Childhood allergies need to be consulted with a doctor and treated, lest they lead to other illnesses, or heighten the risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
New Mexico investigators report that a man was arrested for stealing a pot of his mother's homemade stew. The police claim that he broke into her Albuquerque home, and burglarized the big container of "posole" from the refrigerator. The traditional New Mexican soup is made from dried corn kernels and meat, and seasoned with cabbage, chili peppers, lemons and/or limes, and salsa.
Five Chinese editions of unrelated foreign classics were discovered to have the same cover image, according to a report by China Daily.
An Israeli-tested cancer breakthrough drug that triggers the human body's natural immune system was used as a key tool in helping former United States president Jimmy Carter to become cancer-free. The immunotherapy medication used during his liver and brain cancer treatment destroyed the deadly tumors that developed after he received a melanoma (skin cancer) diagnosis earlier this year.
A Colorado woman's heartwarming Facebook video retelling an incident with a Walmart cashier whose mother had recently committed suicide, has gone viral internationally on social media. The retail giant admitted that the story was charming and educational, but reported that the surveillance video and workers' accounts of the event show some discrepancies in the woman's story.
A new Weight Watchers has been launched, featuring its "Beyond the Scale" campaign in its war on obesity. The weight-loss company is unveiling a new logo, program, and fitness app, and hopes to help people change their way of thinking in order to reach their goals. Its old Points Plus Program has been replaced by a more holistic approach, while Oprah Winfrey's joining its board in October could boost the company's revenue and membership.
Doctors have revealed in a few months time, soldiers in Iraq who have sustained injuries below the waist can have surgery to recover the functions of their sexual organs, through a penis transplant operation which has never been conducted in the United States before.
More millennials are living with their parents compared to five years ago, based on a report by the Pew Research Center.
Past studies have shown that marriage greatly increases the couple's lifetime happiness, but new research reveals that lovers who cohabitate instead of tying the knot can also experience such mental health benefits. It revealed that when women move in with a live-in partner for the first time, it provides the same emotional benefits as the first time getting married, while men only became much happier when they wed for the first time. However, both genders became happier when they live together before getting hitched.
A young woman who was recently snapped breastfeeding her baby on the Beijing subway has become a subject of ridicule and empathy after the photo circulated over the Internet. The public's reaction reflects the changing social perception of people in a rapidly changing society.
Google's new pending patent is for a glucose-monitoring device that draws blood without any needles and shots. The new hand-held or Android wearable medical tool could be especially helpful for people with diabetes and other blood sugar-related conditions and diseases. It functions by shooting a gas-powered micro-particle into a person's skin, and then collecting a bit of blood from that point.
In the search for a cure for pain, scientists have discovered the secret of why some people are unable to feel aches, which could result in the development of powerful painkillers. For the first time ever scientists have copied a rare gene condition called congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) in a lab, allowing them to reverse the effect of a high dose of opioid (pain-killer) by adding a substance that blocks the nervous system's ability to feel it. That allowed genetically modified (GM) lab mice and a woman with CIP to feel pain and sensation.
A Scottish couple whose fairytale proposal in Reykjavik, Iceland was captured by a stranger's camera has located the photo after searching for it through social media. They were unaware that a woman who was snapping photographs of the snowfall in the capital city took a picture of the man after he got on bended knee in the middle of the empty street and asked his girlfriend to marry him. The photographer did not send him a copy of the image because he gave the wrong contact information, but he later found it posted online.
Ponce de León searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida, but it might be found in the type 2 diabetes drug Metformin. A recent study showed that the medication has anti-aging properties that caused roundworms to age slower without developing skin wrinkles, and to experience better health. Some medical experts claim that the anti-diabetic drug might help to prevent chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
