WASHINGTON The Obama administration, expanding a program created by the new healthcare law, moved Tuesday to make health insurance more affordable and accessible for Americans who have been denied coverage because they are sick. Across the country, the federal government is reducing premiums on special coverage available to uninsured people with preexisting conditions such as [...]
Got stress? If you answered no, hooray for you! (And, by the way, what planet are you from?) Related Our body’s old response to modern stress can be dangerous Division of duty is the name of the brain game But if you answered yes (like any normal member of the human race), you’re likely heartened [...]
Viagra is taken by thousands of British men, but doctors are warning men that the blue pill may actually cause deafness. Doctors say that not only has Viagra been linked to hundreds of cases of sudden hearing loss, but other similar drugs have also been linked to hundreds of cases. Some of the cases are [...]
How do I find the best nursing home for my mom? Can I fight hospital charges that seem wrong? There are so many details to keep track of when trying to get good healthcare it can be enough to make the savviest among us throw up our hands. That’s the reason for this new column, [...]
If you live in Los Angeles or other fashion-forward places where people are eager to try new things, you have seen them: people running around in shoes that look like gorilla feet, modern ninja footwear or high-tech surf booties. They are the newest twist on the oldest walking technology on Earth: feet. With major shoe [...]
As women age, they find themselves at greater risk of developing a variety of health problems. Should osteopenia be one of them? The condition was recognized nearly 20 years ago by the World Health Organization as a potential precursor to osteoporosis, a severe thinning of the bones that can lead to increased risk of bone [...]