A man has been jailed for 20 months for kidnapping his wife from hospital to stop her having a breast enlargement. James McCarthy told wife Kerry: “Don’t do it. I like you as you are”, as he dragged her from a ward at the City of London’s St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She had pleaded with hospital [...]
Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits — and risks — of the beverage at a scientific meeting. “We’re coming from a situation where coffee had a very negative health image,” Dr. Rob van Dam of the Harvard School of [...]
WASHINGTON — A Brazilian spider delivers more than a painful bite that sends most victims to the hospital. Its venom stimulates an hours-long erection. Now scientists have figured out the chemical that seems to be responsible for the penis boost. In Brazil, emergency room staff can immediately spot the victims of a bite from the [...]
