Health & Safety

Health & Safety

For Divorced Couples, Separate Plans OK To Repay Health Law Tax Credits

5:00am March 15, 2016

by Michelle Andrews

The Internal Revenue Service will evenly divvy up the amount divorced or legally separated spouses owe if they have to repay an insurance tax credit — unless they agree to a different arrangement.

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Cancer And Arthritis Drugs Drive Up Spending On Medicines

8:01pm March 14, 2016

by Alison Kodjak

Patients switching to generic medicines and hard bargaining with drugmakers helped moderate spending on prescription drugs in 2015, according to Express Scripts, a manager of drug benefits.

Dr. Danielle Cruz attends to 4-month-old Davi Lucas Francisca da Paz, held by his mother Eliane Francisca, in an examination room at the Institute of Integral Medicine Hospital in Recife, Brazil.

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The Poignant Cry Of Babies With Birth Defects Linked to Zika

6:14pm March 14, 2016

by Rob Stein

The "new microcephaly." That's what doctors in Brazil are calling the birth defect believed to be caused by the Zika virus because it seems much worse than cases that have occurred for other reasons.

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Siri And Other Phone Assistants Don't Always Help In A Crisis

5:26pm March 14, 2016

by Angus Chen

If you say, "I want to kill myself," they give a national hotline. But digital assistants are not as helpful if it's abuse or sexual assault.

Asia Leads The World In The Feat Of Reciting Thousands Of Pi Digits

3:51pm March 14, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

Forget pie and pizza. The real way to celebrate the beauty of 3.14 is by reciting the most pi decimal points.

No-Drill Dentistry: Fluoride Treatments Can Prevent Cavities In Adults

2:25pm March 14, 2016

by Vannessa Rancano

If the whir of a drill as it bores into a molar terrifies you, we have some good news. Dentists have better ways to prevent cavities in adults with fluoride treatments most commonly used on kids.

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Bad Luck Or Bad Genes? Dealing With BRCA And 'A Cancer In The Family'

1:29pm March 14, 2016

Oncologist Theodora Ross discusses the hereditary nature of cancer and her own predisposition to breast and ovarian cancer, which led her to have a double mastectomy and to have her ovaries removed.

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How To Pick A Tooth Paste

5:11am March 14, 2016

by Patti Neighmond

Go to any pharmacy or grocery store and stand in front of the toothpaste aisle and you will face an overwhelming array of choices. Each brand has a plethora of options

At a program aimed at preventing malnutrition in rural Malawi, nurse Lydia Kamenya counsels a young mother about a proper diet for children.

The Strange And Surprising Debate Over How To Help A Malnourished Kid

10:00am March 13, 2016

by Emily Sohn

A 1974 report emphasized vitamins and minerals for malnourished kids, not protein. That was a game-changer. A new study asserts that protein is just as vital.

A doctor walks through a hallway at the Centro Medico trauma center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2013. A medical exodus has been taking place for a decade in the Caribbean territory as doctors and nurses flee for the U.S. mainland, seeking higher salaries

SOS: Puerto Rico Is Losing Doctors, Leaving Patients Stranded

9:31am March 12, 2016

by Greg Allen

Every day, at least one doctor in the economically challenged U.S. territory moves to Florida and other states where they're well-paid and better jobs abound.

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