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An ingredient found in the artificial sweetener Truvia is shown to be a safe insecticide while nontoxic to humans. Fruit flies that consume Truvia die within a day, researchers say.

Are you a person who just can't stand broccoli? Well, your revulsion of the sprout-topped vegetable may run deeper than just stubbornness -- your food preferences could be written into your genetic code. Italian research...

A new study shows air pollution may be linked to illness. The research shows that lung and heart health are affected by high levels of particulates in the air.

Citizen scientists are collecting environmental and health data, and reminding us of the complex relationship between our environment and ourselves. In an article published earlier this year, by Lin et al., the researche...

New report suggests kids of divorce are 54 percent more likely to be overweight or obese. Weight issues affect boys significantly more than girls.

New study says it doesn't matter if you eat breakfast or don't eat breakfast if you're dieting. The decision doesn't impact weight loss efforts.

Following more than 40 confirmed cases of dengue fever and chikungunya, health experts urged residents to adopt preventive measuring for avoiding mosquito-borne diseases.

Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed unhealthy extra pounds. It reduces their risk of cancer to rates almost similar to those of people of normal weight. This is the...

Hadi Alkhadra had to travel from Palestine to the U.S. to undergo a surgery that would allow him to walk. Hadi was born with a pair of feet that face upside down.

AstraZeneca appears to be back on its track as producer of breakthrough cancer treatments with the promising results of AZD9291 and MEDI4736 in clinical trials.

A medical technology company created a device that can plug up and stop the bleeding of a gunshot or shrapnel wound. The FDA has approved the XStat injection which could be out in the market in 2014.

A new study shows the first promising therapy that can impact solid cancer tumors. The HPV-targeted adoptive T-cell therapy, boosts a cervical cancer patient's natural immune response to the virus by removing T-cells fro...

The majority of adults aged 65 and older remains inactive and fails to meet recommended physical activity guidelines, previous research has shown. However, these studies have not represented elders living in retirement c...

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