Health

Chihuahua Comes Back to Life After Heart Stops Beating

Dixi_/iStock/Thinkstock(CHULA VISTA, Calif.) — A Chihuahua in Southern California has a second chance at life after a near-fatal surgery. Julietta the Chihuahua underwent surgery for a broken leg at the Chula Vista Animal Care Facility last week but after the Read More

California Reports First Flu Death of Season

Fuse/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The California Department of Public Health reported the first flu death of the season on Friday. According to the CDPH, an adult resident of Southern California was killed by the disease — the first confirmed influenza Read More

We're About Halfway Through Flu Season

Pixland/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — We’re about halfway through the flu season, and it’s shaping up to be a severe one, according to the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Influenza activity is elevated throughout the United Read More

Expert Tips for Keeping Warm

Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Could it be any colder? Well, yes. But that doesn’t stop many people across the country from positively shivering these days. If you can’t shake the chill no matter what you wear, you might be wearing the wrong Read More

Woman Gives Birth an Hour After Learning She's Pregnant

File photo. (isabelle Limbach/iStock/Thinkstock)(BOSTON) — Katherine Kropas had no idea she was pregnant with a 10-pound baby until an hour before she gave birth. Kropas, 23, started her day off Tuesday with intense back pain, but at first, doctors couldn’t Read More

Why Older People Should Like to Bike

iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — People might be sitting on their own personal fountain of youth without even realizing it. It’s called a bicycle and if you’re between the ages of 59 and 79, you may be in a much better physical and emotional place than your Read More

If Your Knees Are Shot, Shots Might Help

iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — Your aching knees could use some relief if you’re suffering from arthritis, which becomes more of a problem as people age. Researchers at Tufts University in Boston looked at data from close to 140 studies to determine what worked Read More

Forgive and Forget Your Way to Better Emotional Health

iStock/Thinkstock(ROTTERDAM, Netherlands) — No doubt it can be hard to forgive some wrongs that have been done to you in life but it also may be wrong not to at least try. After all, say researchers at Erasmus University’s Rotterdam School of Management, you Read More

Study: Monkeys Can Learn to See Selves in Mirror

kailash soni/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A new study indicates that monkeys may be able to learn to recognize themselves in the mirror. Mirror self-recognition is a hallmark of higher intelligence, researchers say, and has previously been seen in both humans and Read More