Mom shocked to learn spider living in her ear was behind odd symptoms A mom has recalled the horrifying moment she realised her face was swelling up because she had a spider living in her ear.
Bystander CPR, defibrillation cuts long-term odds of death, brain damage When a bystander gives CPR or applies an automatic defibrillator to someone who has collapsed from cardiac arrest, the benefits persist for at least a year.
WHO to explore biosimilar drugs in effort to make treatments available in poorer countries The World Health Organization (WHO) is to launch a pilot project this year to assess cheap copies of expensive biotech cancer drugs in a bid to make such medicines more widely available in poorer countries.
Twins give birth to boys on same day one room apart Fraternal twins Danielle Grant and Kim Abraham said they did not plan their coinciding pregnancies, and certainly did not time their same-day deliveries, but call the coincidence “really cool.”
FDA approval of first-ever Batten treatment 'bittersweet' for family battling disease Though it may not help their family, the VanHoutans are celebrating the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent approval of the first treatment for Batten disease, a rare, terminal genetic disorder that primarily affects children.
Trump administration loosens Obama-era school lunch requirements In a move to roll back former first lady Michelle Obama’s healthy lunch initiative, the Trump administration unveiled a rule on Monday to eliminate some of the nutritional standards currently set in place.
Who's your daddy? Non-invasive paternity tests Q&A with Dr. Manny: I’m not 100% sure who my baby's father is. Are there any non-invasive options to find out before he/she is born?
Mom gives birth to 13-pound baby boy in natural delivery A California infant may have landed himself a spot in the hospital’s record books on Friday, after he was born weighing a whopping 13 pounds, 11 ounces.
Surgeons perform first-ever procedure on triplets with rare skull condition A New York couple who was shocked to learn they were having triplet boys spent the first few weeks of their children’s lives in the neonatal intensive care unit learning about their rare skull condition, Craniosynostosis.
Osprey recalls 87,000 child backpack carriers A fall hazard has prompted Osprey to recall of more than 87,000 child backpack carriers.
