year, including 900 infants, according to a new, thorough analysis of secondhand smoke deaths

October 28, 2015

Study: People who eat more chocolate have a lower BMI

Eating chocolate more frequently has been linked to lower body mass index in a new study – regardless of total calories consumed per day or time spent exercising.

October 28, 2015

Top U.S. Health Official Sees Universal Flu Shot on Horizon

The chief of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) predicted that researchers could develop a universal flu vaccine to replace annual shots in the next five year

October 28, 2015

California health officials sound alarm over hookah smoking

California public health officials warned on Thursday of a sharp rise in tobacco smoking from hookahs, and a proliferation of cafes and lounges offering the Middle Eastern-style water pipes, which experts say can be at least as harmful as cigarettes

October 28, 2015

Experimental therapy trains patients' immune systems to fight melanoma

On the heels of a push from the U.S. surgeon general to act as the number of skin cancer cases rapidly increases, researchers are testing an experimental therapy that trains the body’s immune system to fight melanoma.

October 28, 2015

British woman runs 53 marathons in 53 days, sets new world record

A British woman has run 53 marathons in 53 days, breaking the previous world record of 50 marathons in 50 days.

October 28, 2015

Amish farm kids remarkably immune to allergies, study finds

Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study

October 28, 2015

Guide to natural beauty products

You're well-versed in all things locally grown, have your kids happily eating quinoa and can identify at least three varieties of kale. Problem is, the beauty aisles remain a jungle of confusing green terminology on pretty, leaf-covered labels