LIVING HEALTHY

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• When Is the Best Time for Cervical Cancer Screening?

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• May 04, 2015 11:53 PM EDT

• While it certainly pays to be vigilant when it comes to one’s health, especially for preventable types of cancer, it is also equally important to know when to undergo screening. This reduces the mental and physical stress that comes with being tested and sav…

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• Overeating Will Trump Alcohol as the Leading Cause of Liver Transplant Very Soon

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• May 04, 2015 11:15 PM EDT

• In a few years, more people will be queued for a liver transplant, but this time, the culprit will no longer be the bottle but the food.

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• Bird flu: No Danger to Humans, but an Emergency for Agriculture

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• May 04, 2015 06:43 PM EDT

• Iowa is the third state to declare a state of emergency over the highly infectious avian influenza virus.

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• Your risk of pancreatic cancer may be higher if you live where it is cloudy

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• May 02, 2015 06:11 PM EDT

• A cloudy climate may put you at greater risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a study. The association may be because people in cloudy areas are not getting enough vitamin D from the sun.

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• What do “sell-by,” “use-by,” and “best-by” mean on a food package?

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• May 01, 2015 07:22 PM EDT

• You see dates on many packages of food, but what do those different dates mean in terms of the safety or quality inside?

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• One less sweet beverage significantly reduces incidence of diabetes

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• May 01, 2015 07:14 PM EDT

• If you substitute a glass of water or something unsweetened for just one serving of a sugar-sweetened or dairy beverage per day, you can reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes by 14% to 25%,

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• CDC and Georgia Tech creating a patch to take the place of a shot

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• Apr 30, 2015 10:43 PM EDT

• Researchers at the CDC and Georgia Tech are developing a microneedle patch that can administer the vaccine against measles.

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• African Americans and Africans switched diets and switched their risks for colon cancer as well

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• Apr 30, 2015 08:59 PM EDT

• Some African Americans followed an African diet and a group of rural Africans followed an American diet. In only 2 weeks, the African Americans showed a dramatic drop in risk factors for colon cancer and the Africans saw their risk factors rise.

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• North and South America are first regions to eliminate rubella

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• Apr 30, 2015 07:10 PM EDT

• The Americas have been cleared of endemic cases of rubella, also known as German measles. It is the first region in the world to be declared of the viral disease

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• Babies in China were bigger when air was cleaner during the Beijing Olympics

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• Apr 30, 2015 02:27 PM EDT

• A study has found that babies born to mothers who were in their eighth month of pregnancyduring the 2008 Olympics averaged almost an ounce bigger at birth than babies born at other times.

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• Bird flu has not affected people yet, but precautions are being taken

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• Apr 30, 2015 03:41 AM EDT

• Farm workers at large Midwestern chicken farms are being offered antiviral medications as a precaution against the bird flu is spreading.

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• Women under 50 may not need mammograms, but get them anyway

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• Apr 28, 2015 07:17 PM EDT

• Despite the fact that some health organizations suggest that women start getting routine mammograms at age 50, many women still start them at age 40.