Two pre-teens are accused of trying to poison their teacher. The NYPD says a nine-year-old and a 12-year-old were arrested Tuesday in connection with the incident at a Brooklyn school. The children are accused of putting something poisonous, possibly rat poison, into their teacher’s water bottle. The teacher became nauseous and went to the doctor. She is now OK, according …

The soda wars have raged for decades, but the new front in the age-old battle has shifted to a high-tech version of the old soda fountain. Pepsico is betting Spire—a new touchscreen, make-it-yourself, high-tech beverage fountain—will be a game changer for its food-service business.

Researchers caught a rare Wolf-Rayet star self-destructing; these stars are 20 times as massive as out own Sun and five times as hot. For the first time researchers have confirmed that a Wolf-Rayet died a violent death in an explosion called a Type IIb supernova, a DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory news release reported.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday approved Entyvio (vedolizumab) injection to treat adult patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis and adult patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease. Entyvio is approved to treat those conditions when one or more standard therapies (corticosteroids, immunomodulators, or tumor necrosis factor blocker medications) have not resulted in an adequate response.

A woman, who was jogging at an Air Force base in Anchorage, Alaska, survived a mauling by a brown bear after walking two miles to find help, media reports said Monday, citing authorities. The victim, who asked not to be identified, was jogging at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, when she came across a bear protecting her cubs, according to News Channel …

Avril Lavigne has tweeted her support to ex-husband Deryck Whibley following news of his hospitalisation. The Sum 41 frontman recently revealed that he was in hospital for a month following the collapse of his liver and kidney. He stated that years of drinking caused extensive damage to his organs, and doctors have warned him that one more drink could kill …

Suffering from high cholesterol can cause infertility and delay pregnancy, latest research shows. In the study, the total amount of free cholesterol in each partner’s blood was directly linked to the total time they took to fulfil their baby dreams. Couples, who failed to conceive even after trying for one year, had higher levels of free cholesterol in their blood …

A researcher at Stanford University has devised a method of charging devices within a user’s body, paving the way for advanced sensors and implants that would keep themselves charged when worn. The research, published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, says that smaller, longer-lasting sensors can now be developed, such as pacemakers, nerve stimulators and …

Hamilton researchers have developed a potential treatment for mild allergic asthma. Dr. Gail Gauvreau and Dr. Paul O’Byrne have discovered a protein that plays a key role in starting inflammation in the airways. They say it’s something that “wasn’t known before in humans with asthma.”

A new-age breast enhancement aims to combat sagging breasts by implanting an ‘internal bra’ underneath the skin. The plastic surgery procedure claims to provide patients with “firm, young-looking breasts that keep their shape over time”. During the 45-minute operation surgeons implant ‘silicone slings’ underneath breast tissue, which is attached to the rib cage by fine silk straps and titanium screws.

Reducing medical resident duty hours may have unforeseen consequences; changes must be made carefully and evaluated rigorously to ensure patient safety and resident well-being, according to an analysis published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).