They say music is good for the soul, and in recent studies researchers found it’s also therapy for premature and sick babies. Recent studies and anecdotal reports suggest the vibrations and soothing rhythms of music might benefit preemies and sick babies. Especially for those preemies that are too small to be held. Researchers say that music can help them adapt to life outside the womb. “Live... 

The number of deaths in New York from prescription painkiller overdoses has increased 65% from 2005 to 2011. The city Health Department says there were 220 prescription overdose deaths in 2011, which is up from 130 in 2005. “Prescription opioids can be dangerous drugs,” Dr. Thomas Farley, New York City’s health commissioner, said in a statement. “They are chemically and biologically... 

A North Carolina couple is suing the state to challenge their decision to perform sexual-reassignment surgery on a 16-month old in their care who was born with both male and female internal sexual genitals. Mark and Pam Crawford, who adopted the now 8-year-old child shortly after surgery, argue that doctors should not have performed surgery to make the child’s body appear to be female when they... 

Joe Nagy thought he had allergy symptoms all year round, but finally got fed up with having a running nose and had the fluid tested. Only to find out, it was his brain that was leaking, not a normal running nose from allergies. The membrane surrounding Joe’s brain had a hole in it and his brain fluid was leaking out through his nose. “You don’t really think about it, but our brains... 

Carmen Tarleton, whose estranged husband, Herb Rogers poured industrial-strength lye over her in a horrific domestic abuse case, revealed her new face after doctors performed a face transplant. In 2007, witnessed by her two daughters, who were 12 and 14, Carmen Tarleton was attacked by her estranged husband with lye. More than 80 percent of her body was burned. Doctors saved her life by putting her... 

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its latest cosmetic and reconstructive surgery statistics on Monday and while most of them were familiar, there’s one that they were a little shocked by. For the seventh year in a row, breast augmentation was the most popular cosmetic surgery, with 286,000 operations performed. Botox treatments reached an all-time high of 6.1 million injections. In... 

Cucumbers imported from Mexico have been recalled due to a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 18 states. The recalled cucumbers have been removed from store shelves and the two firms involved are: Daniel Cardenas Izabal and Miracle Greenhouse of Culiacan, Mexico. Both were placed on import alert Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The cucumbers... 

The Cinnamon Challenge has posed it’s threats in the past, but now new research reports it can result in “long-lasting lesions, scarring and inflammation of the airway” or even lung damage, says the paper, in the April issue of Pediatrics, published online today. “What we were discovering was that it wasn’t just that this was a dare prompted by peer pressure, but in fact... 

An app created in Iceland will tell you if you are trying to hook up with a relative. “Everyone has heard the story of going to a family event and running into a girl you hooked up with some time ago,” said Einar Magnusson, a graphic designer in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik. “It’s not a good feeling when you realize that girl is a second cousin. People may think it’s... 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday, April 16, 2013, that it will not approve any generic version of OxyContin until it gets made with the new formula. The generic Oxycontin is still being made with the original formula, which the FDA believes makes the drug easier to abuse. “The FDA will not approve any generics to the original formulation of OxyContin,” said FDA...