Healthy Living

Race against time for toddler who can't eat anything but breast milk

An Arizona mother said she has tried everything to help her 18-month-old daughter whose rare condition only allows her to consume a certain type of breast milk, but now needs help as her supply is running low.

Doctors find brain and skull in teen's ovary

During surgery to remove a 16-year-old girl’s appendix, surgeons discovered a surprise guest— a tumor with a brain, hair and neurons that could transmit electric impulses like a normal brain.

Jury: Agency at fault for woman poisoned using oven as dryer

A Pennsylvania housing agency has been found negligent for the carbon monoxide poisoning death of an elderly woman who used her open oven to dry clothing in 2013.

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.