Putting Flu Vaccination on the Map

Years of research have shown that flu vaccination is the most effective way to protect people from the flu. Adults 65 years and older are an especially vulnerable population, at greater risk of serious complications from the flu compared with young, healthy adults.

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Factbox: Podesta returning to White House to advise Obama

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama tapped John Podesta, a former chief of staff for President Bill Clinton, to advise the White House on issues related to energy and climate change, the White House said on Tuesday. John D. Podesta, 64, is chairman of the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank he founded in 2003 that has close ties to the Obama administration. Before forming what he called the "think tank on steroids," Podesta was the last chief of staff to former President Clinton, from 1998 to 2001.



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Europe: Diet sweetener aspartame is safe in cola

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Food Safety Authority has found that the artificial sweetener aspartame is safe for people to consume at the levels currently used in diet soft drinks.



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No Really, CrossFit Helped Me Understand Achilles

The day I completed the "Murph" -- named after Lieutenant Michael Murphy from Patchogue, NY, who died in Afghanistan -- I finally understood the connection. By going deeper into the "being-ness" of physicality, we honored what he had lost. It made a kind of weird sense.

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Former Clinton aide Podesta joining White House to advise Obama

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Podesta, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, is returning to the White House to advise President Barack Obama as he struggles to regain his footing after the flawed healthcare law rollout. Podesta steered Obama's transition team in 2008 after he won the presidency. Obama's chief of staff, Denis McDonough, had the idea to bring him on, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.

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Healthy Living Conversations Better Left Off the Holiday Table

Keep the peace among all parties this year. We can all co-exist in a world that brought us beets and Bundt cake. Everyone has an opinion and a way of life; we don't need to discuss it while dining.

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White House marking Newtown shooting anniversary

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is pledging more funding for mental health as the White House prepares to remember the first anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting.

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Diet Soda Sales Decreasing Amid Research On Potential Health Effects

Sales of diet soda have declined nearly 7 percent in the past year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal, which first reported the drop in sales, also reported that sales of regular soda have dropped 2.2 percent over the same time period. The trend isn't new: Declines in diet soda consumption have outpaced those of regular soft drinks over the last three years, according to Good Morning America.

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Nobel awards ceremony held with many VIPs away for Mandela memorial

By Sven Nordenstam STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden held its lavish annual Nobel awards ceremony on Tuesday attended by laureates and royals, but their ranks were depleted when many VIPs flocked to the memorial for anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela in South Africa. More than 1,300 guests at the banquet attended the Nobel dinner in Stockholm City Hall to dine, chat and listen to laureates including Britain's Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium, who won the Nobel Prize for physics - speak at Sweden's most prestigious social event. Swedish newspapers spotlighted the hastily rearranged seating at the table of honor after Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Princess Victoria cancelled their attendance to fly to South Africa. The ceremony was also missing Canadian Nobel-winning author Alice Munro, who was unable to attend because of ill health.

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Do-It-Yourself Cold Remedies: What Really Works? (VIDEO)

One of the biggest goals of this season -- beside finding the best gift for everyone on your shopping list -- is steering clear of colds and the flu. Whether it's at home, school or work, it seems like something is just about always going around, threatening to put a damper on holiday parties, fitness goals and all-around good cheer. So what can you do to protect yourself? Folk wisdom recommends everything from diligent hand washing to preventive dietary picks, but what really works? Watch the clip above to see HuffPost Live's Caitlyn and Caroline put some of these common

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Let's Try for 'No Excuses' This Holiday Season

With the holidays coming up, there are a lot of resources to help you stay on top of your game. Maybe you'll stick to what works or maybe you'll try a new product. Whatever approach you decide, here are a few of my tips to help to stay on top of your health

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Cancer Is My Herpes: Living With Recurrent Disease

I have to wrap my mind around the fact that, unless a cure is discovered in my lifetime, cancer is going to be part of my life for the rest of my life. Cancer is my herpes. Or my diabetes or RA or COPD. It's in me and I am going to have to accept it and learn to manage and dominate it.

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Bipartisan fix advancing for Medicare doctors' pay

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's that time of year again: doctors caring for Medicare patients once more face a steep pay cut. But this time Congress is pursuing a permanent fix to the annual drama that has undermined the medical profession's confidence in the nation's premier health program.

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Waiting for... Permission?

It occurred to me that, for whatever reason(s) women perhaps more than men wait for permission, especially professionally. Not to say that we should be power-grabbing, but there is something very poignant about being named to a job I was doing anyway.

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Uruguay Senate poised to adopt legal pot plan

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's Senate began its final debate Tuesday on an audacious and risky plan to create the first national marijuana market, with the state regulating the entire process of growing, selling and using a drug that's illegal almost everywhere else in the world. Approval late Tuesday was all but assured, given the ruling coalition's majority and support from President Jose Mujica, who said he personally hates pot and has never smoked it.

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Shannon Williams: Atlanta, November 6, 2011

All of which leads me to meeting Shannon, a young man of strong spirit and presence, who gives me wheelchair assistance from the landing gate to ground transportation at Atlanta Airport. On the long trek, which involves a train ride, we chat.

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U.S. FDA panel to review Oralair for approval: documents

(Reuters) - An oral immunotherapy aimed at grass and pollen allergies has a benefit and safety profile that supports its approval, according to company documents posted on Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ahead of a meeting by outside experts to discuss the drug. Oralair, made by France's Stallergenes SA, would be the first such licensed therapy in the United States. It has been in use in Europe for several years. The documents were posted prior to a meeting on Wednesday of an FDA advisory committee meeting that will provide a recommendation on whether the drug merits U.S. approval.



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Unraveling the Mystery of How Antidepression Drugs Work

Unraveling the Mystery of How Antidepression Drugs Work



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Can You Think Your Way to Happiness?

Were these philosophers crazy? They may have claimed you can think your way to happiness, but we can see why their philosophy never really became popular, and why we don't practice Stoicism today. For one, it's very selfish.

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Diverticulosis complications may be relatively rare

By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diverticulosis, a common condition that causes small pouches in the walls of the intestines, might not be as dangerous as doctors have thought. The pouches are usually harmless. But sometimes they become inflamed and infected, in a painful condition known as diverticulitis. Experts have thought that about one in four patients with diverticulosis would eventually develop diverticulitis.



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