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How to avoid alcohol poisoning
Poisoning caused by binge drinking -- drinking excessively within a short period. For men, that's five standard-sized alcoholic beverages within two hours. For women, it's four or more standard-sized drinks, which is defined as a 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine or a mixed drink with one shot.
Parents start foundation to end fraternity booze hazing
Everybody liked Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. He was smart, funny, handsome, a gifted athlete and a talented performer. In his senior year at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, "Gordie" was co-captain of the varsity football team and started on defense for the school's New England championship lacrosse team.
Testosterone gel may help men with aging problems
As men age, their testosterone levels naturally drop.
But for some men, the male sex hormone may sink so low that they not only lose all interest in sex, but suffer more falls, have memory problems and experience anemia.
A new national study will explore whether applying testosterone gel to the abdomen, torso or upper arms can reverse those effects.
Weight a factor in cancer survival
Most women who want to lose weight just want to fit into a smaller dress or pair of jeans. But not Linda Ann Spurza of Lutz, Fla. She lost weight so she could live longer.
First flu vaccine manufacturing plant opening in U.S.
Just before Thanksgiving, officials of the international drug company Novartis will be joined by a gaggle of local, state and federal officials in a business park on the edge of Holly Springs, N.C.
Hope has a major downside, new study finds
A spoonful of hope might not be the best medicine, according to a new study that asserts that optimism can actually be harmful to mental health.
How to tighten the all-important abs
Strength doesn't come from the arms, back, chest or even legs. It comes from the core. Every sport, from tennis to tae kwon do, relies on the major muscle rectus abdominis, better known as "the abs."
Medical Journal: Most of us need more sleep
That extra hour of sleep last weekend doesn't begin to make a dent in tired for most Americans.
Giving up car keys means narrower world for elderly
Richard Huhn drove his uncle's flashy 1929 Buick when he was just 12.
Years later, assigned to the Army motor pool in World War II, he chauffeured officers in France, Belgium and Germany. "I drove down the main street in Paris," he remembers.
Now 94, his vision severely impaired, Huhn doesn't drive anymore. His ophthalmologist insisted he quit about four years ago.
Fun things to do in Tokyo
TOKYO - Tokyo is huge. If you stand on the top level of the highest skyscraper and do a 360-degree turnabout, you will see city to the horizon. It has parks, but no suburbs. High-speed roadways run through canyons of architecture, but numerous side streets, large and small, define neighborhoods, and each 'hood has its own main street and koban, police station cubicle.


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