WashingtonPost Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers highlight striking inequality in a new report on the Mississippi River Delta and Appalachia. View original article Contributor: Ariana Eunjung Cha
An Israeli woman mistook wasabi for avocado at a wedding. She was diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. View original article Contributor: Lateshia Beachum
The state’s governor cited the rising toll of mysterious lung illnesses and deaths linked to e-cigarettes. View original article Contributor: Hannah Knowles
The condition, in which the heart muscle is damaged and doesn’t pump well, can shorten life expectancy. View original article Contributor: Consumer Reports
“We all know we are in uncharted waters,” Carmen Blandin Tarleton said. “I would rather not have to go through a catastrophic failure.’’ View original article Contributor: Alex Horton
Hospitals struggle to get enough IVIG, an infusing therapy often used as a “last-chance … Hail Mary kind of approach for myriad condition.” View original article Contributor: Julie Appleby
The facts are somewhat complicated. But parents and adults need to use common sense when it comes to young children. View original article Contributor: Emily Sohn
Nearly 130 Americans kill themselves every day. Last fall, one of my friends was among them. Here’s what I’ve learned. View original article Contributor: Steven Petrow
The event kicks off “Spit Spreads Death,” an exhibition about this city’s health disaster and the worldwide influenza pandemic nearly a hundred years ago. View original article Contributor: Erin Blakemore
NIH physicians found his veins grossly enlarged and too stretchy — but they don’t know why or how to treat it. And they’ve never seen a similar case: He’s “a zebra among zebras.” View original article Contributor: Sandra G. Boodman