by Kierra Gray | Apr 5, 2016 | Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — A tax on tampons could be nixed under legislation proposed by Washington D.C. Councilwoman Anita Bonds, chairwoman of the Housing and Community Development Committee. The “Feminine Hygiene and Diapers Sales Tax Exemption Amendment Act of...
by Angela G. Barnes | Dec 29, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — Gluten allergies is no longer a problem in foods but also in prescription medication. People are experiencing allergic reactions after taking medications containing gluten. Congressman Tim Ryan is pushing the Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act to...
by Angela G. Barnes | Dec 12, 2015 | Health
SILVER SPRING, Md. — “This is severe pain. This is defeating. This is life-changing and has no end in sight…Pain is excruciating. [It] felt like someone was stabbing me with a knife. I could not breathe.” Those are the words of women suffering the effects of untreated...
by Angela G. Barnes | Oct 21, 2015 | Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — The American Cancer Society released new breast-screening guidelines recommending that women wait until age 45 instead of 40 to get their breasts examined. But George Washington University Mammovan Director Rachel Brem, M.D., said the operation will...
by Sean Froelich | Oct 21, 2015 | Health
Dr. Bruce Ribner, named “America’s top Ebola doctor” by Time Magazine, warned policy makers in Congress Tuesday that the Ebola scourge of 2014 and outbreaks of other diseases remain a clear and present danger. Ribner, speaking on behalf of the...
by Sara Shouhayib | Oct 9, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — It’s the home stretch for the latest version of new Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Secretaries Sylvia Burwell of the Department of Health and Human Services and Tom Vilsack of the U.S. Department of Agriculture addressed concerns of lawmakers...
