Emergency Room Visits Seen Rising Among Sleeping Pill Users
ABC News’ Lisa Stark and Enjoli Francis report: Pop an Ambien – or its generic version, zolpidem – and you’re supposed to get a good night’s rest. But according to a new study released today, a growing number of users are ending up in the… Read More »
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Elementary School Cafeteria Goes Vegetarian
A New York City elementary school cafeteria is one of the first in the nation to go meatless. Students at P.S. 244 , the Active Learning Elementary School, are being treated to eclectic fare, including black bean and cheese quesadillas, falafel and tofu in an… Read More »
Professor Asks If Eating Boogers Boosts Immunity
Scott Napper has a hypothesis: What if his daughters’ tendency to pick their noses and eat the dried nasal mucus — their boogers — actually had some health benefits? Napper, who teaches biochemistry at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, told the CBC that he’d wondered whether… Read More »
Llamas ‘Kiss’ Patients’ Blues Away
A kiss from a llama is more like a soft, furry lip bump, but people still seem to like it. That’s why when Niki Kuklenski brings her therapy llamas, Marisco and Flight, to Camp Korey for children who have serious medical conditions, they set up… Read More »
Can a Smartphone Do What Your Doctor Does?
By Meera Dalal, M.D. During our medical training, we’re taught to gather and use information from three sources: a patient history, a physical exam and lab tests. By far the most difficult to master is the physical exam. A good exam requires knowledge of anatomy… Read More »
For Women Trying to Conceive, Fertility Yoga
Yoga has long been praised for helping people improve their flexibility and core strength. But one Florida yoga instructor believes that the popular practice can also be used to help women conceive. Sherry Longbottom, a registered nurse and yoga instructor, has developed fertility yoga. In… Read More »
Kindergartner Becomes Mensa Member
Most parents believe their child is the smartest kid in the class, but when Robert Dorman says this, he’s likely right. His son, 5-year-old Gus Dorman, with an IQ of 147, became one of the youngest members admitted to Mensa, the exclusive high IQ society…. Read More »
Child-Resistant Pill Bottles Easily Defeated
ABC News’ Paula Faris reports: If you think those hard to open, child-resistant caps will always keep your children safe from pills, think again. In the blink of an eye, children can gain access to medication that poses a risk to their health. Every year,… Read More »
One Soda Per Day Raises Diabetes Risk, Study Suggests
Here’s yet another reason for giving up soda: A new study out today suggests that just one 12 ounce serving of a sugar-sweetened beverage can raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by up to 22 percent. Since most research on the evils of… Read More »
Jeff Bauman Gives Present to Fellow Boston Bombing Victim
Sydney Corcoran, who was injured during the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, was still recovering at Boston Medical Center on Tuesday for her 18th birthday. So fellow bombing victim Jeff Bauman stopped by to give her a present. Bauman is the man in the wheel chair pictured in… Read More »
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