(CNN) Peanut allergy affects about 2% of the children in the United States, and those numbers appear to be growing. A serious peanut allergy can lead to anaphylaxis and, rarely, even death, which means some parents avoided introducing peanuts to their …
The aging brain is a shrinking brain, and a shrinking brain is, generally speaking, a brain whose performance and reaction time are declining: That is a harsh reality of growing older.
(CNN) Living close to a major roadway could increase your likelihood of developing dementia, according to a new study. Researchers found that people living within 50 meters (164 feet) of such a road had a 7% greater risk of developing dementia.
ORRVILLE, OH (WFLA) – The J.M. Smucker Company announced a voluntary recall of certain kinds of 9Lives, EverPet and Special Kitty canned cat food on Wednesday due to possible low levels of thiamine.
Shortly before Christmas, labs across the country started to see more positive flu tests. That uptick is often the first sign that flu season is underway.
AUSTIN – A U.S. district judge on Wednesday criticized Texas’ rule requiring the burial of embryonic and fetal tissue as “political” and without “any benefit at all” to public health before delaying his ruling in the case until late January.
Swedes hoping to get a six-hour workday should not bank on it actually happening anytime soon. Nurses at a city-run senior home in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, about 292 miles east of Stockholm, have been benefiting from a two-year experiment that …
France’s ban on corporal punishment may influence the last four countries, including the U.K., who still allow spanking. (Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy/Getty Images/Cultura RF).
BRANDON, Fla. – For two years a 10-year-old Georgia boy ignored the bullies while growing his hair out – all to help a family friend who had lost her own, according to WFTS-TV.
The American Red Cross has issued an emergency request for donations of all blood types. (Times Union archive). The American Red Cross has issued an emergency request for donations of all blood types.
All French citizens are now automatic organ donors, unless they officially opt out of the program. A new law that went into effect on Jan. 1 makes everyone an organ and tissue donor.
WASHINGTON – Florida Sen. Marco Rubio joined 50 other Republicans Wednesday to begin the process of dismantling the Affordable Care Act, a move that would have broad consequences for the Sunshine State.
Research examining gun violence, and the funding to support it, significantly lags behind what would typically be expected for a major cause of death, according to a new study.
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Even as the state prepares to carry out a constitutional amendment authorizing medical marijuana, a lack of guidance from health officials could create a “very murky and dangerous legal area” for patients and doctors.
(CNN) One minute, you have that blissful pregnancy glow, and the next, you’re green with nausea. You’re not alone. About 75% of women suffer nausea and vomiting during pregnancy due to morning sickness, and about 1% experience a severe form of the …
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