Purestock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Around 150,000 Americans have their first unprovoked seizure each year. Traditionally, a first seizure would be met with a “wait and see” approach before starting a course of anti-seizure drugs. Now, new guidelines from Read More
ABC News(NEW YORK) – Seems like everyone’s social media feeds are full of those parents who overshare, capturing their child’s every meal, every outfit, every moment, from bath time to spit-up to #unfiltered potty pics. Nothing seems off-limits for Read More
Marzia Giacobbe/iStock/Thinkstock(BRENHAM, Texas) — Blue Bell Ice Cream said late Monday it is voluntarily recalling all of its products nationwide over fears of Listeria contamination. The latest recall includes all of the company’s ice cream, frozen yogurt, Read More
Courtesy Brad Frey(WASHINGTON) — The son of a woman who died of listeria in December after eating a tainted caramel apple is doing what he can to make sure no one else loses a loved one the same way. Shirley Frey, 81, was one of seven people to die amid last Read More
Santiaga/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Cuddling with a puppy or cozying up to a kitty has health benefits, but a new study suggests that household pets can also be sources of infection. Young children, elderly people or pregnant women might well give a Read More
Manuel Faba Ortega/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -– Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, takes about 10,000 lives per year, and the median survival time for those diagnosed with its most severe form is a year. Now, a new medication called Keytruda may help Read More
Photo by JB Lacroix/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Charlize Theron says that “choosing to be a mom in my late 30s has been really great for me. It’s given me perspective.” The actress, 39, is mother to 3-year-old Jackson, and she recently sat down with W Read More
memorisz/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When strokes involve a clot in one of the brain’s blood vessels, what is known as an ischemic stroke, doctors give the clot-busting chemical tPA. The chemical saves lives, but leads to only two in five people attaining Read More
Pierson Clair/USC Atheltics(LOS ANGELES) — When faced with losing his second eye to cancer at the age of 12, Jake Olson wanted to watch his last University of Southern California Trojans football game in person and take it all in. He got his wish and met the Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The 35,000 runners who line up for Monday’s Boston Marathon can expect their bodies to take quite a beating from the 26.2-mile endurance test. “Everyone has pain,” said Dr. Lewis G. Maharam, the chairman of the Read More
