DigitalVision/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — People with long-term stress may be more likely to be obese, according to a recent study by scientists at the University College London, and the telltale signs can be found in strands of hair. The paper published Thursday in the Read More
Deschutes County – The Deschutes County Veterans’ Services Office announced wait times dropped to fewer than 10 days from October through December. The solution was simple: an additional hire. During the Deschutes County Commission meeting Wednesday morning, Read More
Ingram Publishing/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor The handwriting on the wall was clear when President Obama spoke at a drug summit last year. He said that we’re seeing more people killed because of opioid abuse than traffic Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — Olfactory expert Dr. Kara Hoover says modern life is killing mankind’s sense of smell, and that is leading us to eat poorly. Speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston, Hoover Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Hundreds of California nurses and other community activists are rallying Wednesday in favor of a bill that could make the state the first to successfully launch a single-payer healthcare system. The groups see this as a chance Read More
Guinnevere Shuster/Humane Society of Utah(NEW YORK) — When a three-year-old dog named Rhino Lightning was surrendered by his family to the Utah Humane Society, he came with something very unusual: A colorful little notebook with pages of information about the Read More
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — A Chicago infant is going home Wednesday for the first time, more than four months after being born as a “micro-premie.” Entitan Martins delivered her daughter Eirianna when she was just 23 weeks pregnant. Weighing in at just 13 ounces, Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) — YouTube star and comedian Hannah Hart, best known for her boozy cooking mishaps on her popular series, “My Drunk Kitchen,” said she turned to meditation while she was working to get her mentally ill mother proper care. Meditation Read More
iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Whether you’re a so-called “weekend warrior” or a gym rat, everyone benefits from time spent working out. It’s long been recommended that we need 150 minutes of Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — Forget that the calendar says it’s still winter, allergy season is already hitting much of the country despite spring officially being nearly a month away. As a relatively mild and wet winter has given way to unseasonably high Read More
