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This man lived — even played basketball — without a human heart for 555 days before receiving a transplant Some high school students feel like they lug their backpacks around everywhere. Stan Larkin actually did, but stuffed inside wasn't a slew of textbooks - it was his heart.
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More Than Ever, Americans Are Dying By Accident A record number of Americans are dying by accident and increasingly because of fatal overdoses and falls, and not so much in car crashes.
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WHO clarifies advice on Zika pregnancy delay as reports note sex-related risks In clarifying recent guidance, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today it does not recommend that women delay pregnancy in Zika-affected areas.
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World's best men's golfers taking shortsighted approach to Olympics It seemed like a great idea when the International Olympic Committee announced that golf would return to the Olympic program in 2016 after an absence of 112 years.
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WHO clarifies Zika pregnancy guidance -- again (CNN) Are you considering getting pregnant and live in an area where Zika is actively circulating? Then the World Health Organization wants you to do the following: Brazil's microcephaly babies face uncertain future.
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Doctors Not As Mindful Of Hand Hygiene When Not Watched: Study Doctors and nurses may not be spared from the so-called 'Hawthorne Effect' and are potentially unmindful of hand hygiene when someone isn't looking.
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Study: Even doctors may fall prey to 'Hawthorne Effect' Hand hygiene is extremely important for doctors and nurses as we see many cases of hospital-caused infection each year in the United States.
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What's After Metformin in Diabetes? 'This Is How You Do It' NEW ORLEANS - Options for the sequence of medications that should following the ubiquitous first-line use of metformin in most patients with type 2 diabetes was the subject of a packed symposium this morning at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) ...
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A look at the graying of HIV SARASOTA, Fla. - Survivors from the U.S. AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s are accustomed to being told they dodged a bullet. They know they are fortunate to be alive, all these decades later.
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Florida House candidate Bob Poe says he is HIV positive ORLANDO, Fla. - A U.S. congressional candidate from Orlando says in a Facebook posting that he is HIV positive. Bob Poe said in a video posted Thursday on his official Facebook page that he was diagnosed with HIV 18 years ago.
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Colorado sets record with $117M in weed sales for April Marijuana sales in April reach a new peak with recreational cannabis generating $76.6 million and medical marijuana selling $40.8 million in revenue.
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Wine Protects Against Diabetes? Study suggests wine consumption offers greater protection against type 2 risk, compared with beer or other alcoholic beverages. In a study published in Journal of Diabetes Investigation, researchers concluded that any amount of wine - with certain ...
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Living a full life with Type 1 Diabetes Kimmy Kauffman, 19, has had Type 1 diabetes since she was diagnosed when she was seven. She braces herself against a wall in her home while giving herself a shot of insulin Wednesday afternoon, May 25, 2016.
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How to keep your kids sun safe this summer Summer is here and kids are out of school for summer break. While you are enjoying the sun, taking precautions to protect your kids from the harmful rays will pose some long-term benefits.
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Did Boxing Cause Muhammad Ali's Parkinson's? Did Pesticides? Boxing and pesticide exposure both elevate the risk of the disease, but we'll likely never know whether one was to blame. By Matthew Hutson.
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More than susnscreen: Keep your kids sun safe this summer Summer is here and kids are out of school for summer break, and that means families will spend more time under the summer sun. But there are ways to parents can protect their children from harmful UV rays.
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Will Florida's Bob Poe be our first HIV+ Congressman? Former Florida state democratic party chair Bob Poe is running for Congress in the state's 10th congressional district. Yesterday, the candidate publicly revealed that he is HIV positive.
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Florida Congressional Candidate Bob Poe Says He's HIV-Positive A candidate for Central Florida's 10th Congressional District, Bob Poe, revealed Thursday that he is HIV-positive. Poe, 61, and a former state Democratic Party chair made the announcement in an interview with Watermark Magazine of Orlando and also ...
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Upstate residents use social media to spread water crisis The fear spread across an upstate town struck by a terrifying water crisis can be seen on the faces of residents in a new social media campaign.
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Hoosick Falls residents take to social media, talk to lawyers "I don't think anybody expected our levels to be so high," said Hoosick Falls resident Loreen Hackett. After getting her PFOA blood test results in the mail, Hackett was shocked at her level, but after seeing results from her grandchildren - she was ...
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Man survives 555 days without a heart YPSILANTI, Michigan - While waiting for a human heart transplant, Stan Larkin lived 555 days without the organ at all. To passers-by, the 25-year-old Ypsilanti, Michigan, resident appeared to be a typical young adult.
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Connecticut scientists add Zika to mosquito viruses they look to test Sofia Moscovitz separates mosquitoes from other insects from a trap that had been in Woodbridge at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven.
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Is sugar really bad for you? The federal government's decision to update food labels last month marked a sea change for consumers: For the first time, beginning in 2018, nutrition labels will be required to list a breakdown of both the total sugars and the added sugars in packaged ...
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Donors sought for KSB drive DIXON - An American Red Cross blood drive will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 21 at KSB Hospital, 403 E. First St. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are preferred.
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Komen race honoree grateful for opportunity Marilou Smith decided to volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Western New York Race for the Cure a decade ago, after she learned a co-worker had breast cancer.
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Three stories from the Komen Race for the Cure They arrived at Buffalo Riverworks Saturday to walk and run for a cure. They also had stories to share - about mothers, daughters, grandmothers, friends and colleagues, and stories about life, loss and hope.
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Controversy erupts over Medicare observation care requirements In just two months, a federal law kicks in requiring hospitals to tell their Medicare patients if they have not been formally admitted and why.
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Baseball great Dave Parker on Muhammad Ali: 'He carried the torch for me' On Friday, the day Muhammad Ali was laid to rest, Dave Parker walked carefully through the pouring rain to the pro shop at Avon Fields Golf Course, to pay tribute to his hero.
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Investigator: FDA still taking months to recall tainted food ap file photo The Food and Drug Administration has reportedly allowed some food-safety investigations to drag on. WASHINGTON - Federal health officials failed to force a recall of peanut butter and almond products for three months after advanced DNA ...
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Say Hello to the 25th and Newest State to Legalize Medical Marijuana Following a resounding marijuana initiative defeat last November, this state seemingly defied the odds to become the 25th to legalize medical marijuana.
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Brain Study Offers New Insight into Pain Combat Veterans Experience A new study conducted by military researchers may help to explain the unique and painful symptoms U.S. military veterans often experience after serving in combat zones.
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Vitamin Deficiency Linked To Recurrent And Chronic Migraines: Can Supplements Help? Migraine patients were found to be deficient in riboflavin, coenzyme Q10, vitamin D and folate. Can vitamin supplements help sufferers?
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