health

If there are two people who know about bike safety and how to be prepared in case of an emergency, it is Dale Black and David Town. The colleagues, wh...

Ignoring that throat tickle or cough because you don’t have time to see the doctor? With work, families and to-do lists demanding our attention, it ca...

Picking out a toothpaste can leave you scratching your head, reading about cavity prevention, plaque removal, whitening and sensitivity. Is it all jus...

A heart-healthy lifestyle is important for everyone, not just people who have existing health problems. Healthy habits can help keep your heart and bl...

A heart-healthy lifestyle is important for everyone, not just people who have existing health problems. Healthy habits can help keep your heart and bl...

As the demand rises for chemical-free food ingredients, more manufacturers are embracing plant-based dye alternatives over synthetic food coloring. Th...

It’s often said that we are what we eat, but most of us never stop to consider how this truism extends well beyond our waking hours. Does what we eat ...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide attack on a polio vaccination center in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday killed 15 people, mainly policemen gather...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors walked off the job Tuesday in England in a bitter dispute over pay and working conditions — the first such s...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat an...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mammograms do the most good later in life, a government task force declared Monday in recommending that women get one every other ye...

NEW YORK (AP) — Natalie Cole's family said the singer's cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, which led to heart failure. Her...

NEW YORK (AP) — An impressive quartet of Tony Award-winners — Judy Kaye, Cady Huffman, Annaleigh Ashford and Randy Graff — will lend their voices to t...

Cam Johnson’s work routine couldn’t be more perfect for him. The Wellness Champion, who is a senior weights and measures inspector with Ontario County...

BURIEN, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order aimed at curbing gun violence by improving data-sharing among government age...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Celebrate your child's scribbles. A novel experiment shows that even before learning their ABCs, youngsters start to recognize that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks dropped Wednesday as investors fretted about signs of belligerence from North Korea and more weakening of China's economy,...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A private autopsy is planned at hospital expense to determine how a 20-year-old college freshman died while on life-support in the m...

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — Dunia Sibomana was considered the lucky one two years ago when a group of chimpanzees jumped from the trees and attacked him ...

Days are short. It’s cold outside. The streets are snowy. Winter is the season when your excuses to stay inside and hibernate pile higher than snow ba...