Health/Science

Julia Havey ate way too much ice cream, and she needed to stop. It was as simple as that. At 290 pounds, she had spent years popping diet pills and cycling on and off fad […] […]

NEW YORK, N.Y.—An 11-year-old girl who played young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway has died after a battle with leukemia. Katharina Harf, co-founder of the bone marrow donor centre DKMS, says Shannon Tavarez […] […]

A Burlington woman who faked cancer to dupe supporters out of thousands of dollars has pleaded guilty to the most serious fraud charge against her. Ashley Anne Kirilow, 23, appeared briefly in Milton court Tuesday […] […]

LONDON — Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study. British experts evaluated substances including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, Ecstasy and marijuana, ranking them based on how […] […]

NEW YORK, USA (AFP) — New York is still such a noisy city that its inhabitants could suffer from significant hearing loss in coming years, a study made public Wednesday has found. Presented at a […] […]

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) — Researchers have uncovered more reasons to believe that properly managed diet and exercise can help overweight, obese and severely obese people lose weight, two studies have suggested. The studies, published in […] […]

A British man died after poisoning himself with two spoonfuls of caffeine powder bought over the internet. Michael Lee Bedford, 23, from Mansfield, central England, was at a party in April when he swallowed caffeine […] […]

SAO PAULO—A Brazilian court has ordered McDonald’s to pay a former franchise manager $17,500 because he gained 65 pounds while working there a dozen years. The 32-year-old man said he was forced to sample food […] […]