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10 Things to Do When Choosing an Obamacare Health Plan 10/15/2015 08:00pm • Americans who get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act federal exchange will soon find out what plans will be available, and at what cost, in 2016. Some residents of the states that run their own health care exchanges have already gotten a look at their plan options for next year. These Medicines May Cause Bone Loss 10/15/2015 08:00pm • Know your risk.Some medications can lead to bone loss or weakening if they're used in high doses over a long time frame. This bone loss -- or osteoporosis -- increases the risk for fractures, which can be painful and disabling, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation. "Patients should ask Former Fairfax student achieves space dreams 10/15/2015 02:06pm • WASHINGTON -- An astronaut who graduated from a local high school is living on the International Space Station. “Hello, Class of '91 at Robinson Secondary School," Kjell Lindgren says, giving a shoutout to his alma mater in Fairfax, Virginia. His voice sounds remarkably clear for someone rou Weirdest excuses for calling in sick 10/15/2015 09:45am • WASHINGTON — Let’s be honest: Everyone has called in sick to work when he wasn’t really ill. (Editor’s note: Duly noted.) Let’s try that again: Almost everyone has called in sick to work when he wasn’t really ill. At least that's what some people say. And that requires a little Living With a BRCA1 Mutation: One Mom's Story 10/14/2015 08:00pm • Many people encounter cancer at some point in their lives, either head-on or friend-of-a-friend style, but then there are those of us who live with cancer on our shoulders, an intruder who came much too early for our grandmothers, aunts, mothers and sisters and never left. I never met my father's Money for Mammograms: Are Screening Incentives Helpful or Harmful? 10/14/2015 08:00pm • Once upon a time, women were encouraged to get mammograms to prevent breast cancer -- and that was essentially that. Today, debate swirls over the potential for breast cancer screening to lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. Even as the percentage of women who undergo mammograms falls short of p How to Protect Yourself Against Common Medicare Scams 10/14/2015 08:00pm • It's that time of year again when the nation's 54 million Medicare beneficiaries have the chance to swap Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans during Medicare's annual open enrollment period. In addition to the challenge of sifting through the dizzying array of plan options, expert Doctor: Parents don't need to scramble with FluMist unavailability 10/14/2015 04:22pm • WASHINGTON -- Local school districts are starting to postpone or cancel their flu vaccine clinics because of manufacturing delays. It seems the company that makes the FluMist nasal spray tweaked the vaccine to make it more effective, and ended up with a new formula that took longer to produce. The new war on superbugs 10/14/2015 10:00am • After a train accident severed his leg while he was working in India in 2011, David Ricci was airlifted home to a hospital in Seattle, where doctors discovered that he was infected with several strains of resistant bacteria. The 19-year-old was immediately moved into isolation and given antibiotic a Beyond Sex: Erectile Dysfunction Could Spell Heart Trouble 10/13/2015 08:00pm • Judging by the ubiquity of ads touting drugs that treat erectile dysfunction, or ED, marketing campaigns would have you believe that 21st-century medicine has revolutionized modern men's sexual performance, improved couples' romantic lives and all but eradicated a disorder that was once only whispe 3 Tips for Young Black Men Interested in Medical School 10/13/2015 08:00pm • It's no secret that African-American men, like other underrepresented minorities, are few and far between in many graduate school disciplines, such as engineering and law. In medicine, though, the numbers are strikingly low and have gotten worse. Out of a total of 49,480 applicants to medical scho How to Talk to Your Child About Breast Cancer 10/12/2015 08:00pm • When Maimah Karmo was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at 32, her family and friends urged her not to tell her 3-year-old daughter, Noelle. On a mission to empower her daughter and herself, Karmo chose otherwise. Now, 10 years later, she says she's never regretted her decision to be open about h 10 National Universities With Small Classes 10/12/2015 08:00pm • The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: Tips for Selecting the Right Medical School Curriculum 10/12/2015 08:00pm • Curriculum is one of the factors to seriously consider when choosing a medical school. If I were a student applicant on the interview trail, I would pay particular attention to the variations of curricula among schools, asking myself if I'd thrive or survive at various schools based on my preferred Orphaned sisters reunite decades later working at hospital 10/12/2015 05:15pm • SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Two orphaned sisters separated decades ago in Korea have been reunited after being hired at the same hospital in southwest Florida. Holly Hoyle O'Brien was adopted by an American couple in 1978 when she was 9 years old. Her stepmother had taken her younger half-sister year