by Research Team | Aug 22, 2015 | Health News
Cancer in his brain is forcing Jimmy Carter to slow down, but the 90-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner is insisting on keeping up with some of the humanitarian work that has sustained him since leaving the White House as a one-term president 35 years ago. Hours before...
by Research Team | Aug 22, 2015 | Health News
It used to be that Colorado State University scientists checking for West Nile virus relied on sticking needles into the brains of baby mice and waiting four to five days to see if the tiny mammals died from the viral infection. In the decade-plus since those early...
by Research Team | Aug 21, 2015 | Health News
Former President Jimmy Carter announced Thursday that his cancer is on four small spots on his brain and he will immediately begin radiation treatment, saying he is “at ease with whatever comes.” “I’m ready for anything and looking forward to a...
by Research Team | Aug 21, 2015 | Health News
Regardless of political affiliation, Americans strongly support government action to control prescription drug costs, according to a poll released Thursday. While the 2016 presidential candidates continue to debate President Barack Obama’s 5-year-old law...
by Research Team | Aug 21, 2015 | Health News
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, the state’s health insurance exchange, is seen on Nov. 13, 2013. A health-advocacy group has accused the exchange of being slow to address customer-service problems.
by Research Team | Aug 21, 2015 | Health News
The question of whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking is hotly debated. Studies looking at the effectiveness of the devices as cessation aids have been unclear, but at best, they suggest that they work about as well as nicotine patches.
