Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new data shedding light on fast food consumption among American kids. Its findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Read More
iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor As kids head back to school, warnings about lice abound. Experts are cautioning a new mutated lice may be resistant to common treatments. Researchers gathered lice samples from 30 states and Read More
Thierry Dosogne/Getty Images(TURIN, Italy) — A team of researchers led by an Italian surgeon say they are planning to perform the first human head transplant in 2017 and have even recruited a volunteer, but experts remain skeptical of the experimental procedure. Dr. Read More
merznatalia/iStock/ThinkStock(WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered that the sales and distribution of four R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette brands to stop. The four brands are Camel Crush Bold, Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter, Read More
dulezidar/iStock/ThinkStock(LOS ANGELES) — Having more olive oil can reduce the risk of getting breast cancer according to a report by the JAMA Internal Medicine. ABC News affiliate KABC-TV says that authors of the study said extra virgin olive oil contains a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Cailyn Blonstein just hit a major milestone: she’s lost 71 pounds. The 20-year-old journalism student at Quinnipiac University said she was inspired to lose weight last summer after reading the best-selling book The Shift by Good Read More
Todd Warnock/Digital Vision/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Long hours at work may not just be hampering your social time but also your health. The longer an employee works past the 40-hour mark, the more he or she faces an increased Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Aspirin may prevent heart attacks or stroke, says a special task force. According to the U.S. Preventative Task Force, a daily low dose of aspirin is recommended to those in their 50’s and 60’s to help prevent heart Read More
Jillian Benfield(TUCSON, Ariz.) — One mom has penned a heart-wrenching letter to the doctor who performed open-heart surgery on her infant son, thanking him for his kindness, devotion and ability to “perform near miracles.” “I just felt Read More
HannamariaH/iStock/ThinkStock(NEW YORK) — Kerri Bunker, 36, is an identical twin with her sister, Kelli Wall, in central Utah. In what Kerri calls “the craziest story,” both have their own sets of twins and are expecting a second pair of twins this Read More
