In the fight on childhood hunger, on October 23, Friday the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) asked United States pediatricians to screen all their patients for "food insecurity" and to give parents references to help prevent child hunger and malnutrition. In the U.S. 16 million kids live in homes where there is frequently not enough food, which results in more sicknesses, worse general health, and more hospitalizations compared to youngsters whose daily diets include enough vitamins, minerals, and enzymes.
One New Jersey township's residents who have had one too many alcoholic drinks at a hot nightclub, house party, or bar drinking session can now get totally free Uber rides home. The transportation network company will provide vehicles and no-charge lifts from several drinking locations throughout the state's southern town, in an attempt to lower the number of drunk driving cases and driving under the influence (DUI) arrests.
A new study reveals that being addicted to cheese is a real phenomenon, providing a scientific explanation for its being a key ingredient in the most addictive food based on the research: pizza. People crave the dairy product like a drug addiction to cocaine or heroin, whether it is sliced for crackers, spread on bagels, or melted between toasted slices of bread, due to its natural milk protein and food processing.
United Kingdom researchers are learning if a woman's extraordinarily sharp sense of smell could help them to find a Parkinson's disease breakthrough that could help them to diagnose patients with the central nervous system disorder before symptoms appear. Two decades ago she noticed a certain kind of smell when her husband was nearby, and realized later that she had sensed a symptom of the disease before he received a formal Parkinson's diagnosis.
Director Rodney Ascher's latest documentary, "The Nightmare," sheds the light on the terrors of dreams that leak out into the reality and let the paralyzed victims experience an unimaginable fear
In response to public outrage over Turing Pharmaceuticals' recent 5,000 percent price hike of the generic cancer and HIV/AIDS drug Daraprim to $750 per-capsule, a California-based company that fills individual patient prescriptions announced on October 22, Thursday that it would offer a $1-per-pill low-cost alternative medication that contains the same active ingredients as the original 62-year-old medicine.
A new research study reveals that children who take antibiotics will gain weight quickly than those who do not consume medicines. The study also highlighted that the weight gain owing to antibiotics can often be progressive and cumulative in the long term.
“Confucius” hit the red carpet for its world premiere in London on Wednesday during President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United Kingdom.
A new Muppet character named Julia will soon join Kermit the Frog, Elmo, Big Bird, and the rest of the "Sesame Street" gang. The orange-haired, big-eyed preschool girl with autism is featured in a digital storybook titled "We're Amazing, 1, 2, 3" and will make her TV debut later. For a year the children's television show has been teaming up with various organizations to reduce the stigma connected to autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Sesame Street launched their Autism awareness campaign Wednesday with their See Amazing in All Children website. The website aims to provide resources to help and better understand children with Autism with the ‘Amazing Song.’ The first Autistic Muppet character, Julia joined Elmo, and the gang in the digital storybook release pending feedback from the Autism community before her TV debut.
An investigation by Beijing News has revealed that many in the LGBT community are still being forced by their families to seek treatment. Several "clinics" have even claimed to use traditional Chinese medicine to "cure" homosexuality.
An expert with the Center for Population Census has expressed fears that China's family planning policies could lead to a labor shortage as early a 2021. The data, which shows China's working population decreasing, supports his claims.
"No amount of alcohol should be considered safe to drink during any trimester of pregnancy," the association said in a report it released on Monday, underscoring the dangers of birth defects and cognitive disabilities which prenatal exposure to alcohol cause.
A brand new study of elderly people showed that those who maintained a Mediterranean diet had heavier brains that contained more cells, showing that the olive oil, fruits and vegetables, beans, nuts, and fish in the square meals helped to stop shrinking brains and encourage healthy aging brains. This seems to suggest that it could have the same health benefits for senior citizens as regular exercise, staying mentally active, and quitting smoking, as ways to avoid memory loss, and types of dementia including Alzheimer's disease.
The All-China Women’s Federation (ACWF) will host a women’s handicraft expo in Yiwu from Oct. 21-25 to help women find employment and develop their talents in business, according to a report by womenofchina.cn.
