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Everyone Benefits From Research, But What Are Your Responsibilities? 04/29/2015 08:00pm • We spend a lot of time at Global Healthy Living Foundation thinking about chronic disease -- its impact on people, families, communities and countries. For many of us, a chronic disease is a struggle between managing the day-to-day and dreaming about a future where discoveries lead us to better hea Head and the Heart: How Treating Depression Can Lower Cardiovascular Risk 04/29/2015 08:00pm • Feel heartsick? You may literally be, without knowing it. Researchers have long known that depression can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Now, mounting research suggests that treating it could, in turn, reduce cardiovascular risk. One recent study analyzing more than 5,300 patient 3 Common Misconceptions About Medical Hypnosis 04/28/2015 08:00pm • When Emily, a 28-year-old music teacher from Orlando, Florida, decided to try medical hypnosis, she had plenty of doubts -- but she also had nothing to lose. Shortly after giving birth to her first son, Emily (who declined to provide her last name), sank into a deep post-partum depression. Her new Precision Medicine: Working Toward Custom-Fitted Cures 04/28/2015 08:00am • This year may just be the year of precision medicine -- a term that's buzzing on health blogs and in research journals. Precision techniques, proponents say, could change the face of medicine forever. Simply put, precision medicine is the practice of using genetic information about a person's dis Surviving My Digital-Age Miscarriage 04/27/2015 08:00pm • All forms of technology are lucky to have survived recent months in our house. As much as technology has enriched our lives, it has the power to magnify and exacerbate difficult situations. There was no giant "I HAD A MISCARRIAGE" button or emoticon to express how I felt when I lost what we loving Assessing the Risk for Heart Attacks and Strokes: How a Coronary Artery Calcium Score May Help, and Who Needs the Test 04/27/2015 08:00pm • First, some good news: -- Heart disease can often be prevented or controlled.-- Prevention includes lifestyle changes and, sometimes, medication.-- By doing just four things -- eating right, being physically active, not smoking and maintaining a healthy weight -- you can lower your risk of heart di 10 Ways to Make Your Childbirth Easier 04/26/2015 08:00pm • A Better BirthIn her nearly 40 years as a midwife, Eileen Ehudin Beard has been at "a gazillion" births. (Translation: More than 1,000.) She's also given birth to five children of her own. "Every birth is different, every woman is different," says Beard, the senior practice advisor at the American C The Stickiest Points of Using Family and Medical Leave 04/26/2015 08:00pm • The Family and Medical Leave Act took effect in 1993 to help employees balance medical demands with professional obligations. Under the federal law's provisions, eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during one 12-month period for a serious health condition -- either their own o Robitussin for Brain Cancer, Part I 04/26/2015 08:00pm • My name is Matthew Zachary, and I am an angry cancer survivor. Why? Well, it's certainly not because I am lucky to be alive 19 years after being given six months to live for what they thought was terminal brain cancer. I am angry because nothing has really changed for young adults with cancer since Fiancee of Ebola victim hopes memoir closes chapter 04/24/2015 02:34am • DALLAS (AP) — The dark days of quarantine are over, yet Louise Troh remains captive to the disease that killed the man she loved. "War took the life I made in Liberia. Disease took the life I made in America," she writes in a memoir being released next week. The fiancee of the first Ebola victim i Pregnancy With a Chronic Disease 04/23/2015 08:00pm • Eat this, not that. Take this vitamin, but forget that one. Gain some weight, but not too much. Women are inundated with information about what to do and avoid when expecting. But for some women with chronic health conditions such as Crohn's disease and lupus, these recommendations go a step furthe AP Top News at 4:49 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 04:49pm • American, Italian hostages killed in US drone strike WASHINGTON (AP) — Blaming the "fog of war," President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan inadvertently killed an American and an Italian, two hostages held by al-Qaida, as well as two other Americans who had leade BC-AP Entertainment and Arts Digest,2nd Ld-Writethru 04/23/2015 03:20pm • If you have questions, please contact Shelley Acoca at sacoca@ap.org. or Steve Loeper at sloeper@ap.org. Expanded AP content, beyond what appears on this wire, can be obtained from http://www.apexchange.com. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact apcustomersupport@ap.org or ca AP Top News at 12:56 p.m. EDT 04/23/2015 12:56pm • American, Italian hostages killed in US drone strike WASHINGTON (AP) — An American and an Italian held hostage by al-Qaida, as well as two Americans working with the terror group, were inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes early this year, the government revealed Thursday. President Barack Oba Update on the latest news, sports, business and entertainment: 04/23/2015 11:54am • UNITED STATES-AL-QAIDA Obama says he takes full responsibility for hostage deaths WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he takes "full responsibility" for a counterterrorism operation that inadvertently killed an American and an Italian hostage held by al-Qaida. Obama says he profoundly re