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Research reveals mental illness has same health impact as a heavy smoking habit. They both can take 10 to 20 years off a person's life, says report.

There are 3.5 million reasons why sunscreen is vital, that's how many cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year.

The mortality rate of malaria and the number of individuals affected by the disease may possibly go down with a new experimental vaccine that works like the immune system of individuals who appear to be resistant to the ...

Petco and PetSmart moves to ban pet food made in China. Over 5,000 pets are said to have potentially fallen sick after eating jerky products since 2007.

Title: Double Mastectomy Often Not Needed, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 4:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Diet Tied to Better Breathing in COPD PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 12:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

We tend to think of medicine as being all about pills and potions recommended to us by another person--a doctor. But science is starting to reveal that for many conditions another ingredient could be critical to the succ...

Title: Mouse Study Raises Possibility of New Treatment for DiabetesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 2:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Placenta Might Have Its Own Helpful BacteriaCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 2:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Ultrasound Trumps CT Scan for Diagnosing Kidney Stones in StudyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 12:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Walking at Home Can Help Boost Poor Circulation in Legs, Study ShowsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 4:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: COPD Patients Face Greater Risk of Heart Failure, Study SaysCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 5:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Cheaper Food May Be Fueling U.S. Obesity EpidemicCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/22/2014 9:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Exercise Linked to Improved Bladder Cancer SurvivalCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 2:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: FDA OKs New Drug for Hard-to-Treat Colitis and Crohn'sCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 12:36:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Health Tip: Swaddle Baby SafelyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/22/2014 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Health Tip: Why Teeth Are SensitiveCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/22/2014 7:35:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

Title: Losing Weight at Any Age May Help the HeartCategory: Health NewsCreated: 5/21/2014 12:35:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 5/22/2014 12:00:00 AM

The placenta is not sterile after all. Researchers found that the organ hosts a diverse community of bacteria known as placental microbiome that apparently protects and helps in the development of the fetus.

(University of Alberta) UAlberta post-doc's idea for paper-based diagnostic tool earns place among Grand Challenges Canada's Stars in Global Health.

(Inderscience Publishers) Wildfires and flooding affect many more people in the USA than earthquakes and landslide and yet the dread, the perceived risk, of the latter two is much greater than for those hazards that are ...

(Saint Louis University) Saint Louis University researcher Maurice Green, Ph.D., hopes to tame the adenovirus's ability to kill cancer cells in order to use it as a therapy.