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What Are the Typical Side Effects of Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer? 05/10/2017 08:00pm • Any kind of disease treatment can bring unintended and potentially unpleasant side effects, and chemotherapy is no different. This common form of cancer treatment is infamous for causing nausea, fatigue and hair loss, but not every patient has the same experience with side effects from chemo when b These 10 People Wouldn't Give Up Their Wheelchairs If They Could 05/10/2017 08:00pm • Robyn Powell's first wheelchair was hot pink. "I remember being a very bad driver," laughs the now 35-year-old attorney and researcher in Framingham, Massachusetts, who was 3 at the time. "Fortunately, I've improved." Powell was born with arthrogryposis, a joint condition that prevents the use of h 'Avocado Hand' Is Prompting Doctors to Warn People About Slicing the Fruit 05/10/2017 08:00pm • There's a hidden danger lurking in your produce section -- though it doesn't become dangerous until you take it home. That danger is your precious avocado and your attempt to slice it open (i.e. holding it in your hand while trying to take out the pit with a knife may not be the safest bet). "Avoca 14 Tips for Traveling With Diabetes 05/10/2017 08:00pm • With summer right around the corner, you may have some vacation and travel plans in mind. That's great, but Angela Ginn-Meadow, a senior diabetes educator at the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology in Baltimore, has a reminder for you. "You can go on your vacation and have Band of brothers: 3 siblings graduate West Point together 05/10/2017 09:54am • WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — Brothers Noah, Sumner and Cole Ogrydziak entered West Point's grueling world of 6:30 a.m. reveille, 60-pound packs and rigorous course loads on the same day four years ago. The three cadets are now preparing to fling their caps together at graduation this month, marking a r FDA approves new drug to fight ALS 05/10/2017 03:57am • WASHINGTON — A new medicine is joining the battle to help people suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of edaravone, which will be sold as Radicava. It is the first new drug on th 9 Habits That May Reduce Your Risk for Developing Alzheimer's 05/09/2017 08:00pm • Keeping your mind sharpMore than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease, a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain's nerve cells, according to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America. Alzheimer's destroys memory and other mental functions, according to the Mayo Clini 3 Payment Platforms for Parents 05/09/2017 08:00pm • Nobody likes hassling their ex-spouse for child support, reminding other parents to pay their Little League fees or dealing with nanny taxes, the payroll taxes parents who pay a nanny, caregiver or other household employees $2,000 or more per year are supposed to cover. Just as money transfer apps l Could Your Hospital Data Be Breached? 05/09/2017 08:00pm • It could be malicious hacking in search of sensitive health information. It could be careless handling of a laptop containing data from a doctor's office. It could be a hospital insider or savvy outsider using patient information to fraudulently obtain medical care or prescription drugs. In March a DC-area college graduation: Dates, times and locations 05/09/2017 07:26pm • WASHINGTON — College graduation season has arrived — which means happy parents and D.C.-area traffic complications. The season kicks off Wednesday, when Howard University begins its festivities. American University, Catholic University and the University of D.C. will hand out diplomas as wel Recaptured inmate to be evaluated at detention center 05/09/2017 03:41pm • JESSUP, Md. (AP) -- A prisoner recaptured by authorities after six days on the run will remain at the county detention center. A judge had ordered David Watson's transfer to Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center for a competency evaluation, but the Howard County State's Attorney's Office said Monday As the Prostate Cancer Screening Pendulum Swings 05/08/2017 08:00pm • Recently, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force revised its 2012 recommendations against routine prostate cancer screening for otherwise healthy men. The revamped 2017 guidelines now encourage conversation between patient and doctor regarding the specific pros and cons of undergoing testing -- How to Prevent Malaria While Traveling Abroad -- and Treating It at Home 05/08/2017 08:00pm • An infectious disease typically transmitted by a female Anapheles mosquito infected with a parasite, malaria can kill fast. The World Health Organization estimates that 429,000 people died from the infectious disease in 2015. Prevention and treatment efforts the world over have, fortunately, decrea How Diabetes Affects Your Hearing 05/08/2017 08:00pm • If you have diabetes, you have at least twice the chance of experiencing hearing loss than someone who does not have the condition, according to the American Diabetes Association. If you have prediabetes, your risk for hearing loss is 30 percent higher compared with those who do not have diabetes. Why Cotton Swabs Are Landing Thousands of Kids in Emergency Rooms 05/08/2017 08:00pm • You may not feel clean unless you swipe your ears with a cotton swab, but remember: You're setting a poor example for your children. That's because more than 263,300 U.S. children visited hospital emergency rooms between 1990 and 2010 with cotton swab-related ear injuries, according to a new study