Bee populations are decreasing worldwide, and this is causing great concern to scientists, as bees are major pollinators. Enter Cheech and Chong to the rescue! OK, maybe not exactly, but, research has proven that bees love cannabis, and this could be a solution to the declining bee epidemic! A ...

Even though it is the deadly coronavirus that is making headlines, scientists and healthcare officials are saying we are facing a “very weird” flu season. Officials say that we are seeing a unprecedented spike in flu activity as a second strain of flu hits on the heels of the first. The ...

A new study has found that using feces – or “poop,” could be effective in treating people who are on the autism spectrum! To understand this seeming bizarre treatment, you must understand that there are millions of microbes living in our gut, collectively known as the gut microbiome. Imbalances ...

There have been reports that India has banned the export of personal protection equipment such as masks and clothing amid a global coronavirus outbreak. The Indian government did not give a reason for the ban, but it reported its first case of the new coronavirus last week — a woman in ...

If you are a parent, you have likely dealt with your share of strep throat. For decades, when your kid had “strep,” an antibiotic like penicillin usually would have them back at school 24 hours later. However, over the years, overuse of antibiotics has led to an evolution of antibiotic ...

The new strain of coronavirus that emerged from Wuhan in central China has spread to more than a dozen countries in such a short time that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global emergency. In one week, ten times the number of cases were identified. The WHO definition of an ...

Epileptic seizures can be devastating to a child. This is especially true when the epilepsy is severe, causing dozens of seizures each day. Sometimes these seizures cannot be controlled with medication, and the severity and sheer number of them begin to cause injury to the healthy parts of the ...

An American researcher has come up with a cowpox-style virus that, in the laboratory, can kill every type of cancer and has shrunk tumors in mice. The treatment is called CF33 and is being developed in Australia by biotech company Imugene to treat the millions of humans afflicted with ...

When you were a child, an adult probably encouraged you to brush your teeth a couple of times a day. When you got a bit older, they added the concept of flossing to the dental hygiene routine. Even when we didn’t want to, we usually complied. After all, who wanted to have to go to […]

Medical kidnapping happens when the state takes children away from their parents due to medical disagreements between physicians and parents and puts them into foster care. Medical kidnapping cases involving child protection services is a huge story that the mainstream media won’t touch. ...