According to estimates, one-third of all money spent on US health care is devoted to unnecessary tests and procedures. In a proactive effort to help stem healthcare spending, nine medical associations have joined a campaign called Choosing Wisely, to educate doctors and patients to use more caution regarding certain procedures.
If happiness is a state of mind, Boulder, Colorado would be its capital. Where you live, it turns out, makes a difference in the happiness level, but plenty of other factors can make up for a less than ideal hometown. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index digs deeper, beyond vague feelings of happiness, to gather more measurable data on 55 aspects of overall well-being
A disabled veteran for many years, he could only hobble with a cane. In desperation and overweight, he found help from a special yoga instructor and became an inspiration of perseverance for all who strive for improvement and success.
Brain research expert Dr. Pat McGeer eats ginger every day, one of his personal strategies for warding off Alzheimer's disease. Along with ginger, try blackberries, rhubarb, cinnamon, turmeric, cranberries, pomegranate and blueberries, which all contain enzymes to block plaque buildup.
Countries across the world are continuing to make rapid progress in reducing child deaths. According to a new UN report, trends in child mortality since 1990 shows that major reductions have been made in all regions for children under five, translating into a sharp drop in total deaths from nearly 12 million in 1990 to an estimated 6.9 million in 2011.
The Virginia Republican party voted overwhelmingly to reverse its December decision to place on their ballot a loyalty oath that would have required March primary voters to support the eventual GOP nominee for president.
What can we infer from last night's election results across the country? . . . Overall, voters punished elected officials for going too far and moderation ruled the day.
After three years of pitched battles in the states over who can vote and how much trouble they should have to go through to do so, two bipartisan initiatives out of Washington, D.C., are providing real hope that reform may be around the corner.
Hoping to inspire the youth of Canada to vote in the upcoming May 2 federal election, groups of university students in various parts of the country are injecting a little excitement into the process with their impromptu "vote mobs".
New York City billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg is funding the expansion of a pilot maternal health program in Tanzania that is predicted to help 50,000 mothers who too often die during childbirth.
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan announced plans today to donate $25 million to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.
At the Global Vaccine Summit in Abu Dhabi late last week, the world's two richest men made a bit of philanthropic history. Carlos Slim announced his foundation will donate $100 million to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a new effort organized by the Gates Foundation to eliminate polio.