Health
Global Dementia To Triple By 2050
As quality of life improves around the world, the rate of dementia is on track to triple within the next 40 years, creating a financial ...
Report: 70 Percent Of Herbal Tea Brewed In Panic
Report: 70 Percent Of Herbal Tea Brewed In Panic
Health Department Still Not Able To Really Prove Why People Shouldn't Be Eating Candles
'They Won't Kill You Or Anything, But They Can't Be Good For You,' Say Officials
WASHINGTON—Department of Health and Human Services officials held a press conference Monday to announce that while no studies had been conducted to establish that ...
Study Finds Hearing Loved One's Voice Induces Excruciating Pain In Coma Patients
BALTIMORE—According to a study published Monday in The New England Journal Of Medicine, people in comas experience excruciating, indescribable levels of pain whenever they ...
Surgeon General: Smoking Fine As Long As You Only Do It When You Drink
The office of the Surgeon General holds a live press conference to explain that no one has ever gotten cancer from just bumming a couple ...
Chicken Pox Lollipops Ineffective
Health officials are warning that a recent parenting trend of giving children a lollipop licked by a child with chicken pox instead of using a ...
Painkiller Overdose Deaths At Record High
Records show that in 2008, overdose deaths from painkillers surged to 15,000, more than from heroin and cocaine combined.
Black Licorice Linked To Irregular Heartbeat
A chemical compound in black licorice has been found to lower potassium in the blood and may cause irregular heartbeats.
LASIK Surgery Allows Baron To See Without Monocle
KÖNIGSBERG, EAST PRUSSIA—Baron Fritz von Friedrich VII, steward of Württemberg, told reporters Saturday that the LASIK surgery he recently underwent to correct ...
FDA Approves Putting Picture Of Trish On Cigarette Packs
WASHINGTON—In an effort to accurately portray the risks of smoking tobacco, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved rules Wednesday that will require ...
Report: 40,000 People Died On Ferris Wheels This Summer
NEW YORK— In its annual report of carnival and amusement park fatalities released Thursday, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that 40,000 riders ...
Many Doctors Say It's 'High' Time To Legalize Marijuana (Season 1: Ep 3 on IFC)
Medical marijuana would certainly be "a kind bud" to those suffering from debilitating cancer.
Law Prohibits Nation's Shawnas From Using Tanning Beds
The Health and Human Services says that the country's Shawnas are "tan enough."
FDA: Food Dye/Hyperactivity Data Inconclusive
A Food and Drug Administration panel concluded that a link between hyperactivity and food dyes was not borne out sufficiently by current data.
Cases Of Shaken Manchild Syndrome On The Rise
While frustrated parents may feel driven to violently shake their video game-playing grown children who still live at home, it can have serious medical consequences.
PSA: Ben Stiller Speaks Out Against Shaken Manchild Syndrome
Actor Ben Stiller urges parents with adult kids still living at home to think twice before shaking their manchildren in frustration.
