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States likely to resist CDC proposal easing opioid access

March 1, 2022, 10:13am Health

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in February proposed new guidelines that would ease restrictions on prescription opioids, but states might balk at lifting limits on painkillers that have fueled the nation’s deadly overdose epidemic. Read story

William Hornby is among the young men trying to normalize seeking treatment for eating disorders by speaking out about his experience on social media. (Jose F.

Eating disorders among men on the increase

William Hornby is among the young men trying to normalize seeking treatment for eating disorders by speaking out about his experience on social media. (Jose F.

March 1, 2022, 6:04am Health

William Hornby looks straight into the camera, smiles and says: Read story

Schwarzenegger: Mostly vegan diet cut ‘bad’ cholesterol

March 1, 2022, 6:03am Health

The Terminator won’t be saying “hasta la vista, baby” to his plant-based lifestyle anytime soon. Read story

Arcadia Kim, 48, was inspired to start a business in 2019 advising parents on forming healthy relationships between their kids and their screens after her 10-year-old son threw an iPad at her when asked to stop playing a game.

Video game addiction recognized

Arcadia Kim, 48, was inspired to start a business in 2019 advising parents on forming healthy relationships between their kids and their screens after her 10-year-old son threw an iPad at her when asked to stop playing a game.

March 1, 2022, 6:01am Health

Arcadia Kim devoted her career to video games, until one hit her in the face. The incident happened several years ago when Kim, a former studio operating chief at Electronic Arts Inc., was trying to peel away her then-10-year-old son from a game of Minecraft. He threw the iPad at… Read story

FILE - John Hiickman cheers on a convoy of truckers heading toward Washington to protest COVID-19 mandates, Feb. 23, 2022, in Needles, Calif. Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans' worries about COVID-19. Fewer Americans now say they're concerned they'll be infected compared with January following the rise and fall of the wildly contagious coronavirus variant. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

AP-NORC poll: Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron

FILE - John Hiickman cheers on a convoy of truckers heading toward Washington to protest COVID-19 mandates, Feb. 23, 2022, in Needles, Calif. Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans' worries about COVID-19. Fewer Americans now say they're concerned they'll be infected compared with January following the rise and fall of the wildly contagious coronavirus variant. That's according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

February 28, 2022, 10:09am Health

Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. Read story

FILE - Dave Limp, senior vice president for Amazon devices & services, holds an Echo Dot with Clock device as he speaks Sept. 25, 2019, in Seattle. Amazon and telemedicine provider Teladoc Health are starting a voice-activated virtual care program that lets customers get medical help without picking up their phones. The service, for health issues that aren't emergencies, will be available on Amazon's Echo devices. Customers can tell the voice assistant Alexa that they want to talk to a doctor, and that will prompt a call back on the device from a Teladoc physician. The program, announced Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 marks Amazon's latest health care expansion and another push into telemedicine. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa to start seeking doctor help

FILE - Dave Limp, senior vice president for Amazon devices & services, holds an Echo Dot with Clock device as he speaks Sept. 25, 2019, in Seattle. Amazon and telemedicine provider Teladoc Health are starting a voice-activated virtual care program that lets customers get medical help without picking up their phones. The service, for health issues that aren't emergencies, will be available on Amazon's Echo devices. Customers can tell the voice assistant Alexa that they want to talk to a doctor, and that will prompt a call back on the device from a Teladoc physician. The program, announced Monday, Feb. 28, 2022 marks Amazon's latest health care expansion and another push into telemedicine. (AP Photo/Ted S.

February 28, 2022, 9:49am Business

If there is no doctor in the house, Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to summon one. Read story

Patients in hospital beds wait at temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.

Hong Kong considers lockdown as daily infections top 34,000

Patients in hospital beds wait at temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.

February 28, 2022, 9:47am Health

Hong Kong reported a record 34,466 new coronavirus infections Monday as deaths continued to climb, with health authorities saying a lockdown has not been ruled out even though the city’s leader previously said a citywide lockdown was unrealistic. Read story

President Joe Biden removes his face mask to speak in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Washington.

CDC: Many healthy Americans can take a break from masks

President Joe Biden removes his face mask to speak in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Washington.

February 25, 2022, 1:12pm Health

Most Americans live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday. Read story

FILE - Surgical instruments and supplies lay on table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The U.S. transplant system isn't fair enough and needs an overhaul to stop wasting organs and give more patients an equal chance at the life-saving surgery, says an influential scientific advisory panel.

Panel urges changes to make U.S. organ transplants more fair

FILE - Surgical instruments and supplies lay on table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The U.S. transplant system isn't fair enough and needs an overhaul to stop wasting organs and give more patients an equal chance at the life-saving surgery, says an influential scientific advisory panel.

February 25, 2022, 12:20pm Health

The U.S. transplant system needs an overhaul to stop wasting organs and give more patients a fair chance at the life-saving surgery, says an influential scientific advisory panel that set a five-year deadline to turn things around. Read story

In this image provided by Kata Sasvari, Macenzee Keller, 20, of Manchester, N.H., clutches her two-month-old son Zachery for the first time since she giving birth, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., Feb. 3, 2022. Keller delivered Zachery on Nov. 28, 2021, while on a ventilator at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester. N.H., after being stricken with COVID-19.

COVID-stricken mom reunites with baby 2 months after birth

In this image provided by Kata Sasvari, Macenzee Keller, 20, of Manchester, N.H., clutches her two-month-old son Zachery for the first time since she giving birth, at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., Feb. 3, 2022. Keller delivered Zachery on Nov. 28, 2021, while on a ventilator at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester. N.H., after being stricken with COVID-19.

February 25, 2022, 8:50am Health

After giving birth, most new moms can’t wait to see their child. Read story