Healthy Living

Oklahoma mom says she was shamed for using handicap spot while carrying disabled son

An Oklahoma mother who claims she was shamed for using a handicapped parking spot while shopping with her disabled son has taken to social media to address what the alleged writer didn’t see.

Antibiotics sales for use in US farm animals rose in 2015, FDA reports

U.S. sales and distribution of antibiotics approved for use in food-producing animals increased 1 percent from 2014 to 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a report on Thursday.

Many Brazilian women avoiding pregnancy due to Zika fears, study finds

Brazil should urgently review its reproductive health policies, scientists said on Friday, to support the more than 50 percent of potential mothers who say they want to avoid pregnancy due to fears about the Zika virus.

Older women with breast cancer still left out of medical trials

Older women are still underrepresented in medical trials evaluating treatments for breast cancer, according to a new study.

Back pain tied to increased fall risk for older men

Back pain is the most common type of pain older men complain of, and it could signal a greater risk of falling, even for people with no other disabilities, according to a recent U.S. study.

Living kidney donors often pay their own expenses

Most living kidney donors pay at least some of the expenses related to donation themselves, which may limit how many people can afford to provide organs to transplant recipients, a U.S. study suggests.

Getting kids to eat veggies when there's no time for family meals

Eating meals as a family is a proven way to get kids to follow healthier diets, but there are other tricks parents can try when there's no way to get everyone around the same table, a recent study suggests.

Alan Thicke's cause of death: Is hockey to blame?

Authorities released actor Alan Thicke’s official cause of death Wednesday, revealing the that the 69-year-old suffered a ruptured aorta and a standard type A aortic dissection.

Missouri hospital dresses up preemies as holiday gifts

Families at a Kansas City, Missouri, hospital got the cutest gifts of all this year— photos of their preemies dressed up as holiday gifts.

Nurse credited with saving student who had blood clot near brain stem

A Tennessee school nurse is being credited with saving the life of one of her students after the seventh-grader collapsed in the hallway from a blood clot near his brain stem on Friday, KREM.com reported.