Health
Diet May Cut Risk of Alzheimer’s by 50% (Long-term Study of 900 Seniors)
A hybrid version of the Mediterranean diet, nicknamed appropriately with the acronym MIND, could significantly lower a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according...
Toddler Revived After 101 Minutes of CPR
"In a survival story his doctors call extraordinary, a 22-month-old Pennsylvania boy whose lifeless body was pulled from an icy creek was revived after...
Paralyzed Woman Flies Jet Fighter On-Screen Using Only Her Thoughts
Mind control has long been a favorite subject of science fiction writers. Characters from Professor X, in the Xmen series, to the anti-heroine in the movie Lucy have...
Positive Breakthrough: New Antibiotic Discovered in Soil May Solve…
A serious threat to global public health is the increasing resistance to current drugs by the bacteria and viruses that cause infections, such as...
95-Year-old Smashes 200m World Record: ‘Bodies Can be Rebuilt at Any Age’
A 95-year-old former dentist has set a new world record for his age group in the 200-meter indoor sprint, knocking a massive 2.4 seconds off...
Memory Loss Associated with Alzheimer’s Reversed for First Time
Since it was first described over 100 years ago, Alzheimer’s disease has been without an effective treatment. That may finally be about to change. In...
Burger King Pulls Sugary Soda from Kids’ Menu
After years of pressure to stop marketing sugary sodas to children, Burger King has announced that it will be removing all soda pop products...
New Device to Cut Down Drug Testing in Animals: Heart-on-a-chip
A new device that simulates the human heart will spare some animals from medical drug testing. The new heart-on-a-chip developed by researchers at UC Berkeley,...
‘Cure’ for Arthritis is Near: New Breakthrough With Stem Cells
There's nothing fun about cartilage wearing down and bones rubbing together. Can you say ouch? The only refuge from arthritis today comes from either pain...
When Kids Can’t See the Chalkboard – Eye Doctor Donates 100,000 Glasses
Inspired by a Navajo teen's joy when he got his first pair of glasses, Joseph Carbone took a leap of faith by quitting his...
Mounting Research Shows Deadly Peanut Allergies Are Preventable — And Even Reversible
Children who once risked death every time their body came in contact with a tiny speck of peanut butter are now eating 8-12 peanuts...
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