Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Applebee’s Sued for Serving Alcohol to a Toddler

Written by HDO on April 14, 2011 | Comments Off

An Applebee’s restaurant in Michigan is being sued for accidentally serving a toddler alcohol. According to the restaurant chain, the 15-month-old was served a margarita mix containing alcohol from a bottle mislabeled “apple juice”. The parents of the toddler, 18, who are too young to drink themselves, noticed their son acting strange during their family ... Read More

Surgeons Remove 56-lb Tumor From Argentinean Woman

Written by HDO on August 30, 2010 | Comments Off

A woman from Argentina went into the hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and left five days later and 57 lbs lighter after having had a tumor roughly the size of an eleven-year-old boy removed from her belly. Doctors at the Gandulfo Hospital in Lomas de Zamora near the capital city of Buenos Aires went ... Read More

Don’t touch that door handle!

Written by HDO on July 13, 2010 | Comments Off

Perhaps validating the fears of countless germophobes world-wide, a recent study conducted in New Zealand offers some unsettling insight into the hygiene habits of those in the midst of a health crisis. Observers clocked data on the habits of the general public in a train station, a hospital and a shopping mall during the midst ... Read More

One Doctor Shows Possibility of Detecting Alzheimer’s

Written by HDO on June 24, 2010 | Comments Off

Alzheimer’s disease, a painstakingly challenging disease to deal with, has been difficult to detect in patients.  For the first time in scientific history, doctors have come extremely close to getting approval for a new way of diagnosing Alzheimer’s. If the findings of Dr. Daniel Skovronsky are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), “it ... Read More

Distortion of Body Image by the Brain: A Biological Explanation for Eating Disorders

Written by HDO on June 22, 2010 | Comments Off

Eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, are said to be caused by distorted body images due to a natural brain function in certain people. “Scientists at University College London discovered people tend to think that their hands are wider and their fingers are shorter than they truly are. They say the confusion may lie ... Read More