Health

From the time you first bring your baby home, ensuring your little one is getting the nutrition he or she needs is critical. As your baby grows, those nutritional needs change, requiring different types of diets.

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The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Black AIDS Institute and the National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) call on the ABC Television Network and The View, its popular morning program, to correct misinformation put forth on the June 22 edition of the show.

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Some 30,000 global AIDS activists, scholars and people living with HIV/AIDS gather together at this week’s International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. While the conference focuses on the global AIDS epidemic, it’s also important to remember that…

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Researchers say there’s a reason why even 30 minutes can make a big difference. Teens tend to be in their deepest sleep around dawn — when they typically need to arise for school.

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With extremely hot temperatures expected to linger over Pennsylvania for much of this week, Health Secretary Everette James today urged Pennsylvanians to take steps to recognize and prevent heat-related illness.

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Anthony Anderson, if you knew him, would be one of the funniest people you have ever met. Quick with a joke, a pun or a funny story. You don’t know him? There’s a high probability that you do not, but our Lee Bailey does.

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The Fearless African Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes campaign is a grassroots movement empowering African Americans to help individuals, families, and neighborhoods overcome key barriers to success in living with diabetes.

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How can summer go-getters stay fit and avoid the common traps of overeating? According to TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight-loss support organization, it’s all about gaining your independence from too much food and drink.

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We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It’s true that we get too much radiation. But it’s not from those sources — it’s from too many medical tests. Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries.

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A growing number of teen girls say they use the rhythm method for birth control, and more teens also think it’s OK for an unmarried female to have a baby, according to a government survey released last Wednesday.

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