WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says the number of young adults going without medical coverage has shrunk by 2.5 million since the new health care law took effect. A new analysis to be released Wednesday finds the drop is two-and-a-half times the figure indicated by government and private estimates from earlier this year. The health [...]
We are a nation of animal lovers: Fully 97 percent of us tell pollsters that we believe animals should be protected from abuse. But, are we willing to do anything about it? Not if our diets are any indication. Most Americans continue to chomp down on chicken nuggets, ribs and burgers — inadvertently supporting abuse [...]
I knew almost immediately I was pregnant. The first sign was my aversion to coffee, a flavor I’ve loved for 20 years and bacon, a flavor I rediscovered during chemo. My belly bloated with such a full feeling I could only eat a few bites of food for meals and I started belching — something [...]
When news broke about 27-year-old Amber Miller in Chicago, who gave birth immediately after finishing a marathon, we were shocked and awed. Women everywhere wondered whether this was something to aspire to … or be horrified by. Exercise and pregnancy is already a tricky subject. Everyone has different bodies and workout routines to begin with. How [...]
Which TV show do you think would help improve your body image: “How to Look Good Naked,” which encourages real women to love their bodies, or “America’s Next Top Model,” which parades skinny, young girls hoping to become the next Tyra? Sound like a no-brainer? It’s not. New research coming out next year in the [...]
What are our attitudes toward flu shots? It could be as simple as turning to Twitter. A new study in the journal PLoS Computational Biology shows it’s also possible to use the social media platform to track flu shot vaccination rates and attitudes. Pennsylvania State University researcher Marcel Salathé gathered 477,768 tweets that contained H1N1 vaccination-related words or [...]
If you have been diagnosed with cancer, or if you’re caring for a loved one facing a diagnosis, you know that cooking healthful, delicious food is not always easy. You may be experiencing fatigue as a result of your treatments; you may be challenged by the prospect of cooking for a loved one who has a [...]
It’s 2031, and you are among the first humans to set foot on Mars. You and the other pioneering astronauts have discovered that there is actually a small amount of oxygen in the Martian atmosphere, but you need to figure out how to extract it. The future colonization of the Red Planet depends on your [...]
You’re under 50. You’re pretty fit. You can’t have a heart attack, right? Truth is, starting at the age of 35, heart disease is the leading killer of women. About 35,000 women younger than 50 die of heart attacks annually — but only 20 percent of women believe they’re at risk for heart disease. “We really [...]
We’re making so many great gains in the fight against cancer. More people than ever are living long, full, active lives after a cancer diagnosis, through treatment and beyond. One thing that’s not happening for people with cancer? They are not getting enough sleep. For people coping with cancer, sleep problems are an all-too-common complication [...]
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