West Virginia's Governor Tomblin vetoed a bill on April 2nd that would have regulated the sale of raw milk, due to health concerns from the public.
Governor Tomblin cited the bill itself, claiming the bacteria found...
Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade died on Saturday at an assisted-living facility in Texas. The cause of death was reportedly heart-related illness.
Norma was just 22 years old when she...
Are Chicken McNuggets really made out of the famous 'pink slime'? Not quite. But McDonald's Chicken McNuggets still aren't the healthiest choice. This video (sort of) shows why it's not as bad as we think, but not as awesome as we'd like.
Florida voters will have the chance to let more people have medical marijuana available to more people this November. Up for the referendum is an Amendment 2, a constitutional amendment that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana...
You may know that public health officials in several states have spent most of the winter trying to contain a measles outbreak that has been traced to Disney's theme parks in Anaheim. The great majority...
Why is Florida apparently the only state to be receiving the lion's share of equipment necessary to combat the coronavirus?
Might it have something to do with the fact that Gov. Ron DeSantis is a Republican?
Could...
In the 1960's,?anti-drug commercials, movies, and short films suddenly seemed to pop up everywhere. ?The problem with that is that, with only a couple of exceptions, most of these PSA-style films became instant classics because...
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The first federal guidelines (ever) regarding circumcision have been drafted. After seven years of work, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released a guideline draft that says health insurers should pay...
With new study results revealing negative long-term effects of NBC's hit extreme-dieting show, more former contestants are demanding NBC's “The Biggest Loser” finally be canceled.
Season two participant, Suzanne Mendonca recently came forward with allegations that, behind...
It's no surprise republicans want to eliminate anything resembling a social program that helps the poor, elderly, and middle class.
Since its passage in 1965, Medicare has been on the list of items at which the...
There’s been a lot of finger pointing over where the coronavirus originated.
Did it come out of a Huanan seafood market, otherwise known as a wet market, in Wuhan, China?
Was it transmitted to humans from a pangolin?
Was it...
Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia is gifting new moms with baby boxes.
Good Housekeeping reports that the boxes retail between $80-$100 each. The research team believes the boxes can help break the cycle of parents co-sleeping with...
When I was first diagnosed with a mental illness, I was watching videos about stigma. One remark struck home: mental illnesses are not "casserole illnesses." People don't offer to help when you get diagnosed with schizophrenia. No...
One of my favorite comedians has just given me another reason to love him. The internet is full of conspiracy theories surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's health. She almost fainted during a 9/11 memorial....
A quick perusal of the 12-step recovery program of Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous reveals a sobering reality to the addict who doesn't have a Higher Power to speak of. The reality is that half of...
Democrats hold the majority in both houses of Congress and they hold White House.
So how did such an important democratic issue like the eviction moratorium in place since September slip through the Democrats' fingers?
Now 15...
Everyone, by now, is very familiar with President-elect Donald Trump's personal physician and his strange, but familiar, eccentric rhetoric about Trump's personal health. He has continued his strange behavior in a new interview with STAT...
A recent study conducted by the ENIGMA MDD Working Group has shed new light on how depression affects the brain. For years, it’s been the believed that brain damage was the culprit behind chronic or...
A study conducted by researchers at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) suggests that cancer cells actually spread throughout the body when antioxidants have been administered. The researchers state that pro-oxidants should be...
They're called "long-haulers".
They're victims of Covid-19 in a separate category from the 80% who experience mild symptoms and those complaining of severe symptoms for three to six weeks.
They're a combination of the two, battling lasting...
