Christine Honeycutt who is an 11 year old girl and suffers from Parry-Romberg syndrome which is a rare disease that causes half of her face to deteriorate and eventually waste away has had surgery to successfully get it back. The disease also known as progressive hemifacial atrophy is an immune system disorder that affects people [...]
Some research suggests that menopausal symptoms like hot flashes and night sweats can actually be a blessing in disguise for women who are going through “the change”. Women who are just starting to go through menopause apparently have a significantly less risk of heart problems than women who have not yet gone through the change. [...]
A recent study may suggest that cell phones could actually have a significant impact on the brain’s metabolism. The study revealed among other things that a 50-minute call was able to boost overall activity in certain regions of the brain significantly. The areas which are most active are those which are nearest to the phone, [...]
The FDA has recently pushed for more stringent safety warnings on a popular treatment which is supposedly able to prevent women from going into premature labor, something that can cause serious health complications for both the baby and the mother. One spokesperson for the FDA said that pregnant women should not be administered terbutaline intravenously [...]
KCBS reporter Serene Branson is troubled by the video of her on air moment of illness while covering the Grammy Awards. The video of the KCBS-TV Channel 2 reporter is all over the web and that prompted Branson to appear on “The Early Show” in order to set the record straight about what happened that [...]
In a poll of 2,400 women, Fitness Magazine asked them if they would forgo a year without having sex if it meant they could be skinny and 51% said yes. In other data gleaned from the surveys as 43% of the women said they had skipped meals on a regular basis to lose the extra [...]
The debate in Congress regarding the allocation of taxpayer money towards the Planned Parenthood program became personal. New Jersey Republican Representative Chris Smith read gruesome accounts of abortions from a book. California Democratic Representative Jackie Speier chose not to go through with her planned remarks on the legislation, as the “gentlemen from New Jersey just [...]
Los Angeles reporter Serene Branson’s on air moment of confusion was caused by what’s referred to as a migraine aura. Branson stunned viewers last week while on the air reporting about the Grammy Awards when she started to slur her words and became incomprehensible. The manifestation of the illness is called aphasia but could also [...]
More than 100 doctors and nurses and physical therapists in nine cities were charged with Medicare Fraud on Thursday by federal authorities. It took more than 700 law enforcement agents who spread out and arrested 111 people and accused them of illegally billing Medicare more than $225 million. This is the latest in arrests in [...]
Your mom may have recommended chicken soup for a cold but a recent study shows that zinc is more effective. Researchers reported on Tuesday that zinc lozenges, tablets, or syrup used at the first signs of a cold would more than likely bring about a faster recovery. 18 studies have been checked out where zinc [...]
If she doesn’t get her bid for the Guinness Book of World Records, Burmese girl Le Yati Min can take up the piano and rule the world. The child has 12 fingers and 14 toes and her mother is petitioning the Guinness book of world records to acknowledge the child for the total fingers and [...]
