Don’t be surprised if the next time you head to the pediatrician, somewhere between listening to your child’s heart and lungs, the doctor slips in a question or two about Facebook.
Smoking is a health hazard for anyone, but for people with diabetes or a high risk of developing the disease, lighting up can contribute to serious health complications.
Elizabeth Taylor wasn’t one for understatement: she had eight marriages, two Oscars, and she was a bold pioneer in AIDS activism. And let’s not forget those captivating violet eyes. Now, according to Slate’s Brow Beat blog, Taylor’s large, liquid eyes had the unusual benefit of a genetic mutation, one that left her with a double row [...]
As we’ve been reporting, the new price of the prematurity-preventing drug Makena — which went from about $10 a dose to $1,500 after the branded drug was approved and replaced existing low-cost medications made by various specialty pharmacies — has generated a wave of anger, with doctors and politicians calling for change.
A new study shows that people who are high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes may be able to prevent the disease by taking pioglitazone (sold as Actos), a common drug for diabetes treatment. But experts say that doesn’t mean everyone with high blood sugar levels should be taking the medication.
By now, you’ve heard about the air-traffic control supervisor who fell asleep on the job at Washington’s Reagan National Airport early Wednesday morning, forcing two small passenger jets to land without guidance from the tower.
Cyberbullying is back in the news, most recently because of a so-called “smut list” published online that targeted 100 teenage girls, some as young as 14, for being promiscuous.
In most mammals, it takes more than month to complete the complex, multistage process of making sperm — which is why scientists have had trouble growing sperm cells in the lab. But now Japanese researchers report success, using testicular tissue from baby mice to make sperm in a lab dish and then producing healthy offspring.
Percentage increase in hospital emergency department visits due to ecstasy — from 10,222 visits in 2004 to 17,865 in 2008. Most visits (69.3%) involved patients aged 18 to 29; 17.9% of visits were by teens aged 12 to 17, according to a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. [via WebMD]
Recently, the super-sensitive smoke alarm near our kitchen started squalling in response to a charred bit of something overcooking in a saucepan. I cringed because my 6-year-old was asleep. A champion snoozer, she never flinched. And now, new research scarily shows she’s no exception.
