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 »
EmailKindergartner 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 »
The Mellowest State Has Obama Connection
If your nerves are a bit frazzled chances are you live in West Virginia. According to the new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index released earlier today, residents of this state are the most stressed out in the nation. Gallup has been tracking the daily stress levels of… Read More »
Los Angeles Tops ‘Dirty Air’ List for 13th Time in 14 Years
Thanks to the Clean Air Act, a lot of people in the United States are breathing a little easier. The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2013″ report, which analyzed ozone and particle levels in the air from 2009 to 20011, showed that the… Read More »
Hospitals Exchange BBQ, Pizza After Disasters in Boston and West, Texas
It all started when Dr. Chris Kabrhel, an emergency room physician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, sent pizza to the Hillcrest Hospital staff members in Waco, Texas, to thank them for their hard work after the fertilizer plant explosion that killed 14 people and injured… Read More »
Boston Bombing Amputee No Longer Fears ‘Horrible Shin Splints’
When injured Marines who were visiting Boston Marathon bombing victim Celeste Corcoran told her about the Paralympics Sunday at Boston Medical Center, she told them she’d never been a runner because she used to get “the most horrible shin splints.” “So I was like, ‘Hey,… Read More »
Alleged Bomber’s Neck Wound Missed Vital Arteries
The bullet that sliced through the neck of Boston Marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev likely missed his major arteries and windpipe, experts said. Otherwise, he would have been dead within minutes. “If you think about it, [the neck has] got a lot of very important… Read More »
