Polio victim spent nearly 60 years in the 750-pound machine. picked by cb__ 1 year ago

Talc stimulates healthy cells to produce endostatin, a hormone considered the magic bullet for treating metastatic lung cancer. picked by suebe 2 years ago

A Florida woman has been charged with fraud and theft after she kept her dead mother's body in a bedroom for six years while collecting more than $200,000 in pension benefits. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Chinese surgeons who operated on a baby girl with breathing problems were amazed to find grass growing on her lung. The 10-month baby girl, from Zhoukou city, was initially diagnosed with pneumonia but the symptoms didn’t improve after several days of treatment. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Scientists in Israel have devised a portable breath tester that detects lung cancer with 86 percent accuracy, according to a study released Sunday. picked by kakana 3 months ago

A woman who boarded the wrong bus on an attempted shopping trip from Thailand to Malaysia has returned home after 25 years. There were some language barriers and mistaken identity issues but hey... she should have been back home in 12 years tops! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Scientists are reporting an advance toward a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have studied the residues from gourds and squash artifacts that date back to 2200 B.C. and recovered starch grains from manioc, potato, chili pepper, arrowroot and algarrobo. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Maria Esther de Capovilla died early Sunday, two days after she came down with pneumonia. At 116 years old, she was considered in the "Guinness Book of World Records" the worlds oldest person. picked by jaxomlotus 3 years ago

One can spend a long time in jail in the U.S. without ever being charged with a crime.

It happened to H. Beatty Chadwick, a former Philadelphia-area lawyer, who has been behind bars for nearly 14 years without being charged. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

A US study has linked eating cured meat like bacon and hot dogs with increased risk of lung disease. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A former teacher was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison for forcing a Haitian girl to work as a slave for years, each day of the week, in her South Florida home.

Apparently the woman still refuses to admit she did anything wrong. picked by jhordie 2 years ago

A couple have married more than 50 years after getting engaged as childhood sweethearts. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A German shepherd named Astro who has been missing from his family for more than 9 years is finally home.

The Geary family was shocked when they recently received a call from an animal control officer who said that Astro had been found. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

He went to an asylum for the criminally insane and spent 50 years there. There was just one problem. His father, whom he was thought to have killed, was still alive. picked by Moe 2 years ago

They have lived next door to each other for 72 years and are being considered for an entry into the Guinness Book of Records as Britain's longest continuous neighbours. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Hurricane Katrina pulled a pair of best friends apart.

But nearly four years later, fate and a whole lot of persistence have brought a dog and his owner back together. That whole time, Jessie Pullins was desperately searching for his best friend and dog, J.J. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A Mount Airy man will spend 23 years in prison for fatally shaking his girlfriend’s 8-month-old son to death in February 2006 while trying to stop the infant from crying. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Horses were first domesticated on the plains of northern Kazakhstan some 5,500 years ago -- 1,000 years earlier than thought -- by people who rode them and drank their milk, researchers said on Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Newman, a former chain smoker, has been reported as seeking treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC.

No confirmations from his staff nor the hospital.
Say it ain't so, blue eyes.

Edit: Hopefully, this update is true. picked by suebe 1 year ago