Lacking votes, Senate GOP delay health care vote until after July 4 holiday
WASHINGTON | Sources tell the Associated Press that Senate Republican leaders have abruptly delayed the vote on their health care bill until after the July 4th recess. That’s the word Tuesday as the...
View Article10 patients got life-ending drugs in Colorado’s under new ‘death with...
DENVER | Colorado’s law allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending drugs is quietly underway, with an estimated 10 prescriptions filled since voters approved the practice last year, advocates...
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How severe, ongoing stress can affect a child’s brain
ASHEVILLE, N.C. | A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from the noisy classroom. The safe...
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FDA OKs new Johnson & Johnson treatment for psoriasis
TRENTON, N.J. | U.S. regulators approved a new psoriasis drug from Johnson & Johnson Thursday, giving people with the itchy and painful condition another treatment option. Johnson & Johnson...
View ArticleLifestyle changes to stave off Alzheimer’s? Hints, no proof
WASHINGTON | There are no proven ways to stave off Alzheimer’s, but a new report raises the prospect that avoiding nine key risks starting in childhood just might delay or even prevent about a third...
View ArticleBlowing smoke? E-cigarettes might help smokers quit
People who used e-cigarettes were more likely to kick the habit than those who didn’t, a new study found. Nicotine patches, gums and medications are known to aid smoking cessation, but there’s no...
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CU ANSCHUTZ STUDY: US hospitals set record for fast heart attack care
There’s never been a better time to be treated for a heart attack. U.S. hospitals have set a record for how quickly they open blocked arteries, averaging under one hour for the first time since these...
View ArticleStudy: Trump actions on healthcare trigger nationwide health premium hikes...
WASHINGTON | The Trump administration’s own actions are triggering double-digit premium increases on individual health insurance policies purchased by many consumers, a nonpartisan study has found. The...
View ArticlePoll: 4 in 5 Americans want Republicans to stop fighting Obamacare — fix it
WASHINGTON | Message to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans: It’s time to make the Obama health care law more effective. Stop trying to scuttle it. That’s the resounding word from a...
View ArticleReport: Higher premiums if Trump halts ‘Obamacare’ subsidies
WASHINGTON | Premiums for a popular type of individual health care plan would rise sharply, and more people would be left with no insurance options if President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to...
View ArticleRepublicans see political necessity in health care effort
WASHINGTON | It’s divisive and difficult, but the Republican drive to erase the Obama health care overhaul has gotten a huge boost from one of Washington’s perennial incentives: Political necessity....
View ArticleGraham-Cassidy health-care bill teeters; GOP adds money to woo dissidents
WASHINGTON | Top Republicans are adding money to their staggering effort to repeal the Obama health care law and say they’re pushing toward a climactic Senate faceoff this week. Yet their path to...
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Senators reach deal on resuming payments to health insurers
WASHINGTON | Key senators reached a breakthrough deal Tuesday on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. Insurers had warned that unless the money is...
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AP Exclusive: Doctors clash over euthanasia for mentally ill
GHENT, Belgium | After struggling with mental illness for years, Cornelia Geerts was so desperate to die that she asked her psychiatrist to kill her. Her sister worried that Geerts’ judgment was...
View ArticleTrump to tackle opioid addiction in White House speech
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump is poised to deliver a major speech Thursday on fighting the opioid epidemic, the deadliest drug crisis in U.S. history. “We’re going to have a big meeting on...
View ArticleDoctors: Global warming is taking a toll on people’s health
WASHINGTON | Global warming is hurting people’s health a bit more than previously thought, but there’s hope that the Earth — and populations — can heal if the planet kicks its coal habit, a group of...
View ArticleHalf of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines
ANAHEIM, Calif. | New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults. High pressure,...
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AP Exclusive: US scientists try 1st gene editing in the body
OAKLAND, Calif. | Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person’s DNA to try to cure a disease. The experiment was done...
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A better mammogram? Huge study putting 3-D scans to the test
WASHINGTON | A better mammogram? Increasingly women are asked if they want a 3-D mammogram instead of the regular X-ray — and now U.S. health officials are starting a huge study to tell if the newer,...
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AP Exclusive: Poor health and high expectations for Medicaid
WASHINGTON | People on Medicaid are more prone to smoke, struggle with depression and obesity, or rate their own health as fair or poor. But that’s not the whole story. A new study suggests that...
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