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3 Reasons to Consider Osteopathic Medical Schools 05/02/2016 08:00pm • You may not know what a D.O., or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, degree is, but osteopathic physicians are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. health care system. Unfortunately, there is a stigma that persists around osteopathic medicine, its training programs and its physicians, and this stigm Medical Errors Are Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. 05/02/2016 08:00pm • Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., after heart disease and cancer, causing at least 250,000 deaths every year, according to an analysis out Tuesday indicating that patient safety efforts fall far short. "People don't just die from heart attacks and bacteria, they die f Local clinic works to calm anxious mothers’ Zika fears 05/02/2016 06:41pm • WASHINGTON — Every mother-to-be is nervous, but with the arrival of the Zika virus, women of childbearing age have new anxieties, and one local doctor said he’s hearing some of those concerns. The Chief Medical Officer at Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care Dr. Tollie Elliott said the Melanoma Monday: Building awareness of a cancer that can kill 05/02/2016 06:27am • WASHINGTON — Every 59 minutes, another American dies from melanoma,  a type of skin cancer that can spread throughout the body. Sun protection and early detection are crucial, and that's why the first Monday in May has been designated Melanoma Monday — a time to raise awareness of this poten Want better health? 3 habits to add to your daily routine 05/02/2016 01:05am • WASHINGTON — Every place you look there’s a new get fit quick scheme — take this pill, eat this food, do this new fitness craze and you’ll get the body you always wanted. The reality is that getting to good health is a step-by-step process. Personal trainer and author Josef Brandenburg Data Doctors: Using old smartphones as webcams 04/28/2016 08:04am • If yours is like most American households, you probably have a drawer with old smartphones collecting dust because you upgraded to a newer model. These older smartphones pack quite a bit of processing power, and decent cameras. So a number of enterprising app developers have created an assortment How to Pick Your Next Health App 04/27/2016 08:00pm • Medicine needs an infusion of innovative technology. We still rely heavily on pagers, Internet Explorer 6 is commonly installed on workstations and electronic medical records have yet to universally replace paper records. One potential source for innovation is mobile health, or mHealth, which combi Find, Keep Money for College as a Transfer Student 04/27/2016 08:00pm • Students transfer colleges for many reasons. For example, they may want to transition from a two-year community college to a four-year institution; experience a change of scenery; or seek an academic concentration not offered at their current college. Regardless of the reason, students should consi When Your Pain Is Disguised 04/27/2016 08:00pm • I knew something wasn't right around midnight. Within hours, I was sprawled across the bathroom floor, weak and whimpering. Was this food poisoning? The flu? Maybe I should just try to sleep on a towel in the bathroom, I thought. There was vomit in my hair and on my nightgown, but I didn't care. Il How Health Care Providers Combat Compassion Fatigue 04/26/2016 08:00pm • You're seeing a health professional, but as a patient, you can sense something's off in the clinical encounter. It's clear that your doctor, nurse or therapist is eager to cut the visit short. He or she fails to make eye contact and seems impatient or on edge. When you try to describe your pain or Are Americans drinking enough water? 04/26/2016 04:13pm • WASHINGTON — New stats from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show many American adults don't drink enough water. The figures show women are barely meeting the minimum targets for fluid intake while men are falling short. The CDC says the problem is most acute among the elderly. Q&A: Recalling Chernobyl, 3 Decades Later 04/25/2016 08:00pm • Victoria Bondar remembers where she was on April 26, 1986. Living in Kiev, Ukraine, she was about 60 miles away from the city of Pripyat, home of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, when one of the reactors exploded. In the days following the explosion, local residents knew very little about what hap 10 Medical Services Medicare Doesn't Cover 04/24/2016 08:00pm • Coverage gapsMany older adults need glasses, hearing aids and dental work, but Medicare typically won't pay for any of these services. And if your health deteriorates to the point where you need extensive long-term care, Medicare will pick up the tab for only a very limited amount of time and under Fintech Will Change the Way You Invest 04/24/2016 08:00pm • If you've read or watched any business news in the last couple of years, you've probably stumbled across the term " fintech." Fintech -- an amalgam of finance and technology -- is everywhere these days. And for good reason. We've already seen how companies like Apple (ticker: AAPL), Facebook (FB) an Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 24-30 04/24/2016 10:27am • April 24: Actress Shirley MacLaine is 82. Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 74. Country singer Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys is 73. Drummer Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 71. Singer-keyboardist Rob Hyman of The Hooters is 66. Actor Eric Bogosian is 63. Singer-bassi