by Mary Lee | May 20, 2015 | Health
A stop-motion animation explaining why specialty drugs are so...
by Zachary Vasile | May 14, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — Octogenarians running marathons, or seniors skydiving to celebrate a birthday? Don’t be surprised. Americans are going to continue to live longer and feel better. If you need proof of that, just look at Dixon Hemphill. Now 90, Hemphill competed in the...
by Michaela Meaney | Apr 28, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — Animals show adverse effects from genetically modified foods, and consumers should take that as a warning, primatologist Jane Goodall said Tuesday at a National Press Club news conference that called to urge stronger government safeguards for genetically...
by Beth Lawrence & Micaela Meaney | Apr 23, 2015 | Health
Victoria Hearst, granddaughter of the late news baron, William Randolph Hearst, launched her campaign, “Cosmo Harms Minors”, Wednesday at the National Press Club. Hearst wants Cosmopolitan magazine, owned by the Hearst Corporation, to be sold exclusively...
by Holly LaFon & Zachary Vasile | Apr 22, 2015 | Health
WASHINGTON — The Philadelphia branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs has already fixed some of the problems noted by federal inspectors who said the office altered quality reviews, violated claim policies and had stacks of unopened mail, a top VA official said...
by Michaela Meaney | Apr 21, 2015 | Health
CHICAGO — For many in the armed services, valor means courage against impossible odds. But for one group in Chicago, valor has a different meaning. Veterans Advancing Lives of Rescues, VALOR, is the name of a new program created by Safe Humane Chicago. The nonprofit...