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CreditAnthony Russo (original article) Opioid addiction has developed such a powerful grip on Americans that some scientists have blamed it for lowering our life expectancy. Drug overdoses, nearly two-thirds of them from prescription opioids, heroin and synthetic opioids, killed some 64,000 Americans last … Continue reading →

A costly system (BAONA/GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO)  (original article) Sunday, October 1, 2017, 4:10 AM A new physician will shortly be attending at the city’s financially hemorrhaging public hospital system, and not a moment too soon. Dr. Mitch Katz, late of Los … Continue reading →

Phys Ed By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Taking ibuprofen and related over-the-counter painkillers could have unintended and worrisome consequences for people who vigorously exercise. These popular medicines, known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, work by suppressing inflammation. But according to two … Continue reading →

Frances Isbell, 24, who has spinal muscular atrophy, is finishing law school at the University of Alabama. A personal care assistant she gets through Medicaid made her education possible. Melissa Golden for The New York Times By ABBY GOODNOUGH July 1, 2017 … Continue reading →

  Dakota Dishman, a police officer in Huntington, W.Va., searched the belongings of a woman suspected of using heroin in April. The state is among those hard hit by the opioid crisis. Brendan Smialowski / Agence France-Presse — Getty Images … Continue reading →

By Dom Phillips and Nick Miroff October 25 at 3:24 PM (original post) Infants born with microcephaly and their family members in Pernambuco state in Brazil. (Felipe Dana/AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly nine months after Zika was declared a … Continue reading →

Posted by: Bev Bennett (original post) Date: July 19, 2016 Share | Here are eight categories of great foods to eat: Red, yellow and orange peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes and cantaloupe… These are very rich in plant substances called carotenoids. “Research … Continue reading →

Anna Almendrala Senior Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington Post (original post) urfinguss via Getty ImagesZika virus was spread through physical contact in Utah case. Back in July, a 38-year-old Utah man was diagnosed with the Zika virus, even though he hadn’t … Continue reading →

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH September 23, 2016 Election Day is Nov. 8. But the vast majority of the 50 states do not allow voters to register that day. Here’s a rundown of the deadlines to register by state. The “mail” dates refer to … Continue reading →

Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) | American clergyman and civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Dear Coach Swinney, I’m a professor at Clemson. We’ve never … Continue reading →