Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - It took a woman just 300 seconds, or five minutes to give birth to octuplets, eight babies, in California.

The woman, whose name has yet to be released, gave birth on Monday morning at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Starbucks has taken a proactive approach against the salmonella outbreak by removing all products that contain peanut butter from their stores.

Peanut butter has been the focal point of the latest salmonella outbreak that has hit the U.S. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to a new study by researchers in the U.S., your popularity and social skills may weigh heavily on your own genes.

The new study was carried out by Nicholas Christakis from Harvard and James Fowler at the University of California San Diego. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Geron Corp., a California biotechnology company has been given approval to begin the first human stem cell trial. So what can we expect out of this?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Geron to begin the first human stem cell trial. This will put human embryonic stem cells to use, and is believed to be something that could truly advance medicine as we know it. Continue Reading

Beijing (SmartAboutHealth) - The Ministry of Health in China has been forced to come out once again and announce another human death caused by the H5N1 bird flu since 2009 began.

2009 is not going so well in China as the nation of China is being hit hard by the H5N1 bird flu. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - Researchers have identified certain risk factors which can help breast cancer patients decide if it is right to have a double mastectomy, having their second breast removed as a precaution to avoid a future tumor.

When a woman goes through breast cancer treatment and has a mastectomy, they are often given the choice as to whether or not they want to do both breasts. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come out and stated that kids who take attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs are more likely to have hallucinations.

A study carried out by the FDA aimed to see if there were any side effects to ADHD drugs such as hallucinations or other psychotic episodes. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - According to a new study, a virus may be one of the reasons as to why overweight people can gain weight in shorts periods of time, leading them to obesity.

Researchers were led by Nikhil Dhurandhar from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as they carried out a study on overweight people. Continue Reading

Boston (SmartAboutHealth) - A new story plot on the hit ABC show Grey’s Anatomy features one of the mains tars suffering a penile fracture, or a “broken penis.” This has sparked interest by viewers as many are unaware if this is actually possible.

Dr. Mark Sloan, a character on the hit show Grey’s Anatomy played by Eric Dane, suffered an immense amount of pain in the show. Continue Reading

Washington (SmartAboutHealth) - A new study has revealed that the majority of smokers, after they have been diagnosed with cancer, don’t quit.

A new study was led by James Abraham from West Virginia University and focused on smokers diagnosed with cancer. Continue Reading