WASHINGTON   Federal health regulators are weighing restrictions on Robitussin, NyQuil and other cough suppressants to curb cases of abuse that send thousands of people to the hospital each year. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday posted its review of dextromethorphan, an ingredient found in more than 100 over-the-counter medications that is sometimes abused for [...]

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Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf region, killing nearly 2,000 and displacing more than 250,000 others from Louisiana to Florida. This week, in a series titled “Hurricane Katrina: Five Years After,” FoxNews.com looks back on the costliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States. When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, leaving [...]

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Fei Jianjun, 40, who suffered from rhinocarcinoma, is photographed at a hospital in Changchun, Jilin province A 41-year-old man in China has been dubbed “Hippo Man” after a facial tumor grew so large it pushed his eyes to the side of his head, AOL News reported. Fei Jianjun noticed a tiny, red bump on the [...]

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  The Clear Chemist By Patrick Arnold Patrick’s Take on D-Aspartic Acid You may have read about D-aspartic acid here recently in MD, or you may have heard of it somewhere else. If not, let me just give you a quick review of it. D-aspartic acid is the enantiomer of the dietary amino acid l-aspartic [...]

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A 10-month-old boy has been nicknamed the “Michelin baby” after ballooning to the weight of a 6-year-old, Chinese state media has reported. When he was born in China’s southern Hunan province, Xiao Lei weighed in at around 7 pounds, 7 ounces — just above the average weight of a newborn baby, according to Hunan television. [...]

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