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Indiana police ask state to revoke license of treatment center where 3 patients died within a week

Indiana police ask state to revoke license of treatment center where 3 patients died within a week

MISHAWAKA, Ind.
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How Lisa Marie Presley's weight-loss surgery contributed to her death

How Lisa Marie Presley's weight-loss surgery contributed to her death

Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery years ago, according to an autopsy report released Thursday.
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Stay within aspartame limits, Canadian Cancer Society says in wake of WHO findings

Stay within aspartame limits, Canadian Cancer Society says in wake of WHO findings

TORONTO — The Canadian Cancer Society is recommending that people stay within existing daily limits of aspartame consumption and encouraging more studies on the artificial sweetener after the World Health Organization deemed it "possibly carcinogenic
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Mississippi, under judge's order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations

Mississippi, under judge's order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is starting the court-ordered process of letting people cite religious beliefs to seek exemptions from state-mandated vaccinations that children must receive before attending day care or school.
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Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things

Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things

When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I just want to die.
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UK officials warn low measles immunization rates could lead to tens of thousands of cases in London

UK officials warn low measles immunization rates could lead to tens of thousands of cases in London

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Health Security Agency said on Friday that measles vaccination rates in parts of London have dropped so low that the capital could see tens of thousands of cases of the rash-causing disease unless immunization coverage is quic
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White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

White House details 'extreme heat strategy' amid blistering temperatures in U.S.

WASHINGTON — Crippling heat waves are an annual fixture in the United States — but it's not every day the White House announces a detailed strategy to confront them.
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One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California

One-third of Americans under heat alerts as blistering weather spreads from Southwest to California

PALM SPRINGS, Calif.
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First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval

First over-the-counter birth control pill gets FDA approval

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday approved the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill in a landmark decision that will soon allow American women and girls to obtain contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin and
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Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it's still considered safe

Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it's still considered safe

The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the
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