iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Do you bite your nails when you’re nervous, bored or stressed? If so, it’s time to call it quits. Biting your nails is a compulsive habit and it’s often out of one’s Read More
diego_cervo/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Teens are increasingly turning to electronic cigarettes not to get their tobacco fix, but instead to inhale pot. A new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics found that teens have devised ways to turn e-cigarettes Read More
Studio-Annika/iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Do you have a picky eater on your hands? It’s pretty normal for young kids to be picky about what they eat but is it safe to assume they will grow out of it? Kids who are Read More
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Obama will sign an executive order Monday giving hundreds of thousands of workers employed by federal contractors access to paid sick leave. The order will require federal contractors to give employees the ability to Read More
ABC News(MALIBU, Calif.) — A California kayaker who was bitten by a hammerhead as he was fishing for sharks off the Malibu coast says he won’t hunt them anymore and would “never use” the word attack to describe what happened to him. Dylan Marks, Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(MALIBU, Calif.) — A California kayaker out fishing hooks a big one in an unexpected way. While out fishing near Malibu, a kayaker in his 20’s had his foot bitten by a possibly 10-foot hammerhead shark. He was airlifted to a local hospital Read More
Ingram Publishing/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The FDA is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to cucumbers. The cucumbers, supplied by Andrew and Williamson Fresh Produce are grown in Baja, Mexico and are sometimes referred to as “slicer” Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The miracle of life is incredible. It’ll blow your mind. But imagine explaining that to a baby. That’s exactly what Jason Silva, the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic Channel’s Brain Games, did on Sept. 1 to a Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(PALM CITY, Fla.) — The family of a 10-year-old boy said he had to be rushed to the hospital where he has remained for weeks after being exposed to fumigation chemicals in their house. The family of Peyton McCaughey said that after their home in Read More
Courtesy Whitney Walters(KNOXVILLE, Iowa) — Walmart has apologized to an Iowa mom for refusing to print photos of her breast-feeding her children. “I was furious and I was also embarrassed,” Whitney Walters of Knoxville, Iowa, told ABC News on Friday. Read More
