October 28, 2015 Probiotics don't help fussy babies Probiotics do not reduce the rate of colic in babies, a condition in which newborns cry for prolonged periods without a clear reason, a new study suggests
October 28, 2015 New Jersey parents fight to get medical marijuana for young child A New Jersey family is fighting for changes to the state's medical marijuana laws to make it easier for children to have access to the drug.
October 28, 2015 Coffee: An effective weight loss tool Can coffee play a role in helping people to lose weight and reduce the risk of adult-onset diabetes? That seems to be the case, according to a number of studies reported in medical journals
October 28, 2015 Artificial sweetener may help treat aggressive cancers, study finds For years, negative reports have surrounded artificial sweeteners, claiming evidence of everything from being a carcinogen to causing cardiovascular disease.
October 28, 2015 Charity offers to pay for 7-year-old's lifesaving treatment; drug maker still refuses A pediatric cancer charity is offering to pay for 7-year-old cancer survivor Josh Hardy to receive lifesaving medication that could cure him of a potentially deadly virus. But Chimerix, the pharmaceutical company that produces the medication, is still refusing to give Josh the treatment he so desperately needs.
October 28, 2015 Implants, signing let deaf kids be bilingual, experts say Parents of deaf children face a critical responsibility to learn and use sign language, according to a majority of hearing experts quoted in the journal Pediatrics, although the question of whether or not to sign has grown increasingly controversial.
October 28, 2015 Mojo: There's an Herb for That The Medicine Hunter traveled to Mount Haramoun in the Middle East to study zallouh, a plant that is said to increase sexual frequency and pleasure, as well as cure sexual dysfunction
October 28, 2015 Remote-controlled chip implant delivers bone drug Scientists implanted microchips in seven women that delivered the medicine they needed by oozing out the right dose of a bone-strengthening drug once a day without them even noticing
October 28, 2015 Nature's Rx: Farmers markets cropping up at hospitals After years of treating their clientele for the ravages of poor nutrition, some doctors finally are catching on to the idea that prescribing carrots instead of pharmaceutical drugs might be a better option
