World's Most Premature Baby Has Celebrated His First Birthday After Beating 0% Odds of Surviving
The world's most premature baby, who had 0% chance of surviving, has just celebrated his first birthday—good news indeed.
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Blind For 15 Years She Now Has 20/20 Vision And Sees Her Grandchildren For the First Time
59-year-old Connie Park was blind for 15 years, then surgery helped her see her daughter again. Watch them together.
Premature Baby Born So Small She Was Kept Alive in a Sandwich Bag Has Defied the Odds to Start School
A premature baby born the size of a bag of sugar has defied the odds and is now entering elementary school. Meet Darcey Clegg.
Daily Multivitamins Could Help Keep Seniors Mentally Sharp-and May Protect Against Dementia
Researchers estimated supplementation for three years roughly translated to a 60% slowing of cognitive decline, equating to nearly two years.
Large Study of Older Adults Shows People Over 65 Benefit By Staying Active - Let's Move, People
Inactivity after the age of 65 increases the risk of heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes according to new research from Johns Hopkins.
Pipes a Million Times Thinner Than Human Hair Could Deliver Personalized Therapies to Individual Cells
The 'world's tiniest plumbing system' might transform medicine by funneling drugs or proteins to precisely targeted organs and tissue
'Off the Charts' Hydrogel Outperforms Cartilage and May Be in Human Knees Next Year
A long awaited update to a 2020 medical breakthrough could have a natural knee-cartilage replicant on deck for replacement surgeries by 2023.
Woman Makes Drug-free Patches That Treat Nausea, Cramps, Vertigo, Hangovers - And Even Car Sick Pets
A California health practitioner has invented a natural, drug-free patch that can treat nausea in people and pets-and relieve cramps, vertigo, and hangovers: Meet Gopatch.
Mom Installs 20 Defibrillators Around Town After She Loses Teen Son to Cardiac Arrest
Naomi Rees-Issitt started fundraising to get 20 defibrillators installed across town after her teen son went into cardiac arrest and died.
Alzheimer's Memory Loss Reversed in Mice After Scientists Discover Method to Form New Brain Cells
Alzheimer's was reversed in mice after UIC scientists boosted the formation of new brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments.
Virtual Trip to Museum 'Can Help People Stay Mentally-And Physically-Healthy'
Online virtual trips to a museum may benefit older people by reducing frailty and cognitive decline and improving quality of life.
Gold Could Hold the Key to Inflammatory Bowel Disease Treatment That's Cheaper and Non-Invasive
Gold nano-particles could hold the key to treating inflammatory bowel disease more cheaply and safely, according to new research.
Cheap, Single-Dose Rabies Vaccine Passes Phase 1 Trials-Could Save Thousands of Lives
Strong immune responses against rabies were seen in 9 out of 12 study participants, with the remaining three having taken very lose doses.
Reading, Doing Crafts, Playing Instruments or Games Associated With 23% Lower Risk of Dementia
Doing crafts, playing an instrument, or reading a book might help lower your risk of dementia by a 23%, according to new research.
Study Discovers 'Hero' Protein That Helps Repair DNA and Prevent Cancer Like a 'Guardian of the Genome'
The 'Hero' protein RPA and its ally WASp can 'save the day' and prevent potential cancers-and we may restore its function in WAS patients.
'Life-Changing' New Treatment to Stop Tinnitus Developed After 20 Years Searching for a Cure
A new "life-changing" mobile phone therapy to stop tinnitus has been developed by researchers who spent 20 years searching for a cure.
Frequent Aspirin Use is Linked to Lower Risk of Ovarian Cancer in Women Most Likely to Develop the Disease
An aspirin a day cuts the risk of ovarian cancer in women most likely to develop the disease, according to new research.
First Effective Treatment for Back Pain Changes How Brain and Back Communicate
The 12-week course which focuses on the nervous system rather than painkillers and manipulation, reduced pain longer and more than those two.
'Transformational' Therapy Seems to Be a Cure For Hemophilia
British doctors are giving patients a dead virus that's been re-engineered to produce a protein known as factor IX, which hemophiliacs can't.
Diabetes Might Be Cured Using Healthy Stool Samples, Say Researchers at UCSD
Live bacterial therapeutics (LBTs) injected into mice stopped the progression of diabetes—and could end the need for human insulin injections.
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