Month: March 2013

What if all it took to get rid of seasonal allergies was holding a few drops of liquid under your tongue for a few seconds a day? In Europe, sublingual immunotherapy, the practice of gradually desensitizing the immune system to allergens by administering allergen extract…

According to the latest research, it may be on your breath.

By Hui Li and Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) – A one-room shack with a single, bare light bulb on a non-descript Beijing side street is 29-year-old Chinese migrant worker Zhang Xuefang's best recourse to medical care. Not recognized as a Beijing resident, she does not qualify for cheaper healthcare at government hospitals, and her hometown is too far away to take advantage of medical subsidizes there. Like millions of other migrant workers, Zhang, on whose labor China's economic boom depends, is forced into a seedy and unregulated world of back ally "black clinics" if she falls ill. …

NEW YORK (AP) — Surveys show most Americans would rather die at home than in a hospital. Now, a new government study suggests more and more people getting their wish.

ABC News’ Dan Harris, Julia Bain and Dr. Mark Abdelmalek report: You would have to look closely, but if you kept your eye on Carson Rubin, you would see he is consistently one step behind his preschool classmates. Carson claps only after seeing everyone else…