The Collateral Benefits of the Gluten-Free Craze
The vast majority of people who avoid gluten don’t have celiac disease or even a gluten sensitivity, but as reader Rachel can attest, there’s a big upside to the proliferation of all the GF products...
View ArticleHuge security operation in Hong Kong as senior Chinese official visits
Thousands of police officers deployed as Zhang Dejiang becomes highest-ranking Communist party official to visit the territory since 2012...
View ArticleDonald Lock's family slams NHS over killing by mentally ill Matthew Daley
The Northern Irish chief executive of a health trust in England that left a mentally ill man free to kill a retired solicitor has admitted: "We got things wrong". Paranoid schizophrenic Matthew Daley...
View ArticleA cure for cancer?
In November 2014, Chang Chiung-wen (張瓊文) packed a suitcase full of old clothes and left her home. She had spent the previous 18 years taking care of her child and husband, who is paralyzed from the...
View ArticleResearchers to Present Late-Breaking Data on ALXN1210 in Patients with PNH at...
Researchers to Present Late-Breaking Data on ALXN1210 in Patients with PNH at EHA Annual Congress -Additional Data, Including Late-Breaking Results from Phase 2 Trial of ALXN1007 in Patients with...
View ArticleFamily of Girl Guide captain killed in Dublin hit-and-run: 'Our agony at...
THE family of a 23-year-old Girl-Guide captain who was killed by an uninsured driver have criticised a 14-year gap between the time of her death and the inquest held last week. Share Go To Blathnaid...
View ArticleA month to remember stigma harms, mental mending heals
May is National Mental Health Month, but who is "minding the store" during the remaining 11 months of the year? Sadly, we don't need to look far: the recent federal data on surging suicide rates makes...
View ArticleParkinson's disease: 'It's like a boxing fight with Mike Tyson, you don't...
It is often said that laughter is the best medicine, and if true, it is certainly working wonders for two young men from Londonderry. Michael Stewart and Kieran Whoriskey are both living with early...
View ArticleFamily of teen slain by off-duty officer has ‘productive’ meeting with...
Two days after a protest that disrupted a Farmers Branch City Council meeting, the family of a teenager killed by an off-duty officer met with city leaders. Mayor Bob Phelps was unavailable Thursday,...
View Article'Many suffer but no one talks about it': the rise of eating disorders in Japan
Enormous cultural pressure to be thin and a lack of support for mental health issues has left sufferers struggling...
View ArticleNebraska Farmers Sue Monsanto Alleging Roundup Gave Them Cancer (EcoWatch)
Photo Credit: Global Justice Now Originally polished by EcoWatch by Lorraine Chow May 16, 2016 Four Nebraskan agricultural workers have filed a lawsuit against Monsanto Co. alleging that the...
View ArticleUAE survey finds public discrimination against the disorder
ABU DHABI // Almost one in six people believe that epileptics should be isolated from the rest of society, with some of them believing the condition was brought on by evil spirits, a survey has found....
View ArticleResearchers to Present Late-Breaking Data on ALXN1210 in Patients with PNH at...
(Source: Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc) NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALXN) today announced that researchers will present late-breaking data from a Phase 1/2...
View ArticleMarathoner suffers rare, simultaneous heart attacks
MUMBAI: When 47-year-old Mulund resident Sanjay Shah felt dizzy after his regular five-kilometre walk on Friday morning, he sensed something was wrong. He had after all, over the last 20 years, seen...
View ArticleKabul backs Beijing stance in South China Sea dispute: Chinese official
A Chinese official says neighboring Afghanistan has expressed its support for Beijing amid ongoing maritime tensions between China and regional and extra-regional countries over the South China Sea....
View ArticleA de-addiction centre for farmers drawn to alcoholism
A farmer in Latur district. Manoj More In Vidarbha and Marathwada, 841 farmers have been admitted for depression in various government hospitals and 4,607 in total referred on out-patient basis for the...
View ArticleHong Kong under tight security for Chinese official's visit
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out a massive security operation as they braced for protests during a top Beijing official's visit to the city, where tensions are rising over Chinese rule. Thousands...
View ArticleEleventh-century Chinese letter – just 124 characters long – sells for $32m
Billionaire Wang Zhongjun bought Jushi Tie, thought to be the only surviving work by Song dynasty scholar Zeng Gong, in a Beijing auction...
View ArticleHealth scheme for BPL patients finds few takers
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand has fared poorly in utilizing funds under the Rajya Vyadhi Nidhi (RVN) scheme, under which the state government pays up to Rs 2 lakh for treatment of BPL patients. According to...
View ArticleTeen Receives Surgery Due To Crowdfunding (Photos)
An Indian boy was offered life-changing surgery due to a kind gesture from a woman thousands of miles away. Mahendra Ahirwar from Madhya Pradesh in central India was an outcast because of a rare...
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