Healthy Living

Perdue recalls chicken sausage over potential plastic fragments

Perdue has issued a recall for a line of its popular organic chicken sausage after customers complained about finding pieces of blue plastic inside the product.

Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie Pint Slices recalled

Ben & Jerry’s is recalling its Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie Pint Slices, which may have the wrong treats inside.

Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes, waffles and French toast recalled

Pinnacle Foods Inc. is voluntarily recalling all “Best By” dates of Aunt Jemima frozen pancakes, frozen waffles and frozen French toast over fears of listeria contamination.

Think your tap water is perfectly safe? Think again

"America is facing a nationwide drinking water crisis," says the co-author of a new report that finds one in four Americans were served by tap water that was unsafe or not properly monitored in 2015.

J&J ordered to pay $110M in talc product liability trial

Johnson & Johnson on Thursday was ordered by a Missouri state court jury to pay over $110 million to a Virginia woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after decades of using of its talc-based products for feminine hygiene.

Dangers of 'hydrating' with energy drinks

Health professionals caution anyone daring to exercise in the summer sun to stay hydrated, and to make sure to take breaks or rest from activity.

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.”