Some myths about breast health and mammograms
BY LISA GUTIERREZ
KANSAS CITY STAR
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri announced last week that she has breast cancer, which was detected through...
SPECIAL REPORT – OxyContin
How it became America’s most widely abused prescription drug
BY HARRIET RYAN
LISA GIRION AND
SCOTT GLOVER
LOS ANGELES TIMES
TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
The drugmaker Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin two...
How to make heart health part of self-care routine
FAMILY FEATURES
Devoting a little time every day to care for yourself can go a long way toward protecting the health of your heart. Simple...
Cancer death rate dropping faster for Blacks than Whites
BY DELTHIA RICKS NEWSDAY / TNS
The cancer death rate among African-Americans is dropping faster than for Whites, reversing...
What men should know about new prostate cancer screening guidelines
MAYO CLINIC NEWS
NETWORK/TNS
Men ages 55 to 69 should talk with their health care provider about prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer. That’s...
Food allergy sufferers live a life of countless close calls
BY DANIELLE BRAFF
CHICAGO TRIBUNE/TNS
One of Matthew Mitchell’s earliest memories involves a fast-food hamburger in a drive-thru late at night.
It wasn’t a happy meal.
Mitchell, now...
New treatment for depression involves magnetic currents
BY SAMMY CAIOLA
SACRAMENTO BEE/TNS
Depression lifted from Nick O’Madden’s life like a set of foggy glasses being wiped clean.
Earlier this summer, O’Madden, 31, felt he...
Coronavirus kitchen: What to stock, cook if you face a 14-day quarantine
BY JESSICA YADEGARAN
THE MERCURY NEWS/TNS
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread and residents consider the possibility of self-quarantine, one can’t help but wonder: Am...
Medical center: Coronavirus patient was not tested for several days
BY JACLYN COSGROVE
AND SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA
LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
LOS ANGELES – It took several days to test a coronavirus patient in Northern California who might be...
African diet reduces colon cancer risk for Black Americans
BY DAVID TEMPLETON
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE / TNS
PITTSBURGH – When African-Americans and rural South Africans swapped diets for two weeks, they also swapped risk factors for...
