LONDON -- Taking a common arthritis drug together with the morning-after pill Plan B could boost the contraceptive's effectiveness, according to new research p…
August 17, 2023
TRENTON, N.J. -- Warranties and money-back guarantees, long used to entice buyers of products like hand tools and kitchen gadgets, are now being used to sell s…
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow Americ…
July 14, 2023
WASHINGTON -- Prescription painkillers should not be a first choice for treating common ailments like back pain and arthritis, according to new federal guideli…
WASHINGTON -- Health regulators on Tuesday unveiled their proposal to allow Americans to buy hearing aids without a prescription, a long-awaited move intended …
October 20, 2021
NEW YORK -- Retailers worked hard to attract shoppers to stores on Black Friday, offering in-person deals meant to counter the ease of shopping by phone on Ama…
The Oaklawn Center on Aging, a program of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, is offering Beginning Tai Chi for Arthritis classes at no cost to pa…
WASHINGTON -- Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U…
May 11, 2023
WASHINGTON -- Millions of Americans will be able to buy hearing aids without a prescription later this fall, under a long-awaited rule finalized Tuesday.
August 17, 2022Dear editor: A half a century ago, the citizens of the United States were told by our surgeon general that cigarette smoking could cause lung cancer. Dur…
LONDON -- Social media companies are failing to stop manipulated activity, according to a report Friday by NATO-affiliated researchers who said they were easil…
Tummy tucks really hurt. Doctors carve from hip to hip, slicing off skin, tightening muscles, tugging at innards. Patients often need strong painkillers for da…
Wearing an N95 or KN95 mask and getting a COVID-19 vaccine are safe and effective ways of preventing COVID-19, but because the transmission rate of the delta v…
It's now a lot easier -- and cheaper -- for many hard-of-hearing Americans to get help.
December 5, 2022For the first time, a large study suggests that a vitamin might modestly lower the risk of the most common types of skin cancer in people with a history of the…
EDITOR'S NOTE: The annual Village Walk for Cancer Research will be held at the Balboa Pavilion in Hot Springs Village on Sept. 25. The following article recoun…
CHICAGO -- As Republicans try to unite around a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, one of the most popular parts of the law will be among the most diffic…
WASHINGTON -- When you're coming down with a cold, there are a few items you typically reach for to start feeling better: cough drops, herbal tea, maybe an ove…
Johnson & Johnson is peeling off a consumer health business that helped it become the world's biggest health care products maker.
November 14, 2021
NEW YORK -- Retailers are finding themselves walking a fine line when dealing with the politically charged Ivanka Trump brand, which is stamped on everything f…