Life & Style
A variety of efforts, including seminars, workshops and free health screenings, are being launched around the country to recognize Minority Cancer Awareness Week (April 15-21), to encourage black Americans to become more proactive in preventing and fighting cancer. Black Americans and other minorities are less likely to get the preventive care they need to stay […]
Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease. Doctors have long thought that less access to screening and follow-up health care were the reasons black women […]
Hoping to get a good deal on summer travel? Start planning now. Airfares for summer are rising fast. Many fare-watchers think summer prices will be significantly higher than last year. In past years, some savvy travelers who held out on buying tickets reaped the reward when prices fell. But fleet and route cutbacks have given […]
NEW YORK (AP) — For years, women have been urged to get screened for breast cancer because the earlier it’s found, the better. Now researchers are reporting more evidence suggesting that’s not always the case. A study in Norway estimates that between 15 and 25 percent of breast cancers found by mammograms wouldn’t have caused […]
WASHINGTON (AP) – Too often, people pass a cardiac checkup only to collapse with a heart attack days later. Now scientists have found a clue that one day may help doctors determine if a heart attack is imminent, in hopes of preventing it. Most heart attacks happen when fatty deposits in an artery burst open, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Medical student Gregory Shumer studied the electronic health record and scooted his laptop closer to the diabetic grandfather sitting on his exam table. “You can see,” he pointed at the screen — weight, blood sugar and cholesterol are too high and rising. The man didn’t reveal he was too nearsighted to see […]
CHICAGO (AP) – New research gives clear proof that weight-loss surgery can reverse and possibly cure diabetes, and doctors say the operation should be offered sooner to more people with the disease – not just as a last resort. The two studies, released on Monday, are the first to compare stomach-reducing operations to medicines alone […]
DENVER (AP) — The era of social media is bringing more transparency to ski resorts’ daily snow reports, with skiers and riders using smartphone apps, websites, tweets and video to spread the word in real time, particularly if traditional reports are off. And the industry itself has been quick to embrace social media to get […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Western ski resorts are wrapping up one of the most unusual and unpredictable snow seasons in recent memory. New Mexico, traditionally warmer and with less reliable snowfall than its northern neighbors, this weekend celebrates the end of an unexpectedly good season that that withstood consistent forecasts of drought. “It was the […]
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines has canceled another 296 flights as it works to replace or repair dozens of planes grounded in North Texas because of hail damage. Spokeswoman Andrea Huguely says the cancellations on Friday affect flights in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The planes were caught in storms Tuesday […]
