Boston hospital performs double hand transplant

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

BOSTON -- A quadruple amputee who received new hands through a transplant operation says he is looking forward to doing ordinary things again: getting dressed, taking a shower, making coffee and, sweetest of all, touching the faces of his two grandsons. Richard Mangino, 65, of Revere, lost his ...

McDonald’s Courts Mom Bloggers When Changing The Menu

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

When McDonald's announced plans Tuesday to overhaul the Happy Meal — downsizing French fries and adding apples to to every kids' meal — the company's top brass used every communication trick they know to get the message out: Twitter, Facebook, and more. And they didn't just invite journalists to their ...

Quality of Life for Kids with ADHD and Their Families Worsens With Greater Severity

Saturday, July 23rd, 2011

Study looks at quality of life and family impact in children with ADHD treated in different settings The greater the severity of a child's Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms, the more negative impacts on the child's health-related quality of life from the perspective of the child and the ...

Chickenpox Deaths Plummet With Help Of Vaccine

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

Ever since the chickenpox vaccine became routine for kids back in 1995, deaths from the virus, also known as varicella, have been dropping. A study in the journal Pediatrics out today tells us just how steep that drop has been. In the ...