October 23, 2015 Study: Number of Facebook Friends Linked With Brain Size Scientists have found a direct link between the number of Facebook friends a person has and the size of particular brain regions
October 23, 2015 Like to Sleep Around? Blame Your Genes Whether your roommate is Samantha Sleeps-Around or Paul the Prude, cut him or her some slack: People's predilections for promiscuity lie partially in their DNA, according to a new study
October 23, 2015 Spinal fractures due to osteoporosis on the rise More than 700,000 people suffer spinal fractures due to osteoporosis each year – double the number of people who experience hip fractures, according to the International Osteoporosis Foundation.
October 23, 2015 Sugary drinks tied to kidney stone risk Adults who drink at least one sugar-sweetened drink a day are slightly more likely to develop kidney stones than people who rarely imbibe them, according to a new study.
October 23, 2015 Dealing with chemotherapy side effects Chemotherapy can be very effective as a cancer treatment can be very effective, but the side effects - which include pain, fatigue, loss of appetite and memory changes - can be difficult for patients to deal with. Dr. Manny spoke with cancer patient and founder of the Noreen Fraser Foundation about the ways she’s found relief
October 23, 2015 FDA unveils safety measures for opioid painkillers Drugmakers that market powerful painkiller medications will be required to fund training programs to help U.S. doctors and other health professionals safely prescribe the drugs, which are blamed for thousands of fatal overdoses each year
October 23, 2015 Music Legends Fight the Stigma of Hepatitis C With New Campaign Around the globe, an estimated 2 billion people have been infected with hepatitis — but what’s even more concerning is that most of these people don’t even know they have the liver disease. Just ask Southern rock legend Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers Band and R&B artist Natalie Cole. They stopped by our studios to promote a new awareness campaign
October 23, 2015 Low-carb diets imperil people prone to heart disease A low-carb, high-fat diet might help some people lose weight, but it could be deadly to those with a family history of heart disease, according to research
October 23, 2015 New Trend in Emergency Rooms That Cater to Seniors For years, many hospitals have had specialty emergency rooms just for children, but now more and more ERs are opening their doors to seniors with facilities that promise less clamor and disorder
October 23, 2015 Pfizer takes its shot at a vaccine for evasive MRSA superbug Kathrin Jansen is a microbiologist with at least two breakthrough vaccines to her name: the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil and the $4 billion a year pneumonia and meningitis vaccine Prevnar 13. Jansen's next vaccine success could come by taming the superbug MRSA, a drug-resistant bacterium that she has seen ravage a healthy man up close and personally.
