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A study has been carried out by researchers to prove the effectiveness of warning labels on sugary drinks. Recently, a suggestion of sugary beverages being affixed with health warning label is gaining attention. Many cities and states are making efforts to pass this legislation. The success of these labels is anticipated to discourage people from buying the sugary drinks. The anticipation comes after a study and the fact that warning labels on tobacco and alcohol products are successful.

Charlie Sheen is likely to be part of ‘The Dr. Oz Show’ more often. It is being speculated that his appearances on the show will be free of any charge. However, there is not particular schedule that will be followed in his case. It will completely depend upon when they can shoot with him. The actor has not made any regular TV appearances since his show ‘Anger Management’ ended in 2014. Between 2010 and 2011, he was the highest paid TV actor and was annually earning $40 million for ‘Two and a Half Men’.

A Mount Sinai Hospital doctor has been accused of sexual assault on a patient when she was not in her senses. The emergency physician at the New York City’s hospital has been charged with giving an additional dose of morphine to the 22-year-old victim after she was already given one dose of morphine by the nurse. The woman went to the hospital on January 11, 2016 due to soreness in her shoulder.

Scientists have long known that explosions during wars results in mild traumatic brain injury or mTBI among the soldiers. However, this time the researchers have determined the exact location of the brain that is harmed and the reason harm occurs. The team consisted of researchers from the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington (UW). The research team carried out the assessment of brain scans of combat veterans. Similar analysis was carried out on mice to understand the reason and location of the mTBI.

A new study has linked consumption of red wine and blueberries to reduced risk of developing erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. When diet rich in blueberries and red wine is coupled with regular exercise, risk of the sexual dysfunction can be cut by a fifth, as per the study by researchers at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health and Norwich Medical School.

Study researchers found that the anthocyanins containing fruit, like cherries, blueberries, blackberries, blackcurrant and radishes, can be beneficial for middle-aged and older men who are the main target of ED.

Europe’s orca whale is at a risk of extinction due to toxic chemicals harming marine mammals since a long time, warns a study published Thursday by journal Scientific Reports. Study researchers analyzed samples of 1,000 killer whales, porpoises and dolphins and found that polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) threatens sea life.