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Oct 4

Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi answers a phone call following a news that he won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine at his office in the Tokyo Institute of Technology campus in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 3, 2016. Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday, Oct. 3, for discoveries related to the degrading and recycling of cellular components. The Karolinska Institute honored Ohsumi for "brilliant experiments" in the 1990s on autophagy, the machinery with which cells recycle their content. Disrupted autophagy has been linked to various diseases including Parkinson's, diabetes and cancer, the institute said. (Junko Ozaki/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese scientist wins Nobel for study of cell recycling

Japanese scientist wins Nobel for study of cell recycling MALCOLM RITTER, Associate…

Sep 29

Soft drink and soda bottles are displayed in a refrigerator at El Ahorro market in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. In November 2016, voters in San Francisco and Oakland will consider a penny per ounce tax on sugar laden drinks such as bottled cola, sports drinks and iced teas in November. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

US soda-tax battle bubbles up in San Francisco Bay Area

US soda-tax battle bubbles up in San Francisco Bay Area JANIE HAR, Associated Press…

Sep 27

Doctors ‘prescribe’ fresh produce with help from food banks

Doctors 'prescribe' fresh produce with help from food banks CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Me…

Sep 27

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2015 file photo, an elderly couple walks down a hall in Easton, Pa. It's not too late to get moving: Simple physical activity, mostly walking, helped high-risk seniors stay mobile after disability-inducing ailments even if, at 70 and beyond, they'd long been couch potatoes. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile

Walking is medicine? It helped high-risk seniors stay mobile LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP M…

Sep 22

In this photo taken Sept. 13, 2016, critical care doctor Shadi Battah in Anchorage, Alaska, converses with clinicians at the Iliuliuk Family and Health Services on Unalaska Island during a demonstration of a new telemedicine partnership with Providence Alaska Medical Center. Beginning Thursday, Sept. 22, the Anchorage hospital will virtually beam critical care doctors 800 miles away to the emergency room of the clinic to assist staffers there during medical emergencies, thanks to a satellite link instead of the usual fiber optics. (AP Photo/Rachel D'Oro)

Remote Alaska port clinic goes modern with telemedicine

Remote Alaska port clinic goes modern with telemedicine RACHEL D'ORO, Associated Pr…

Sep 22

In this Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks with his wife, Priscilla Chan, as they prepare for a presentation in San Francisco. Zuckerberg and Chan have a new lofty goal: to cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. To this end, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the couple's philanthropic organization, is committing significant financial resources over the next decade to help accelerate basic science research. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Zuckerberg, Chan pledge $3B to end disease

Zuckerberg, Chan pledge $3B to end disease BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer SA…

Sep 22

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Blue Bell recalls some ice cream distributed in the South

Blue Bell recalls some ice cream distributed in the South BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — Blu…