Healthy Living

Kids' tonsillectomies make more sense for sleep apnea than strep throat

Children who have their tonsils removed to treat chronic throat infections or breathing problems during sleep may get more short-term symptom relief than kids who don't get tonsillectomies, two recent studies suggest.

Industry money may taint advice from patient groups, regulators

As a social worker, Susannah Rose referred clients with cancer to patient advocacy groups she trusted to dispense unbiased advice - until she heard the groups might be taking money from pharmaceutical companies.

Can cannabis oil help heal wounds?

A middle-age man in Canada with oral cancer found that medical cannabis oil may have helped to slightly reduce the size of a wound that his cancer caused on his cheek, according to a new report of his case.

Doc warns against 'Nose Lifter' that promises results in 30 seconds

An Australian doctor is warning against using an increasingly popular device that promises a nose job in 30 seconds.

E-cigarette explodes inside Iowa man's mouth

An Idaho man was seriously injured when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth — scorching his skin and knocking out seven of his teeth.

After 50 years, frozen WWI veteran's body awaits reanimation

Since his death, James Bedford’s body has been cryogenically frozen and awaiting reanimation on the edge of the Sonaran Desert in Arizona.

12-year-old's growing pains were actually rare cancer

A schoolgirl who went to hospital with growing pains was given the devastating news she had bone cancer.

7 things you do every day that destroy your sperm

You spent so many years trying not to get her pregnant, so when you finally want to become a dad, you might be surprised to discover that conceiving isn’t as easy as you may have thought.

Is it safe to take medication once it has expired?

Many of us are guilty of keeping leftover painkillers from a surgery or old injury in the medicine cabinet instead of throwing them out, but is it safe to reach for them months or years later when a headache becomes too much to bear?

This is what it's like to have narcolepsy

When I was 15, I suddenly found myself unable to stay awake during school.