10 Simple Tricks To Turn Your Brain Into A Powerful Thinking Machine

Curiosity about the world around you, how it works and how you can understand it will keep your brain working fast and efficiently. Use the ideas below to help attain your quest for mental fitness.

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Picture: World’s Smallest Living Baby

With a survival chance of less than 1,000 to one, every day she has got through since then is a triumph. Six months later, Kimberly has finally been allowed to go home to her parents in Hanover.

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Of Mice And Men: New Male Contraceptives Successful In Rodents And Humans

Pills, sponges, IUDs, diaphragms -- women have many options for planning their fertility, none of them quite perfect. But what if men want to help out? They have only two options -- vasectomy, which is usually permanent, and condoms, which are crucial for dating but unpopular in long-term relationships.

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Bird flu virus mutating into human-unfriendly form

The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday.

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Lady wins a $2 million lawsuit after a doctor left a sponge inside her

When a woman went into a Florida hospital to give birth to her child, she not only left with her baby, but also with a foot-long piece of gauze cloth inside her....

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Lady wins a $2 million lawsuit after a doctor left a sponge inside her

When a woman went into a Florida hospital to give birth to her child, she not only left with her baby, but also with a foot-long piece of gauze cloth inside her....

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Virtual Colonoscopies are on the Horizon

But what some people consider the most unpleasant part can't be avoided: drinking laxatives to purge the bowel so growths can be seen....

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Diggers! Easy Way to Help Out A Cause With Just 1 Click

The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their donation buttons daily. Once they reach a certain amount of clicks, they donate to various causes such as breast cancer, litteracy, child health, hunger, etc. Please help them out by clicking one or more of their donate buttons in the middle of the page :)

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Finally, it Seems Scientists Have Found the Appendix's Purpose

Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.

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82 women dead in first year of anti-abortion law in Nicaragua

For the Nicaraguan rich, a problematic pregnancy need not be a death sentence. You can fly to Miami or bribe a discreet private clinic in Managua. But in this wretchedly poor country most young women do not have money. Their choice is to go through with a pregnancy that may kill them, or attempt a DIY termination that may kill them.

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10 Highlights from the Aspen Health Forum

The Aspen Health Forum gathered an impressive group of around 250 to discuss the most pressing issues in Health and Medical Science on October 3-6th. It was the first conference, by the way, where I have heard a speaker say: "I resuscitated a woman yesterday". Check out the key highlights and trends, and participate in the dialogue.

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24 Warning Signs You Cannot Afford To Ignore

These common aches and ailments could very well be nothing. Or something far, far worse. Here are 24 warning signs that you need to take seriously, and what you should do if you experience them.

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Top 10 Strangest Diseases

Diseases that cause or limbs to become grossly large or lead us through an entire life cycle in just ten years may sound like fiction. However, over 100 million people suffer from these 10 strange diseases.

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Plastic linked to "reprodutive abnormalities & obesity."

"The Centers for Disease Control has found two compounds—phthalates, used in polyvinyl chloride (pvc) plastic, & bisphenol A, a building block of polycarbonate plastics—in the urine of a majority of Americans "

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Top 10 Ways to Sleep Smarter and Better

There are lots of ways out there to beat insomnia, increase the quality of your sleep, and master the power nap. Today we've got our top 10 favorite sleep techniques, tips and facts.

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Alcoholism Cured with Epilepsy Drugs!

A drug used to treat seizures and migraines may help alcoholics quit the bottle, according to a study in the US. And unlike other medications for alcohol addiction, sufferers can get help without having to completely dry out first.

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A Beautiful Mind : Examing Schizophrenia's Effect on Creativity

Stuart Baker-Brown, 43, a photographer and writer based in Dorset, was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1996. On World Mental Health Day, he delivers a unique personal insight into how his condition has nurtured his artistic expression.

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