What To Do About Antibiotic Resistance
Seven hundred thousand people are killed each year by drug-resistant infections. Many people mistakenly believe that human beings, not bacteria, develop
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Are Your Bad Habits Killing You?
A team at Harvard Medical School calculated that 20 to 40 percent of cancer cases and half of cancer deaths
Read MoreObamacare Replacement
On Thursday, Representative Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Senator Bill Casside (R-LA) introduced an alternative to Obamacare. It will not repeal
Read MorePaying More and Getting Less From Health Insurance
Kaiser Family Foundation released a new survey showing health insurance is one of the least popular products that individuals purchase
Read MoreStudy Of Birth Defects, Folic Acid In Foods Finds More Questions Than Answers
(By Barbara Feder Ostrov for Kaiser Health News) Adding folic acid to foods like cereal and bread — long considered
Read MorePeople With HIV Are Less Likely To Get Cancer Treatment
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) We’ve made great progress treating people who are infected with HIV, but if
Read MorePrecision Medicine What Is It and How Is It Helping In The Fight Against Cancer
Precision medicine is the practice of targeting biological markers on a patient’s tumors, and is proving to be more effective
Read MoreWhy Obamacare Customers in Some States Might See Higher Rates in 2017
(By Melissa Quinn for The Daily Signal) As insurance companies begin submitting their rates for health care coverage next year,
Read MoreBreathalyzer Test is Not Just for Alcohol Anymore
Joseph Azzarelli, MIT student and Ph.D. candidate, won the MIT Entrepreneurship Competition with a simple breathalyzer test that could diagnose
Read MoreGeorgia Women Weigh Zika Risks As Mosquito Season Arrives
(By Michell Eloy, WABE for Kaiser Health News) Earlier this year, Katy Mallory’s husband, Dan, traveled to Mexico for business.
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