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'Smart' Contact Lenses Might Also Monitor Eye Health
A team of scientists in South Korea has packed incredibly small electronic circuitry, batteries and antennae into a soft contact lens. The goal: to monitor eyes for signs of vision trouble or help...
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Dangers of 'Superbug' Germs Greater Than Believed
There's been an uptick in the number of laboratory studies showing how just one mutation could create highly infectious or "hypervirulent" strains of disease-causing bacteria, fungi and water molds.
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Have a Purpose, Have a Healthier Life
If you've found meaning in your life, you're more likely to be both physically and mentally healthy, a new study reports.
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Could Obesity Alter a Child's Brain Structure?
Overweight and obese children tend to have a thinner prefrontal cortex, a part of the brain associated with decision-making and problem-solving.
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Healthy Lifestyle, Regular Screening May Keep Cancer at Bay
A new study shows many cases of cancer could have been headed off by regular screenings.
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Man Who Inspired Ice Bucket Challenge Dies
Peter Frates, who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge that raised awareness about the neurodegenerative disease ALS, has died at the age of 34.
View ArticleThe ADHD Symptoms That Complicate and Exacerbate a Math Learning Disability
At math conferences, I am often the only one talking about learning disabilities. And at learning disabilities conferences, when I present my talk “What’s math got to do with it? Math learning...
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Hep A Outbreak in Six States tied to Blackberries
The illnesses have occurred in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and Wisconsin.
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An 'Epidemic of Loneliness' in America? Maybe Not
Yes, people tend to feel more lonely after age 75 or so. But today's older adults are no more likely to feel isolated or lacking in companionship than previous generations.
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RECALL: Frozen Burritos for Plastic Pieces
Ruiz Food Products of Florence, SC, recalled 55,013 pounds of egg, sausage, and cheese burritos, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says.
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Kids and Concussions: Data Show Growing Threat
CDC data published in March 2019 found that from 2010 to 2016, an estimated 283,000 children came to emergency rooms each year for sports- or recreation-related traumatic brain injuries
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Black Patients May Not Benefit On Low-Dose Aspirin
Researchers analyzed 11 years of data from more than 65,000 people, ages 40-79, living in the American Southeast. More than two-thirds of the participants were black, and about two-thirds were at high...
View Article“I Survived Boot Camp (and College) Thanks to This Army Strategy”
At the age of 19, I boarded a U.S. Army train from Miami to Fort Jackson, where I would learn to be a soldier. Thank God I didn’t have to do it alone. Starting on Day One, I walked in lockstep with 40...
View ArticleStudy: Race Impacts Ratings of ADHD Behavior in Black Boys
December 11, 2019 White teachers are more likely to attribute a Black boy’s behavior to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to rate those behaviors as severe than are Black parents,...
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Frozen Embryo Transfer Tied to Cancer Risk in Kids
There wasn't an increased cancer risk among children born to parents who used other types of assisted reproductive technology such as fertility drugs, IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
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Labels Showing Exercise Needed to Offset Food Helps
For example, such labeling would show that a person would need to walk 42 minutes or run 22 minutes to burn off the 229 calories in a small bar of milk chocolate, said British researchers.
View ArticleQ: How Can I Break My Son’s Obsession with (and Non-Stop Talking About) His...
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR RYAN WEXELBLATT? Ask your question about ADHD in boys here! Q: “My 9 yr old son is obsessed with fishing. He will talk about it non-stop, watch YouTube videos on it, would...
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Sleeping Too Much Might Raise Stroke Risk
Disturbed sleep was also tied to a 29% increase in the risk for stroke, compared with people whose sleep quality was good.
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A Gift You Can’t Repay
A woman resigned to dialysis treatments three times a week gets a rare gift when a friend shows up at the hospital and asks, “Will you be my kidney sista?”
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U.S. House Passes Drug Pricing Bill
However, the bill has no chance of being passed by the Republican-controlled Senate and the White House has threatened to veto it, the Associated Press reported.
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