Health & Safety

A characteristic bull's-eye rash indicating Lyme disease.

Study: Prolonged Antibiotic Treatment Gave No Relief For Lasting Lyme Symptoms

5:01pm March 30, 2016

by Angus Chen

A clinical trial found that three months of antibiotic treatment wasn't effective in relieving persistent Lyme disease symptoms. It's the latest study to suggest the approach is ineffective.

Paul Hornback was a senior engineer and analyst for the U.S. Army when he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease six years ago at age 55. His wife, Sarah, had to retire 18 months ago to care for him full time.

Big Financial Costs Are Part Of Alzheimer's Toll On Families

4:36pm March 30, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

A survey of more than 3,500 people caring for family members with dementia finds that many are spending down personal savings and cutting into their own basic needs to meet their loved one's expenses.

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What not to do when dating: fold your arms.

Health & Safety

To Catch Someone On Tinder, Stretch Your Arms Wide

4:35pm March 30, 2016

by Angus Chen

How people sit or where their arms and legs are in the images they share loom large in potential daters' calculations, according to experiments involving speed dating and an online dating app.

A Starry-Eyed 4-Step Guide To Wiping Out A Mosquito

12:02pm March 30, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

You'd need a mosquito czar, worldwide cooperation, millions of dollars and the hope that the technology works out. Good luck!

An oil field truck is used to make a transfer at oil-storage tanks in Williston, N.D., in 2014. It was atop tanks like these that oil worker Dustin Bergsing, 21, was found dead.

Mysterious Death Uncovers Risk In Federal Oil Field Rules

9:41am March 30, 2016

by Emily Guerin

Oil worker Dustin Bergsing, 21, was found dead on top of a North Dakota oil tank in 2012. A journalist and a doctor looking into the death found a pattern of similar fatal accidents.

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Health & Safety

Obama Announces New Efforts To Tackle Nation's Opioid Problem

7:56pm March 29, 2016

by Michell Eloy

The White House has announced further efforts to combat the nation's opioid epidemic. Including new funding that would expand access to medically assisted treatment to tens of thousands of people.

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Supporters of religious organizations that want to ban contraceptives from their health insurance policies on religious grounds rallied outside the Supreme Court last week.

Supreme Court Orders More Briefs On Birth Control, Hoping To Prevent Tie

6:16pm March 29, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The case, heard last week, tests the religious liberty claims against the Obamacare mandate for birth control in all health insurance plans.

"You won't believe the price of this one!"

Physician Group Calls On Government To Rein In Drug Prices

3:22pm March 29, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

The American College of Physicians will lobby Congress to allow the re-importation of medicines from other countries and to let Medicare bargain with drugmakers over price. Will lawmakers go along?

Hello Tractor's machine can plow and text.

Meet A Tractor That Can Plow Fields And Talk To The Cloud

3:19pm March 29, 2016

by Joy Diaz

A city boy came up with a great idea for farmers in Africa: a mini-tractor that costs only $4,000 and has cool digital features.

Close up low section of two girls sitting side by side

'Girls & Sex' And The Importance Of Talking To Young Women About Pleasure

2:59pm March 29, 2016

Author Peggy Orenstein says that when it comes to sexuality, girls hear that "they're supposed to be sexy, they're supposed to perform sexually for boys, but ... their sexual pleasure is unspoken."

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