Ben Ellis, teacher serenaded by students, dies
A beloved high school teacher whose students gathered outside his window to serenade him has died after a battle with cancer. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
CDC: Please do not kiss your chickens
Cancel your weekend plans, because kissing chickens is off the table. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Consider this before sharing images of drug overdoses
It was a well-intentioned attempt to show the disturbing effects of drug addiction, a common strategy among law enforcement agencies. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trump backs birth control without prescription
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said today that he's not in favor of requiring a prescription to purchase birth control. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Donald Trump releases medical information
Donald Trump released Thursday a letter from his doctor detailing some of his medical information, showing him to be in good health and including a statement that says he had "stamina."
Trump's campaign released the records, timed with the airing of h... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congressional talks on Zika, government funding inch forward
Negotiations on Capitol Hill over bills to fund the government and eradicate Zika are inching along, but a series of thorny issues including abortion, pesticides and Internet freedom need to be resolved, lawmakers and aides from each party said. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Grandmother in heroin photo sentenced to jail
A woman in graphic photos showing her passed out in a car with her young grandson after she allegedly overdosed on heroin has been ordered to serve the next half-year in an Ohio jail.
Rhonda Pasek was sentenced Thursday to 180 days in jail and ordered... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Grandmother in heroin photo to appear in court
The woman in a graphic photo, who was seen passed out in a car after allegedly overdosing on heroin, will appear in court Thursday.
The infamous photo, distributed by an Ohio police department, showed Rhonda Pasek sitting in the passenger seat slumpe... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Prescription heroin gets green light in Canada
Health Canada has amended its regulations to allow Canadian doctors to prescribe heroin as a treatment for those who are severely addicted to the drug. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Clinton campaign releases new health information
Hillary Clinton's campaign released additional medical information Wednesday after questions about her health intensified in the wake of her pneumonia diagnosis late last week.
She was diagnosed with mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia, her docto... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bayer is buying Monsanto in $66 billion deal
Now it's official: Monsanto is going to be swallowed up by a rival in the biggest takeover announced so far this year. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Baby mice created from sperm alone
It might be possible in the future to make babies without female eggs, new research claims.
Scientists at Bath University in the United Kingdom say they have successfully used sperm to create healthy baby mice by injecting the sperm cells directly int... (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health condition that concerns Americans the most is...
What health condition concerns Americans the most? Cancer -- more so than obesity, neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and even infectious diseases, such as Zika, Ebola and HIV/AIDS. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How sugar industry sweetened research in its favor
Scientists began to uncover a link between sugar and heart disease about 60 years ago, and now, the general consensus among experts is that sugar intake is associated with heart disease risk. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is pneumonia?
After Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton fell ill during a 9/11 commemoration ceremony on Sunday, Clinton's physician revealed that she was diagnosed with pneumonia on Friday and is being treated with antibiotics. (Source: WDSU.com - Health)
Source: WDSU.com - Health - September 13, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
