Childhood depression, the deadliest illness facing children, often goes untreated. Sometimes, this is because parents do…
Some experts believe that e-cigarettes can help people stop smoking cigarettes. But do they lead others, especially teens,…
Triclosan is found in thousands of personal care products from toothpaste to soap. New research links it to inflammation…
The number of births in the US is down 2 percent. That pops the country's 'fertility bubble' – and brings…
A new preventive drug for migraines was approved recently by the FDA. Here's how it works, and how others in the pipeline…
There is a new type of tick spreading in New Jersey, and it doesn't need a male to reproduce. It's known to spread…
Medicine leads the professions in suicides. Fixing the physician suicide problem requires a re-examination of medicine's…
We now have the capacity to quickly and cheaply sequence an individual's genome and scour it for disease-causing genes.…
While drugs have been developed to treat HIV and AIDS, the virus can still lie dormant in the brain, increasing the risk…
Prostate cancer is the second deadliest cancer among men, but not all types of the disease are as deadly as others. That…
The CDC recently announced an uptick in diseases spread by vectors such as mosquitoes and ticks. Here's why and what…
You should be aware of the amount of genetic information you might disclose in a research study – and what the benefits…
Pediatric cancer is one of the cruelest of diseases, and caregivers develop special skills to help their patients. Research…
Mounting evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners are linked to chronic health problems like obesity and diabetes. Should…
The sexual revolution made it acceptable for women to have premarital sex. Yet, an orgasm gap remains. Addressing the cultural…
In the largest citizen science experiment to date, 11,336 people sent poop samples to this San Diego lab so that microbiologists…
A bill to deal with the opioid crisis recently came out of a Senate committee. While some of its recommendations are good,…
Americans are becoming more anxious about every element of their lives from safety to finances to politics.
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A new pill may lower blood alcohol levels, helping a hangover and preventing alcohol overdose deaths.