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Heart Bypass Surgery: What Women Should Know 01/22/2015 07:00pm • Last May, Bonnie Beach, 64, of Madison, Wisconsin, woke with mild pain in her arms and burning in her throat. She "wondered" about heart attack but dismissed the idea. Her pain was gone the next day. During previous checkups, she'd complained of reduced energy. She didn't think her blood pressure Awareness needed in dangers of opioid use during pregnancy 01/22/2015 05:35pm • WASHINGTON — We have long heard about the dangers of alcohol and pregnancy, but some prescription-strength pain or cough medications can also damage an unborn child. The problem is there is not enough public awareness of the link between birth defects and prescription opioids such as hydrocodon HIPAA: Protecting Your Health Information 01/21/2015 07:00pm • What is HIPAA?We've all been there: a new patient at the doctor's office or hospital, where a lot of information is thrown at you. And buried in that packet of paperwork is a very important form that few people ask about: a summary of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) P Epilepsy 101: Living With Seizures 01/21/2015 07:00pm • Sara Eve Fermin, a 33-year-old poet from Union City, New Jersey, remembers the first time she had a seizure. She was shopping at Gap when she suddenly felt her legs buckle. She tried to cry out, but her vocal cords were frozen. Her eyes flooded with color, and then everything went black. When she aw White House releases text of State of the Union 01/20/2015 09:03pm • WASHINGTON -- The White House has released the prepared text of the State of the Union Address, and unlike in the custom of previous years, they have allowed the media to disseminate it freely. “There is a ritual on State of the Union night in Washington,” the White House said in a post on Me Prostate Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat? 01/20/2015 07:00pm • Many of the 240,000 American men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year receive their scary-sounding diagnosis along with a proclamation from their doctor that it may not need to be treated immediately -- or perhaps ever. The practice, called active surveillance, has become more popular over the National Universities Where the Most Accepted Students Enroll 01/20/2015 07:00pm • For students with an acceptance letter from Harvard University, the opportunity to attend the Ivy League school is often too tempting to pass up. Of the 2,047 students admitted to Harvard, 81 percent chose to enroll in fall 2013, according to data submitted in an annual U.S. News survey. College 4 Reasons Why Diets Don't Work 01/20/2015 07:00pm • I hear it all the time: You have tried every diet out there, and absolutely nothing has worked. You're still overweight, have no energy and you're pretty much ready to just give in to the idea that this is how your life is going to be forever. Or, maybe you finally lost the weight or you are health Postpartum Anxiety or Normal New Mom Fears? 01/19/2015 07:00pm • Allison McGill's first six weeks with her new baby, Jack, were as smooth as they come. Jack was healthy and happy, and McGill enjoyed being a new mom. "I didn't have anxiety, I didn't have lot of the things that would eventually take over my life," says McGill, a 40-year-old District of Columbia re Glimpse at a Career as a Physician Consultant 01/19/2015 07:00pm • Physician consultants improve the human condition at the macro level, one business at a time. They use critical thinking and problem solving skills to identify an issue or apply medical knowledge in industries that are not led by physicians. Consulting is focused around the industry-client relations McAuliffe hospitalized after horse injury 01/19/2015 01:12pm • WASHINGTON - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe was hospitalized Monday due to complications related to broken ribs. According to a statement from the governor's office, McAuliffe was thrown from a horse during a vacation to Africa, breaking seven ribs. The governor visited Tanzania in late Decembe Jan. 19 is the Most Depressing Day of the Year 01/19/2015 08:44am • WASHINGTON -- It's called the “Most Depressing Day of the Year.” It's also a global day to call attention to the toll depression takes on our lives at work and at home and the costs to our economy. Why This Day? Blue Monday was created by Dr. Cliff Arnall, a researcher at University of Cardi Cat saves baby from freezing overnight temperatures 01/18/2015 07:41am • WASHINGTON --  The old wives' tale is, keep your kitties out of the cradle because they'll snatch your baby's breath away. Well, one cat in Russia is being credited with jumping into a box with a baby and keeping her alive. According to accounts, the baby had been abandoned at night in a box Phoenix woman dies after giving birth to quadruplets 01/17/2015 09:50pm • PHOENIX (AP) -- A woman died hours after giving birth to quadruplets at a Phoenix hospital, a close friend of the family said Saturday. Erica Morales, 36, never got to hold her newborns before she passed away early Friday morning after a C-section surgery at Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Ni Volunteer opportunities abound on Monday 01/16/2015 04:10pm • WASHINGTON -- Volunteers can help make the world a better place Monday on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service. "It's a great day to serve with your family, with your friends, with your neighbors. It is a great opportunity to start the new year off right and to honor the life and legacy of