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A man arrived at Mount Sinai in New York City with complaints of fever and stomach problems potentially from Ebola. He is being tested and kept in isolation to prevent the spread of the disease.

Obesity can be prevented by stopping the activation of a neural sweet spot in the brain. Researchers say that obesity can also lead to type 2 diabetes, heart diseases and more.

While diabetes rates are on the rise and are having serious effects on millions of people's health, researchers studying grizzly bears have now discovered a natural state of diabetes that serves a real biological purpose...

Kyprolis, Amgen's drug for patients with multiple myeloma, has demonstrated pharmacological benefits in its third stage of clinical trials.

"Added sugar" may soon be a line on nutrition labels on food aisles if the FDA chooses to proceed with its new regulations.

Video games have a reputation for leading to violence, among other negative qualities, but a recent study at Oxford University shows that in small amounts, video games may lead to better adjusted children.

Scientists find that intention is key to the assessment of punishment for a crime while also examining the neural mechanisms that underlie punishment.

A new study suggests that eating fish once a week can contribute to higher memory and cognition.

Diabetics who live in poor neighborhoods are ten times as likely as their affluent counterparts to lose their limbs due to their condition. Blacks are also at increased odds for diabetes-related amputations.

In the Aspire trial involving nearly 800 patients with multiple myeloma, those who took Amgen's Kyprolis coupled with standard treatment were found to live longer before their condition worsened.

An unidentified patient has been kept in "strict isolation" at a NYC hospital as it is feared he may be suffering from Ebola. The man returned from Africa last month and had Ebola-like symptoms which prompted testing.

Even as the Ebola virus continues to claim lives in West Africa, scientists are trying to develop a vaccine for the disease. However, money constraints are holding back proper research, which may lead to a cure for the d...

Hepatitis C virus currently affects one in 100 people in the U.S., but researchers predicted that the prevalence of the disease would drop to one in 1,500 by 2036.

A research breakthrough can now help medical experts identify which protein contributes to the development of eye diseases in people, thanks to a new eye map. Here's how they did it.

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