5 Germiest Surfaces
Germaphobes beware! The world around us is teeming with microbial life. From the dead-set obvious public toilet seat to the obscure bacteria-laden snowflake, the world is a reservoir of the microscopic, and we are merely passengers. |
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Youth Football Player Dies From Neck Injury
A youth football player who suffered a neck injury in practice has died at a Philadelphia hospital. |
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Girl, 4, Impales Herself After Falling on Metal Stake
A 4-year-old Australian girl impaled herself on a metal stake while playing in a shed. |
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Study Links Lack of Sleep to Long-Term Mental Illness
Sleeping fewer hours than recommended puts young adults at increased risk that any mental health problems they already have will become persistent. |
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Monkeypox Rising in Wake of Smallpox Eradication
Some 30 years after authorities doled out the last dose of smallpox vaccine, the world faces another multiplying menace: monkeypox. |
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Surgery Prevents Breast Cancers in High-Risk Women
Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, U.S. researchers said. |
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Health Experts Warn of 'Stem Cell Tourism' Dangers
Thousands of people are putting their health and life savings at risk to travel to private clinics around the world for unproven and potentially dangerous stem cell treatments, British experts said. |
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Minnesota Couple to Sue Over Tainted Eggs
A southern Minnesota couple has notified a pair of Iowa egg companies at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall that they intend to sue. |
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The Newfound Fatigue Fighter: Hunger
Pulling a late-nighter You might not want to reach for the sugary snacks to keep you awake. A new study involving fruit flies suggests the sleep-deprived mind is kept alert by hunger. @ |
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Federal Agents Descend on Egg Farms for Second Time
Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms, the two Iowa farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak and massive egg recall, have been visited by federal agents again. |
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U.S. Grapples With Bedbugs, Misuse of Pesticides
A resurgence of bedbugs across the U.S. has homeowners and apartment dwellers taking desperate measures to eradicate the tenacious bloodsuckers, with some relying on dangerous outdoor pesticides and fly-by-night exterminators |
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Coming Soon: Theaters, Airplanes to Post Calories
Regulators' appetite for calorie counts is about to extend beyond restaurants to thousands of other places that offer food, including airplanes, movie theaters and convenience stores. |
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Surgeons Remove 2 Needles, Nail From Baby Girl
Brazilian police say a man has confessed he inserted two needles and a nail into a baby girl's body because her beauty bothered him. |
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Is Genetically Altered Fish OK to Eat FDA to Decide
U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to eat in a decision that could deliver the first altered animal food to consumers' dinner plates. |
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Scientist Devises Faster Test for Detecting E.Coli
A Purdue University food scientist using infrared spectroscopy took only an hour to find harmful E. coli bacteria in ground beef, a discovery that could cut days off investigations of outbreaks |
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Experts Expect C-Section Rate to Keep Rising
More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts. |
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Heavy Drinkers Outlive Non-Drinkers, Study Finds
While the reasons aren't yet clear to the University of Texas at Austin research team who conducted the study, they found that abstaining from alcohol can actually increase the risk of dying. |
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NH Teen Zaps Nipples, Stops Heart in Shop Class
A New Hampshire high school student shocked so severely in shop class that his heart stopped beating is suing his teacher, the school district and the city of Dover. |
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Kids Literally Dying to Be Famous
Peter Lenz, 13, died after falling off of his motorbike Sunday during a warm-up lap for the Grand Prix Racers Union motorcycle race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. |
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FDA Looks to Curb Abuse of Cough Medicine
Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year. |
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