Autistic boy dies after routine dental procedure, report says

A Washington family is seeking answers after their 4-year-old son died Friday during a seemingly routine dental procedure that reportedly involved a shot of anesthesia.

The Walton, NY-based Vulto Creamery has been named in the wrongful death of Richard Friedman by the Listeria victim’s widow, Vermont resident Veronica Friedman.

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Australian author and blogger Belle Gibson, who lied about beating a normally deadly brain tumor through healthy eating, exploited public generosity by falsely claiming most of her income went to charities, a judge said …

CAIRO (AP) – Egypt’s Health Ministry says hundreds of schoolchildren have been admitted to hospital in a suspected mass food poisoning this week.

JAKARTA Indonesia’s parliament has proposed a draft law that could lead to a sharp increase in tobacco output in a country that is already a top producer with one of the heaviest rates of smoking in the world.

Poultry at three possible sites in Alabama are being investigated over suspected bird flu concerns. Aviagen, a large poultry breeding company, said on Tuesday that it euthanized chickens over disease concerns, according to Reuters.

Reagan Caldwell in the arms of his dad, Air Force Capt. Brandon Caldwell, seeing him clearly for the first time with glasses. (Caters News).

The sleepless nights and stress that often accompany parenthood may not sound like the ingredients for a longer life, but according to a new study, having children could add years to a parent’s lifespan.

In possibly the region’s biggest most dramatic health care development ever, Harrisburg-based PinnacleHealth System has announced intent to buy four smaller hospitals and to affiliate with the vast Pittsburgh-based UPMC health system.

In 2008, Congress passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act to prevent employers and insurance companies from discriminating against Americans based on their medical records.

Remember that study from psychology class where participants were willing to shock people with excessively high voltage, just because a researcher told them to?

Have you ever been witness to an event with a friend only to conclude you both had different accounts about what had occurred? This is known as perception bias.

The vote at the joint meeting of the FDA’s Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee over Endo International’s (NASDAQ:ENDP) Pharmaceuticals unit’s New Drug Application …

In the age of stickiest-of-ickiest-and-rising THC percentages, it appears the United States government still supplies researchers with low grade brick weed you probably smoked in high school.

GARNER – Hancock County Community Health will celebrate “Kick Butts Day” on Wednesday, March 15, in an effort to call attention to a nationwide initiative that empowers student advocates to lead the effort to stop youth from getting hooked on deadly …

A new scientific advisory report from the American Heart Association (AHA) concludes that omega-3 fish oil supplements, which have long been touted as a path to heart health, may not be useful as a heart disease preventive.

Difficulty doing that is a hallmark of what’s called “hidden hearing loss.” Now, with the help of an exercise prepared for The Associated Press by the Mailman Center for Child Development at the University of Miami, you can give it a try.

New research published in Nature Medicine has identified a broader population of individuals with breast cancer who can have therapeutic sensitivity to PARP inhibitors.