Doctor offers tips to prevent injuries while shoveling snow

As temperatures continue to plunge and snowfall levels increase across the tri-state region, a physical therapy professor at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia reminds individuals the exertion, cold weather, and slippery surfaces snow shovelers face in these conditions are a dangerous...
Doctor offers tips to prevent injuries while shoveling snow

Survey finds modest drop in January uninsured rate

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the uninsured rate for U.S. adults dropped by 1.2 percentage points in January as the health law’s coverage expansion took effect, with the biggest change seen among unemployed people and nonwhites.

Survey finds modest drop in January uninsured rate

UTSA and Health Science Center receive grant to prevent substance abuse, HIV/AIDS transmission among young adults

The UTSA Institute for Health Disparities Research in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Division of Community Pediatrics have been awarded $900,000 in funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration...
UTSA and Health Science Center receive grant to prevent substance abuse, HIV/AIDS transmission among young adults

Checking the facts: policy cancellations and healthcare.gov enrollment

The Washington Post examines the landmines associated with these statistics. Meanwhile, Bloomberg reports on a new lawsuit in which a man claims Humana raised his premiums and then refused to honor his request to cancel the policy.

Checking the facts: policy cancellations and healthcare.gov enrollment

Sexual selection enhances ability of offspring to cope with infection

To test whether female mate choice enhances the health and disease-resistance of offspring, either through immune resistance, tolerance to infection, or both, researchers led by Dustin Penn tested female house mice’s preferences (Mus musculus) for particular males and then experimentally...
Sexual selection enhances ability of offspring to cope with infection

NIDA releases guide on treating teen substance abuse and online education for healthcare providers

​Resources to help parents, health care providers, and substance abuse treatment specialists treat teens struggling with drug abuse, as well as identify and interact with those who might be at risk, were released today by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

NIDA releases guide on treating teen substance abuse and online education for healthcare providers

Study: Partner’s touch improves individual’s performance

People improve their performance more when they practise with a partner rather than on their own, according to a new study.

Study: Partner’s touch improves individual’s performance

How Inactivity Changes the Brain

Being sedentary appears to alter the brain in ways that may affect heart health, a new study found.
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How Inactivity Changes the Brain

3 dead in massive Indiana highway pileup

More than 40 vehicles, many of them semitrailers, collided amid whiteout conditions.


3 dead in massive Indiana highway pileup

Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

Talks at international peace conference on Syria crisis yield hard stances, slight hope.


Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

Massive highway pileup kills at least 2 in Indiana

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A massive highway pileup being blamed on whiteout conditions killed at least two people and injured scores of others Thursday afternoon in northwestern Indiana, police and a coroner said.


Massive highway pileup kills at least 2 in Indiana

Snowden: 'No way I can come home'

In chat, NSA leaker says he likely won’t enter U.S. until whistleblower laws are reformed.


Snowden: 'No way I can come home'

Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

Talks at international peace conference on Syria crisis yield hard stances, slight hope.


Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

Snowden: 'No way I can come home'

In chat, NSA leaker says he likely won’t enter U.S. until whistleblower laws are reformed.


Snowden: 'No way I can come home'

Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

Talks at international peace conference on Syria crisis yield hard stances, slight hope.


Kerry: Assad's a 'super-magnet' for terror

FBI report to retailers reveals 20 hacking cases in past year

By Jim Finkle and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to prepare for more cyber attacks after discovering about 20 hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of malicious software used against Target Corp in the holiday shopping season....
FBI report to retailers reveals 20 hacking cases in past year

Video of Ukraine cop abusing naked protester draws outrage

A member of Ukraine’s elite Berkut riot police force assaulted and humiliated a naked protester after he was detained in freezing cold temperatures in Kiev, according to a video posted Thursday. The Ukrainian interior ministry swiftly apologised for the horrific incident, which recalled...
Video of Ukraine cop abusing naked protester draws outrage

Texas Issues Tough Rules For Insurance Navigators

The insurance commissioner in Texas has toughened regulations covering the workers helping people sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Texas officials say the regulations are needed to protect consumer privacy. Supporters of the health law say they’re an attempt to...
Texas Issues Tough Rules For Insurance Navigators

7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders

While I spend my professional time now as a career success coach, writer, and leadership trainer, I was a marriage and family therapist in my past, and worked for several years with couples, families, and children. Through that experience, I witnessed a very wide array of both functional and...
7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors That Keep Children From Growing Into Leaders

Watch what happens when a top donor gets a diplomatic gig

A case for doing away with practice of nominating top political donors to diplomatic posts.


Watch what happens when a top donor gets a diplomatic gig