One in ten girls aged 14 to 17 were referred to specialist mental health...
Figures show 127,425 girls sought help from secondary mental health services Number was higher than for males – 100,389 boys aged 14 to 17 received help Secondary mental health care intended for...
View ArticleUp to 11% of HIV sufferers in poor countries risk becoming resistant to...
People who previously took some antiviral drugs are more likely to be resistant Such drugs block virus reproduction and are taken by up to 30% of people Resistance could result in 890,000 more AIDS...
View ArticleUp to 11% of HIV sufferers in poor countries risk becoming resistant to...
People who previously took some antiviral drugs are more likely to be resistant Such drugs block virus reproduction and are taken by up to 30% of people Resistance could result in 890,000 more AIDS...
View ArticleCVS set to close $66 BILLION deal to buy health insurer Aetna on Monday
CVS is one of the largest US pharmacy benefits managers and drugstore chains Aetna is one of the oldest health insurers, which influences everything from government policies to employer healthcare...
View ArticleCVS set to close $66 BILLION deal to buy health insurer Aetna on Monday
CVS is one of the largest US pharmacy benefits managers and drugstore chains Aetna is one of the oldest health insurers, which influences everything from government policies to employer healthcare...
View ArticleReporters press White House for update on Trump’s health
The White House said Thursday it is looking into whether President Trump plans to get a physical, and whether he’ll publicly report the findings, as some predecessors in the Oval Office have done....
View ArticleA Radical Move: Giving Up Income to Get Health Insurance
The vast majority of enrollees in Obamacare plans will not pay the higher premiums, since modest incomes make them eligible for another type of government subsidy that will hold their premiums flat or...
View ArticleWorld AIDS Day: UN calls for renewed commitment to make epidemic ‘a thing of...
1 December 2017 The world will not achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – which include the target of ending AIDS by 2030 – without people attaining their right to health, the United...
View ArticleBy Dr Max Pemberton For The Daily Mail
When something bad happens to you, is it possible to pass on this psychological trauma to your children? Can our experiences somehow live on in the next generation? Should you worry that if your...
View ArticleWHAT IS CANAVAN DISEASE?
A family is racing to find a cure for their two sons who both suffer from a rare genetic brain condition that could kill them by the age of 10. Jennie Landsman, 33, noticed her one-year-old son Benny...
View ArticleFor health care system, Senate’s tax bill has some side effects
Caption Close Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, center, walks with Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Luther Strange R-Ala., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (AP...
View ArticleDoctors discover new method to heal painful diabetic ulcers using a jab of...
The dreaded muffin top is the bane of many people’s lives – an unsightly roll of flab that spills over the top of trousers or a skirt. But now doctors have discovered an ingenious use for the excess...
View ArticleCVS to Buy Aetna for $69 Billion in a Deal That May Reshape the Health Industry
On Sunday, the two companies emphasized their ability to transform CVS’s 10,000 pharmacy and clinic locations into community-based sites of care that would be far less expensive for patients. “We think...
View ArticleSen. Orrin Hatch sparks backlash after claiming there’s ‘no money’ for...
Less than two days after the Senate passed widely criticized tax reform legislation, one of the tax bill’s key proponents came under fire for claiming there’s “no money” for a children’s health care...
View ArticleThe Senate’s Tax Bill Eliminates the Individual Mandate for Health Insurance....
Early Saturday morning, the Senate voted to pass the Republican Party’s sweeping tax reform bill, and among other provisions, the bill would eliminate the penalty for not buying health insurance...
View ArticleJapan’s HPV vaccine rates plummeted from 70% to ZERO after botched study...
HPV vaccine rates have plummeted in Japan, Ireland and Denmark after a wave of allegations that the shot causes brain damage and seizures. The downturn came after an allegedly fake study on mice linked...
View ArticleEating cheese every day may help to protect heart health
If you’re a cheese lover, you will welcome the results of this new study with open arms. Researchers suggest that eating around 40 grams (or 1.41 ounces) of cheese every day could help to reduce the...
View ArticleFormer employee reportedly steals mental health data on 28434 Bexar County...
Caption Close The mental health authority for Bexar County said a former employee stole a bevy of sensitive data more than a year ago, including the “names, addresses, dates of birth, social security...
View ArticleNYPD surgeon among doctors busted in massive health care scam
A Chanel-loving female fraudster and four local doctors — including an NYPD surgeon — helped run a $146 million health-fraud scheme to fuel lavish lifestyles, authorities said Tuesday. The well-heeled...
View ArticleEating cheese every day might actually be healthy
A nib of cheese a day keeps the heart disease away. A recent analysis of more than 200,000 people showed that those who ate a little bit of cheese every day were less likely to develop heart disease...
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