We scoured America’s scoop shops (tough job, but somebody had to do it) for the tastiest (and healthiest) ice creams, yogurts, and sorbets that will satisfy your sweet tooth without hurting your waistline

LICHFIELD, England - Some patients in British hospitals have been using alcohol hand gels to get intoxicated, the National Health Service says. The health agency has issued an official patient safety alert to hospitals and clinics throughout Britain, The Daily Telegraph reported Sunday. The gels have been used in patient care for more than four years. Reported thefts of the alcohol ...

WASHINGTON – Federal regulators are scolding the maker of Cheerios, saying it made inappropriate claims about the popular cereal's ability to lower cholesterol and treat heart disease. The Food and Drug Administration says in a warning letter to General Mills that language on the Cheerios box suggests the cereal is designed to prevent or treat heart disease. Regulators say that only ...

NEW YORK – In 2005, a rebellious and sporadically employed Israeli man flew to New York to give up a kidney to save an American businessman. For that, he says he was paid $20,000, which appeared in a brown envelope on his hospital bed after the operation. That payoff would be illegal. But the kidney donor, 39-year-old Nick Rosen of Tel ...

One of the biggest perks of a travel nursing job is exploring new and exciting locations.  And although the summer is half way over, there is still plenty of time to enjoy some fun in the sun.  Travel Nurses Blog just released a list of America's Best Beach Towns for Travel Nurses, which was compiled based on the popularity and ...

One of Torrance Memorial Medical Center's most recent arrivals weighs a little more than 7 pounds, measures 21 inches long, and cries, whimpers and wails with the best of them. But this baby - named Simantha - is packed with wires and a computer, and cost $35,000 to deliver. The bouncing baby robot is the latest addition to the facility's Clinical ...

It's a practice of days gone by, but in some circles the job is making a comeback. A wet nurse is a woman who breastfeeds someone else's baby. Could it be this bonding time between mom and baby is being increasingly outsourced? A Los Angeles area staffing agency says yes. Certified Household Staffing reports an increase in requests for wet nurses, ...

More people are turning to a new trend to let others know about their medical condition - tattooing. A case report presented today at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 18th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress shed light on this new phenomenon, while urging discussion from the medical community. The report's primary author, Saleh Aldasouqi, MD, FACE, first discovered medical ...

Over 102,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant and a second chance at life; and a Slidell, Louisiana resident is making the most of his second chance. Kidney and pancreas recipient Nic Whitacre is training for the 2010 Transplant Olympics, twittering his progress, and furthering his education to become a Registered Nurse. Whitacre is hoping to offer a unique and ...

Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- A day after being rescued from the depths of the mine where they were trapped for 69 days, most of the 33 miners in Chile could be released from the hospital by Thursday afternoon, a hospital official said. Meanwhile, the government shifted its attention to protecting the miners and the rest of the country's work force. Dr. ...

Eight days after Jordan Jamal Smith was born in March, his mother still couldn't see his face. The bulbous, 1.8-pound mound of liquid and tissue protruding from the newborn's mouth covered his eyes and nose, his cheeks and forehead. It had nearly killed him in the womb and threatened his life during his birth. But two University of Miami doctors ...

As part of my unending mission to find amusing nursing stories, I recently received an email from Melanie Herson telling a funny nursing story… About a someone who…”was doing a shift with a student nurse, and looking after a patient on complete bed rest. The student nurse took this word for word & when the patient needed a commode she heaved ...

BY her eighth month of pregancy, Rebecca Sloan, a 35-year-old biologist living in Mountain View, Calif., had read the what-to-expect books, taken the childbirth classes, joined the mommy chat rooms and still had no idea what she was in for. So, like countless expectant mothers before her, Ms. Sloan typed “childbirth” into YouTube’s search engine. Up popped thousands of videos, showing ...

Campaign organizers made a welcome gesture of reaching out to this struggling downtown in locating their headquarters at one of the most visible corners of High Street. The decision reinforced the importance of a vibrant downtown small town of Pottstow

A 16-year-old suffering from a rare disease will still attend her prom, even though her muscles are literally turning to bone, London’s Daily Mail reported. Louise Wedderburn, a student in the U.K., has fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive, or FOP, which causes its victims to grow a second skeleton. The second skeleton can crush the internal organs.

It's about time............ The first World Series game in Philadelphia in 15 and the Phillies won!  Maybe the "curse of Billy Penn" has finally lifted if you believe in such a curse.

Ask mothers why babies are constantly picking things up from the floor or ground and putting them in their mouths, and chances are they’ll say that it’s instinctive — that that’s how babies explore the world. But why the mouth, when sight, hearing, touch and even scent are far better at identifying things?

Have you ever thought of taking laxatives to treat the chickenpox? Or how about drinking Champagne to ward off morning sickness?

All proceeds from the auction, which takes place on November 4th, will go to the US Marine Corps' Toys for Tots foundation, which provides Christmas presents for needy children.