Study: Fame Isn’t Fleeting
Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBC(NEW YORK) — True fame lasts far longer than 15 minutes, according to a new study. The study, published in the American Sociological Review, found that the vast majority of people who become “truly famous” stay famous for …
American Institute for Cancer Research Releases Seven Important Health Tips
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The American Institute for Cancer Research released a list of seven recommendations to reduce the risk of death from all diseases by 33 percent.The list below was compiled after tracking nearly 380,000 people over a spa…
FDA Investigating Connection Between Energy Drinks and Heart Risks
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is investigating possible links between energy drinks and sudden death.According to a study presented to the American Heart Association, there is a connection. E…
‘Thigh Gap’ New and Unhealthy Obsession for Teen Girls
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A new body trend is apparently becoming an obsession among teenage girls.It’s the thigh gap, a clear space, or gap, that can be seen between the thighs when a girl is standing with her knees together. Some runway mo…
Birth Defects Plague Iraq, But Cause Unknown
iStockPhoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Iraq War may be over, but the casualties continue for Iraqi couples trying to have children without life-threatening birth defects.An apparent rise in Iraqi birth defects has left parents, doctors and researchers…
It’s World Tuberculosis Day: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About TB
Duncan Smith/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The lung disease Tuberculosis kills nearly 1.5 million people each year, mostly in developing countries. World Tuberculosis Day is observed on March 24 to “raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) world…
Virulent Flu Season Winding Down
Pixland/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — This year’s virulent — and in some cases fatal — flu season is winding down, health officials say.While the rate of flu activity is still elevated above normal for the end of March, activity declined in most parts of t…
Tuberculosis in US Hits Lowest Levels Ever
Comstock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The rate of tuberculosis hit an all-time low in the United States in 2012, with fewer than 10,000 new cases reported.With World Tuberculosis Day on Sunday, the Center for Disease Control’s National Tuberculosis Surveill…
Chicago Gym Offers Overweight Only Membership
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In a culture that values thin, the fat debate is on fire. From plus-size models strutting the catwalks, to curvaceous superstars like Adele belting it out at the Oscars (and winning one for “Skyfall”) and Lena Dunham…
Spring Could Bring Worst Allergy Season Ever
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In news that’s nothing to sneeze at, seasonal allergy experts are confirming that 2013 allergies are going to start sooner — and last longer — in most parts of the country.The 2013 allergy season is expected to beg…
Study: Immune Therapy Promising in Treatment of Advanced Leukemia
MedicalRF.com/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An experimental form of immune therapy may hold the key to successful treatment of a deadly form of adult leukemia, a preliminary study suggests.According to HealthDay News, the study, which included just five ad…
Researchers Urge Against Use of Indoor Tanning
Cultura/Liam Norris(NEW YORK) — More than one million people visit tanning salons in the United States every day.Many of those that do use tanning salons are teenage girls. According to an article in the journal Pediatrics, 35 to 40 percent of white a…
Cold or Allergies? How to Tell
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Spring is just around the corner, but don’t be surprised to see winter weather — and viruses — linger a little longer. So what’s behind your stuffy nose: Spring allergies or a cold?The two miser…
Study Found Adults ‘Functionally Cured’ of HIV Before Mississippi Baby
ABC News Radio(NEW YORK) — On the heels of the supposed first “functional cure” for HIV in a baby born in Mississippi, French researchers reported Friday that they had studied 14 adult patients who had experienced a similar remission from the virus. T…
New Technology Could Improve Preservation of Livers for Transplant
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A device created by researchers at the University of Oxford in Britain is capable of preserving human livers for up to 24 hours outside the body.With the massive demand for liver transplants, the promising creation…
Bee Venom May Provide Protection Against HIV
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A toxin contained in bee venom may have the ability to prevent HIV infection when packaged properly.Researchers at Washington University in Saint Louis, tested a specific delivery system of the toxin, called melittin…
Couple’s Dream Honeymoon Comes True Thanks to Kindness of Strangers
Strangers donated over $60,000 to give one couple battling cancer their dream wedding and honeymoon. Photo Courtesy ABC News(NEW YORK) — Marrying his high school sweetheart in his hometown of Kewanee, Ill., was a day Nolan Keane had dreamed of, but di…
Compounding Pharmacists Await Changes After Meningitis Scandal
Jared Wickerham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Despite efforts to close perceived loopholes that allowed the New England Compounding Center (NECC) to distribute thousands of tainted steroid injections that killed 50 people, questions continue to arise about…
Older Americans Over-Screened for Colon Cancer
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Screening is the best way to prevent colon cancer. So everyone should get a colonoscopy, right? Not so fast.The recommendations for colorectal cancer screening are pretty clear: Start screening at age 50 …
Experts Weigh In on Childhood Obesity
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Obesity in America is a growing problem, and not just in adults. More than a third of the children and adolescents in the United States are overweight or obese, according to 2010 data from the U.S. Centers for …