For Less Severe Child Peanut Allergies, Small Doses of Peanut Butter May Help

More than 800,000 U.S. children have what's called "high threshold" peanut allergy, meaning they can tolerate about half a peanut daily before symptoms arise.

New research suggests that exposing these kids to tiny but gradually increasing levels of store-bought peanut butter might help ease the allergy for good. 

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Mass Shootings That Claim Most Kids' Lives Are Done by Family Members

When most people think of kids killed in mass shootings, they imagine it occurring at the hands of a stranger, and at school.

The reality, according to a new report, is that most children who lose their lives to a mass shooting usually knew the perpetrator well -- a family member who commits the crime at home. 

“People ten...

Boston Surgeons Successfully Transplant Pig Kidney in Fourth Patient

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully performed the fourth pig kidney transplant in the U.S. 

The recipient of the genetically modified pig organ was a 66-year-old man with kidney failure, surgeons said. 

The transplant, performed in late January, came shortly after a woman in Alabama received a trans...

Big Breakfasts Help Keep Heart Patients Happy, Study Shows

When and what you eat might play a role in maintaining good mental health, a new study suggests.

Researchers in China found that folks with heart disease were more likely to keep depression at bay if they ate a big, calorie-rich breakfast. 

There's evidence that heart disease patients "are more likely to develop depression when ...

Can GLP-1 Meds Harm Your Eyes?

Yes, rare cases of vision issues have arisen in people taking popular GLP-1 weight loss drugs, but the jury's out on whether the medications caused the eye trouble, according to a new small study.

The study reviewed the cases of nine people who developed sight-robbing issues, such as dysfunction in blood vessels around the eye's optic nerv...

Cancer Rates Are Falling in Appalachia, But Not Enough

Appalachia has a rich history and gorgeous landscapes, but it has also experienced rates of cancer incidence and death that outstrip those of much of the rest of America.

However, new data offer hope to the 26 million people living in the region: Cancer rates are falling, although not as steeply as elsewhere in America.

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