Healthy Living

Cleveland boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning from van

Authorities in Cleveland say a 3-year-old boy died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning after riding for hours in a van that had no catalytic converter to properly remove the odorless gas.

Puppy Bowl 2017 will feature 3 pups with special needs

Animal enthusiasts will get a special treat on Feb. 5— not when they tune into the Super Bowl, but to the annual Puppy Bowl,  where they’ll watch team Ruff square off against team Fluff.

Video of cashier's sweet gesture for special needs boy goes viral

A California cashier’s simple good deed for a special needs boy is tugging at heart strings across the nation.

Hope for new treatments after scientists successfully grow stomach tissue in petri dish

With a goal to better study how organs form during embryonic development, researchers have successfully used stem cells to generate human stomach tissues in a petri dish that produce acid and digestive enzymes.

Ability to recognize faces grows with age, study finds

With age, a person’s social circles expand, so the ability to tell people apart—a cognitively difficult task—becomes more important.

What smartphones do to children's eyes

Symptoms of dry-eye disease were more common in children who spent more time on smartphones and less time outdoors than other young people, a study in BMC Ophthalmology found.

Lightning strike cures woman of her 'super-senses'

A woman who could taste words and smell sounds was cured after being struck by lightning— only for it to return.

Minnesota pedestrian death spike illustrates grim US trend

Pedestrian deaths spiked to a 25-year high in Minnesota in 2016, illustrating what's been a grim upward trend across the country in recent years.

Alternative medicine clinics often tout 'treatments' for allergy, asthma

Alternative medicine practitioners like homeopaths and acupuncturists may claim to treat allergies or asthma, but a study in Canada found that many there offer remedies that are unproven or even dangerous.

For seniors, having a partner helps cut hip fracture risk

Research from Spain confirms that senior women are three times more likely than their male peers to fracture a hip but also finds risk factors differ for men and women.