Health & Safety

Conducting and describing your experiment in a way that permits others to repeat the study and get the same results is the engine of scientific progress.

Costs Of Slipshod Research Methods May Be In The Billions

3:10pm June 10, 2015

by Richard Harris

Up to half of all results from biomedical research laboratories these days can't be replicated by other science teams. Why not? Myriad flubs slow progress in the hunt for cures.

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Abortion-rights supporters (foreground) try to disrupt an anti-abortion march to the Texas Capitol during a Texas Rally for Life on Jan. 24 in Austin, Texas.

Court Decision On Texas Abortion Law Could Hasten Clinic Closures

3:10pm June 10, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

A federal appeals court has upheld sweeping abortion restrictions in Texas that supporters say protect women's health. Opponents say the decision could leave just seven or eight clinics open.

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Kevin Lopez makes breakfast with his sister Jenny. He is waiting for a donor hand to remedy a genetic defect.

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The Hard Work Of Waiting For A Hand Transplant

3:09pm June 10, 2015

by Rob Stein

Kevin Lopez was born missing the fingers on his right hand. Now 20, Lopez has been on a waiting list for a hand transplant since turning 18.

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A woman smokes a cigarette in a Beijing shopping market, even though the practice is now banned inside public spaces.

How Does A City Stop 4 Million Smokers From Lighting Up?

2:30pm June 10, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

A few years ago, smoking was so common in Beijing that doctors, nurses and patients would even puff away in hospital hallways. Now the city is trying — again — to ban smoking indoors. It isn't easy.

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Lully wants to put kids' night terrors to rest with calculated vibrations that rouse them from the deep sleep cycle.

Sleep Like A Baby (Minus The Night Terrors) With Good Vibrations

11:31am June 10, 2015

by Emma Bowman

A startup has developed a method the firm says will put to bed kids' night terrors, a minor sleep disorder that can impact a family's quality of life. The device uses app-controlled timed vibrations.

Three varieties of Kenyan purple tea from What-Cha: silver needle purple varietal white tea (from left), hand-rolled purple varietal oolong, steamed purple varietal green tea-style tea.

Tea Tuesdays: Kenyan Farmers See Green In The Color Purple

11:05am June 10, 2015

by Jeff Koehler

Kenya has spent 25 years developing a purple "supertea" with high levels of antioxidants. The hope is that the tea will appeal to health-minded consumers and revive the country's struggling industry.

Health plans begun under the Affordable Care Act are required to cover FDA-approved contraceptive methods without cost to members. Older plans are exempt from that rule.

Consumers In 'Grandfathered' Health Plans Can Face Higher Costs

10:06am June 10, 2015

by Michelle Andrews

These older policies existed before the health law was enacted in 2010 and haven't change much. They cover about a quarter of insured workers, and aren't subject to the same rules as Obamacare plans.

Obama Defends Health Care Law As Supreme Court Ruling Nears

8:10pm June 09, 2015

by Scott Horsley

President Obama defends the health care reform law as the Supreme Court prepares to issue a ruling in a case that could dismantle it. The law still remains controversial politically.

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Do Creativity And Schizophrenia Share A Small Genetic Link? Maybe

5:31pm June 09, 2015

by Angus Chen

The notion goes back to the ancients — that minds given to flights of fancy are on the healthy side of a spectrum that includes what we today call psychosis. An Icelandic gene study offers new clues.

Carol and John Iovine say the health coach their insurer assigned John after he had a torrent of grave health problems in 2014 has helped them get the medical care he still needs. And it's helped keep him out of the hospital.

Insurer Uses Personal Data To Predict Who Will Get Sick

5:31pm June 09, 2015

by Todd Bookman

A Philadelphia health insurance company analyzes its clients' health data and other factors to find the frailest and assign them health coaches. That may improve health, but is it a breach of privacy?

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