Taylor Farms of Mexico: FDA names Taylor Farms as source in parasite outbreak

Taylor Farms of Mexico, a division of a California-based produce supplier whose greens go to national restaurants including Red Lobster and Olive Garden, shipped parasite-tainted salad mix that has sickened hundreds in Nebraska and Iowa, U.S. health officials said Friday.

Food and Drug Administration officials did not say whether the same bagged salad is tied to a cyclospora outbreak or outbreaks that have sickened at least 400 people in 16 U.S. states.

Skipping breakfast may increase heart attack risk

Skipping breakfast may increase heart attack risk. Here's a good reason to eat breakfast every morning: It could keep your heart risks low, according to a new study.

Research published in the journal Circulation shows an association between regularly skipping breakfast and having a higher risk of experiencing a heart attack or having fatal heart disease.

ODD combination of biological, psychological, and social factors

Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is thought to be caused by a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors. ODD tends to occur in families with a history of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), substance use disorders, or mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder.

Christopher Sands brain tumor causing hiccups

Christopher Sands brain tumor causing hiccups,  For more than four years, Chris Sands was crippled by the debilitating pain of recurring hiccups, which at their worst he suffered every two seconds over a 14-hour stretch.

"It has ruined my life pretty much," said the 26-year-old from Timberland in Lincolnshire, England, who still lives at home, can't drive and has no job or girlfriend.

Music-induced seizures

Music-induced seizures,  Stacey Gayle really liked dancehall reggae artist Sean Paul's music, but it turned out one of his popular songs was also triggering her epileptic seizures.

"It was terrible," said Gayle, a 24-year-old New Yorker. "It didn't even have to be that loud."

The seizures were so bad that Gayle recently had part of her brain surgically removed in an effort to control her problem.

Australian Woman can't open eyes

Natalie Adler, 21, of Caulfield South, Melbourne, Australia has doctors perplexed by her condition. Every three days her eyes clamp shut, then three days later they open again.

Australian Woman can't open eyes,  A young woman's eye trouble in Australia is so unique that doctors across the world are questioning whether she's a one-of-kind medical case -- or a psychological one.

For four years, Natalie Adler of Caulfield South, Melbourne, Australia, has suffered from a rare condition where her eyes shut tight for about three days at a time. After the third day, Adler awakens, able to use her eyes again.

Man can't get fat

Meet John Perry, the man who can’t get fat.

Mr. Perry can eat all he can, whatever he likes and never get fat. In fact, he regularly eats Chinese takeaways, chips, chocolate and clotted cream, but his weight has remained stable at 11st 12lb. It’s because he has a condition called lipodystrophy – an ailment that makes his body produces six times the normal level of insulin and in turn burns fat rapidly.

Boy doesn't sleep

Boy doesn't sleep: Chiari Malformation. Rhett Lamb, 3, is often irritable, but it's not just the routine growing pains of a toddler's life that has affected him. It's the fact that Rhett can't sleep.

Karen Butler small stroke while under anesthesia

Karen Butler small stroke while under anesthesia, Karen Butler went to the dentist to have some teeth pulled. When she woke up from the anesthetic, she found that she had a foreign accent. Like that of a James Bond villain, Karen Butler's accent is sort of generalized-foreign, and not specific to a country or region.

Stroke changed sexual orientation: Man woke up gay after coma

Stroke changed sexual orientation: Man woke up gay after coma

When 19-stone rugby player Chris Birch suffered a stroke during a freak accident, his life was transformed - but not in a way that anyone could have predicted.

When he regained consciousness, the 26-year-old – who was engaged to his girlfriend at the time – found his sexuality had completely altered.

'The Chris I knew had gone and a new Chris sort of came along. I came to the realisation that the stroke had turned me gay,' he said.

He is now the subject of a BBC3 documentary, chronicling his attempt over the past few months to make sense of his new identity.

Chris had been attempting a forward roll down a hill in 2011 when the blood supply to his brain was cut off causing a stroke.

Gibberish texts sign of health problems

Gibberish texts sign of health problems, Imagine you were a devoted husband, waiting to hear from your wife about her due date after a visit to the obstetrician, and you saw these messages on your phone: 'Every where thinging days' and 'Some is where!'

That's what happened last December to a man,from Boston who knew that autocorrect - known for its bizarre replacements - was turned off on his 11-week-pregnant wife's phone.

Aundrea Aragon brain fluid

Aundrea Aragon brain fluid, In December 2012, A woman from Arizona, nearly dies as brain fluid leaks out of nose.

For more than four months, a clear, tasteless liquid leaked out of Aundrea Aragon's nose whenever she bent over, but doctors reassured her that it was only allergies.

Joe Nagy brain fluid leaking

Joe Nagy brain fluid leaking, One Arizona man thought he had year-round allergies when his nose continued to run. He was shocked to find out after years of suffering, his runny nose was actually his brain leaking fluid, FOX 10 reported.

'Cloning' used to create embryonic stem cells in humans

Scientists have finally succeeded in using cloning to create human embryonic stem cells, a step toward developing replacement tissue to treat diseases but one that might also hasten the day when it will be possible to create cloned babies.

Rogue Dentist HIV: Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis

Rogue Dentist HIV: Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis.  The Tulsa Health Department is warning 7,000 patients of a local dentist's office that they could have contracted HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C from poor sterilization practices.

Dr. Wayne Harrington, an oral surgeon with a practice in Tulsa, Okla., is being investigated by the state dental board, the state bureau of narcotics and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency because one of his patients recently tested positive for hepatitis C and HIV without known risk factors other than receiving dental treatment.

'Healer' Infects With HIV

'Healer' Infects With HIV, Swiss police have arrested a self-styled healer after he stopped attending a trial where he stands accused of infecting 16 people with HIV using acupuncture needles.

Swiss police said on Friday that they stormed the home of the 54-year-old man, who had barricaded himself inside, was armed with a knife and had issued repeated threats. An unidentified woman with him was also arrested.

ECGC Catechins Green Tea

ECGC Catechins Green Tea, The Chinese have claimed for thousands of years, that drinking tea is good for your mental and physical health. But only recently have scientists been able to investigate those claims by isolating the components of tea and putting them to the test in laboratory experiments.

Green tea 0 calories

Green tea  0 calories, Green tea is a popular beverage for fat loss and general health. It is often consumed because it is marketed as a low-calorie or calorie-free alternative to soft drinks and as containing antioxidants and other important nutrients. However, there are many different kinds of green tea available and not all varieties are the same.

College Health Hazards

College health hazards, Did you know that kissing, showering, sleeping or snacking while studying could pose a health risk? Check out the illnesses and health hazards college students should be mindful of while mapping out their social lives and cramming for exams.

Breast cancer drug

Breast cancer drug - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG said its "armed antibody" T-DM1 drug significantly extended the lives of women with an aggressive type of breast cancer compared with those receiving the standard drug cocktail.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide, with about 1.4 million new cases diagnosed each year and more than 450,000 women dying of the disease annually, according to the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer.