News & Features Archive

• December 09 2008

  Happiness Is a Neighbor’s Smile

  How's your next door neighbor doing these days? The question may seem random, but in fact, a neighbor's happiness may have a bigger impact on your own emotional state than even your own spouse. Read More

• December 08 2008

  Doctor Texts Instructions to Save Patient’s Life

  When a teenage boy whose arm had been almost completely ripped off entered the hospital, Dr. Nott knew he needed some help to save the boy's life. So he consulted with a fellow doctor back home in the UK -- via text message. Read More

• December 07 2008

  Doctor Discovers Potential Cure for Alcoholism

  A French doctor, Dr. Oliver Ameisen, is making headlines with his claim that he managed to overcome his own dependence on alcohol with a treatment called baclofen, a muscle-relaxant. Read More

• November 16 2008

  Walking Can Curb Chocolate Cravings

  When you feel yourself craving a chocolatey snack every time you pass your favorite bakery, there’s a simple way to curb your urges: Just keep on walking. Read More

• November 09 2008

  Dying Boy’s Last Wish Is to Help Homeless

  A boy with leukemia's dying wish is to help others survive, with a mission to provide food to the residents of a nearby homeless camp. Read More

• September 29 2008

  Man Orders Beer, Gets Free Artificial Leg

  When 42-year-old David Huckvale walked into a pub in England for a pint, he ended up coming home with a far greater prize: the promise of a new bionic leg. Read More

• September 12 2008

  America’s First Human-Powered Gym Opens

  At the Green Microgym, exercisers help to power the gym's equipment with their movement. Read More

• August 25 2008

  100-Year-Old Woman Still an Active Volunteer

  100-year-old Betty Lowe spends her days shifting between volunteering at a charity WRS shop at a hospital in her native Salford, England, and helping out with Britain's version of the Girl Scouts, the Girl Guides - a group she's been a member of for 89 years. Read More

• August 18 2008

  41-Year-Old Swimmer Wins Olympic Silver Medal

  While the world is abuzz with the news of swimmer Michael Phelps' jaw-dropping eight gold medals, there's another Olympic athlete setting a new world record - and even though she didn't win first place in the event, American relay swimmer Dara Torres is at the top of our list. Read More

• July 10 2008

  Kenyan Brothers Create Free Medical Clinic for Their Village

  Eight years ago, Kenyan villagers sold their livestock to buy a plane ticket for Milton Ochieng' to attend college in America. Now a doctor, Ochieng' is paying them back by building a free medical clinic. Read More

• June 11 2008

  Father Delivers Baby on Airplane

  Most babies don’t take their first international flight until they’re at least a few months old. But little Jadan Brown may be the most well-traveled newborn in the world: he entered the world from an airplane, somewhere over Canada. Read More

• June 10 2008

  Spending Time with Younger People Could Increase Lifespan

  In a study of fruit flies, researchers from University of Iowa found that fast-aging fruit flies lived longer when placed with normal fruit flies -- which means spending time with younger people could extend human lives, too. Read More

• June 04 2008

  5-Year-Old Raises $41,000 for Charity with Lemonade Stand

  Jack Yielding, a five-year-old with epilepsy, has raised more than $41,000 for the Hospital for Sick Children, thanks to a lemonade stand. Read More

• May 22 2008

  Woman Uses Skills Learned on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ to Save Life

  When Margot Hines came across a woman who'd just been stabbed near her house, she knew just how to help - thanks to Dr. McDreamy. Read More

• April 27 2008

  ‘The Iron Nun’ is World’s Oldest Female Triathlete

  Sally Field may have been the Flying Nun -- but could she swim 2.4 miles through the ocean, bike 112 miles across a lava desert, and wrap it up with a 26.2 mile run, all within a single day? Read More

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