Most types of cheese contain salt and saturated fat, but cheese is also high in protein and calcium. So what’s the verdict: good or bad?
Profiles For Sale: How Captured Data Can Paint a Picture Of Your Health
Under privacy laws your doctor can’t reveal information about your health, habits or weight, but your purchases and online activities can reveal a lot.
Heat health advisory issued for Washington state
Groups at increased risk from extreme heat include older adults, people with chronic medical conditions, children, and those who work or exercise in the heat.
Who is most susceptible to heat? It could be YOU!
The elderly, the very young and people with certain health conditions are at higher risk for life threatening conditions when the temperatures go up.
Backyard poultry linked to Salmonella outbreaks
Since early June more than 88 people are believed to have fallen ill as the result of these outbreaks. 34 have been hospitalized
Immigrant Shelters Drug Teenagers Without Consent
Former shelter employees and doctors say the immigrant shelters lack sufficient counselors and too often turn to powerful psychotropic drugs when kids act out.
Multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked to turkey products
Outbreak has sickened at least 90 people in 26 states, including Oregon. Forty people have been hospitalized.
Are probiotics safe?
Researchers are investigating the effects of probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics on disease. But, worryingly, they haven’t been reporting on their safety.
Children With Disabilities Endure Long Waits For Life-Changing Medical Equipment
Baker-Ajene waited so long to get a wheelchair for her daughter that she forgot she’d ordered it.
Omega 3 supplements don’t protect against heart disease, study
Omega 3 supplements do not reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, deaths from heart disease and stroke, and death from any cause
How to protect your children from wildfire smoke
Due to summer wildfires, children living on the West Coast have been breathing some of the most polluted air on record.
Anti-anxiety pills: The next drug epidemic?
Over-prescribing of drugs known as benzodiazepines or “benzos” is putting more people at risk of dependence on the pills.
Insurers slow to cover high-cost cancer immunotherapy
Most commercial insurers are covering CAR-T immunotherapies now, but they do so on an individual basis, writing single-patient agreements each time.
Think Before You Ink: Are Tattoos Safe?
Before you get a tattoo, consider these key questions
Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates
Insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on data about things like race, how much TV you watch, or even buy plus-size clothing.