There was a time when a shot of penicillin or some other antibiotic was the cure-all for just about any infection. Over time, however, various bacteria have become resistant to antibiotics and, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 23,000 people die annually from infections. Some even take out hospitalized […]

Fitness and nutrition expert Lisa Lynn says it may be your metabolism that is sabotaging your best-laid plans to lose weight and boost your spirits. Lynn, a certified fitness trainer who is seen frequently on the “The Dr. Oz Show,” says good nutrition, healthy supplements and the right combinations of food, along with exercise, can […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Their unity fraying, House Republicans bent but did not blink Monday in their demand for changes in the nation’s health care overhaul as the price for preventing the first partial government shutdown in 17 years. “We’re at the brink,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., moments after the Senate voted 54-46 to reject […]

Roland Martin talks with BlackAmericaWeb Senior Political Correspondent and co-host of “Keeping it Real with Rev. Al Sharpton”, Michael H. Cottman, about affordable health care and the decline of HBCUs.

Senior advisor to President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, talks with the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the inception of the Affordable Care Act. — TOM JOYNER: Senior advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett is on the phone. All right, Valerie Jarrett, let’s get this party started. Let’s get people registered for the Affordable Act. Break […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Driving around the nation’s capital during the first day of a government shutdown, I wondered if radical Republicans are mean-spirited or just plain stupid. The answer became clear, however, after watching federal workers on Tuesday slowly file out of a downtown government building: Republicans simply don’t care. They don’t care about protecting […]

ATLANTA (AP) — On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama‘s insurance overhaul are mostly sitting on their hands. But the law is going into effect without them. Thirty-six states, most of them Republican-controlled, opted to let the federal government run exchanges where consumers […]

With open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act set to begin Oct. 1, officials at the new health insurance Marketplaces are gearing up to help consumers. Call centers have been launched. “Navigators” to help consumers are being trained. Ad campaigns are under way in the states operating their own Marketplaces. …and crooks are already at […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House are moving to ship to the Senate a measure that would prevent a government shutdown but cripple the health care law that’s the signature accomplishment of President Barack Obama’s first term. The top Senate Democrat has pronounced the bill dead and calls the House exercise a “waste of […]

Have questions for the doctor? Text it to “646464” (OHOHOH). Many women look forward to the end of having monthly periods but ultimately, they find, menopause is no walk in the park either. Hot flashes, weight gain, vaginal dryness, painful sex and urinary tract infections can put a real damper on a woman’s sex life. […]

Rhonda Mayberry’s excess weight had become an unbearable burden. At about 5’2” and 399 pounds, she suffered from diabetes, high blood pressure and extreme lack of mobility. The pounds weren’t coming off with diets. In 2008, she and her doctor decided surgery was the right option. Now, three years after gastric bypass surgery and 240 […]

For the first time, researchers are reporting that a treatment might help stabilize Alzheimer’s disease for as much as three years, although the evidence is weak and in only four patients. The drug is Gammagard, made by Baxter International Inc. Doctors say that four patients who have been receiving the highest dose for three years […]