31-year-old actor opens home to elderly neighbor battling cancer A young Hollywood actor is being praised for his generosity after the 31-year-old opened his doors to a sick, elderly neighbor who needs around-the-clock care.
Volunteer cuddlers helping infants born addicted to opioids Volunteers at Boston Medical Center are helping babies who were exposed to drugs while in the womb heal faster with the power of human touch.
More US seniors taking multiple mind-altering drugs The number of older adults taking at least three prescriptions for psychotropic drugs - which includes opioids, antidepressants, antipsychotics and tranquilizers - has roughly doubled over the past decade, a recent U.S. study suggests.
Fathers get depressed during and after pregnancy, too Women aren't the only ones who may feel depressed when welcoming a newborn: a new study from New Zealand says some men also experience depression during and after their female partners' pregnancies.
Mistakes at US lab force hundreds of Zika tests to be repeated Officials in Washington, D.C.'s public health laboratory had to repeat Zika tests for nearly 300 pregnant women, including two women who were mistakenly told they tested negative for the mosquito-borne virus that has been shown to cause birth defects.
Is anxiety during and after pregnancy normal? With a 1-and-half-year-old son at home and another baby on the way, Amy Ruggiero, 42, recalled the time of her second pregnancy as “torture.”
Weak thigh muscles tied to knee osteoarthritis in women Women with weaker thigh muscles may be more likely to develop knee osteoarthritis, a recent study suggests.
Couples are freezing their private parts for better sex Although couples may see their sex activity spike in the winter due to more time spent indoors, dipping temperatures may also impact arousal itself, a spa in the United Kingdom claims.
Wide variation in willingness of ER doctors to prescribe painkillers A national comparison of emergency room physicians has uncovered a broad range of prescribing patterns for painkillers, and high-volume prescribers may be encouraging long-term use of the drugs among their elderly patients.
Survival rates for extremely preterm babies improving in US The first decade of the 2000s saw a small but significant increase in the survival of extremely premature infants without early neurodevelopmental problems, according to a study of nearly 4,500 babies born at 11 U.S. medical centers.
