Health & Medicine : Science World Report

Jan 03, 2015 07:32 PM EST

Montana 11-Year-Old Keeps His New Year's Resolution: Gets $500 After No Soda Throughout 2014

Soda is known for its empty calories that can increase weight gain and the risk of other related health issues. For some, eliminating soda may be part of their New Year's Resolutions; this was true for an 11-year-old boy from Montana who successfully stuck to his resolution of giving up sugary drink...

Jan 03, 2015 06:49 PM EST

Tennessee Couple Turns To Facebook In Help For Embryo Adoption

Couples looking to have children but dealing with fertility issues often have a difficult road to follow. Fortunately, Tennessee mother of four Angel Watts is looking to help out a couple who are having trouble conceiving.

Jan 03, 2015 05:37 PM EST

Rescue Dog Saves Owner's Life By Sniffing Out Aggressive Breast Cancer Tumor

Dog's always have their owners' best interest at heart and that was certainly the case of this two-year-old collie, Ted. He began crying and pawing at 46-year-old Josie Conlon of Stockton-on-Tees. It might have seemed strange at the time but it turned out that the dog was actually sniffing out an ag...

Jan 03, 2015 06:07 PM EST

Measles Cases Came Back Negative, Pa. Says

The measles' cases came back negative Friday after a public health warning was made.

Jan 03, 2015 04:04 PM EST

Fast Food Companies Are Ditching The 'Junk' In 2015

Fast food joints are working on a bit of a New Year's resolution. They're hoping to ditch their unhealthy image by replacing food additives and the like with natural ingredients.

Jan 03, 2015 09:40 AM EST

Amino Acids of a Protein Can Assemble Without DNA and mRNA Blueprints

Scientists have found for the first time that the building blocks of a protein, called amino acids, can be assembled without blueprints--DNA and an intermediate template called messenger RNA (mRNA).

Jan 03, 2015 09:10 AM EST

Not All Obese People Develop Health Problems Linked to Excess Weight

Obesity can cause a range of health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Now, though, researchers have found that obesity doesn't always go hand in hand with these problems.

Jan 02, 2015 09:20 PM EST

Ebola Treatment Device Approved For Testing By FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the testing of an Aethlon Medical bro-filtration device on Ebola patients called Hemopurifier that has already been used to illicit a full recovery in a critically ill German patient.

Jan 02, 2015 06:05 PM EST

2014 Was The Year Of 41 New Drug Approvals In The U.S.

The year of 2014 can be remembered for many things. From a medical prescription standpoint, it might be remembered for numerous approvals by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which hit the highest approval rate in 18 years, providing new treatments for rare diseases and cancers.

Jan 02, 2015 04:27 PM EST

Dog Treats Recalled Due To Potential Salmonella Contamination

"Roo Bites (Cubes)" of Your Bones Inc. of Boca Raton, FL, which are made of dehydrated kangaroo meat, were recalled due to a potential Salmonella contamination.

Jan 02, 2015 03:40 PM EST

A Simple 'Thank You' Boosts Restaurant Patronage By Over 50 Percent

Could a simple "thank you" make or break a business? New research shows that receiving acknowledgement of these comments helped increase restaurant patronage by close to 50 percent, according to satisfaction surveys.

Jan 02, 2015 10:28 AM EST

Behavioral Genetics Reporting May Cause the Public to Have Unfounded Beliefs

It turns out that media reports about behavioral genetics may actually induce unfounded believes in the public. Scientists have examined 1,500 Americans and have found that reports about human genetics may be misinforming the public more than informing them.