Few seniors get their thinking and memory abilities regularly tested during check-ups, according to a new report from the Alzheimer’s Association that raises questions about how best to find out if a problem is brewing. Medicare pays for an annual “wellness visit” that is supposed to include what’s called a cognitive assessment — a brief […]

A new study published Monday found no link between autism and the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. Researchers in Denmark studied 657,461 Danish children born between 1999 and 2010, and found the vaccine didn’t increase the risk for autism or trigger autism in susceptible children, according to the study published in the Annals of Internal […]

Health officials in Georgia, Hawaii and Oregon have now reported that there have been at least one — if not multiple — confirmed cases of measles in their states. This comes amid an outbreak in Clark County, Washington, where there have been 38 confirmed cases of measles and 13 suspected cases. The presence of the […]

The governor of Washington declared a state public health emergency Friday after more than two dozen measles cases have been reported, primarily affecting small children. Governor Jay Ipsee said in a statement that the Washington State Military Department and State Emergency Operations Center will be working with the Department of Health to combat the overwhelming influx […]

A licensed practical nurse who was supposed to care for a woman in a vegetative state at a long-term Arizona nursing facility was arrested and charged with raping her after she gave birth to a baby last month, officials announced Wednesday. Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said at a news conference that 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland was […]

The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said. Since the outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. 1, a total of 649 people have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever in the country’s northeastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. Among […]

For the first time in its 127-year history, the American Psychological Association has issued guidelines to help psychologists specifically address the issues of men and boys — and the 36-page document features a warning. “Traditional masculinity ideology has been shown to limit males’ psychological development, constrain their behavior, result in gender role strain and gender […]

(Meredith) – A cat in Wyoming is now the third feline in the state to contract the bubonic plague within the past six months, according to health officials. The University of Wyoming recently confirmed the cat, which is known to wander outdoors, was infected with the plague in Johnson County. The cat recovered, but the […]