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Study with mice suggests early exposure to antibiotics could increase risk of obesity later in life. Possible risk in humans will need more study, researchers say.

New research claims premature babies may benefit from human milk fat and improve growth wise while in neonatal intensive care units. Study shows cream supplement spurred weight gain.

The governor of New Hampshire recently declared a state of emergency as the state deals with artificial cannabinoids known as "synthetic marijuana." This drug is currently being sold in stores as "spice," despite DEA leg...

Using an ultraviolet light camera, a film maker created a video that shows people the hidden damages caused by the sun to their skin such as freckles, wrinkles and dark spots that are not yet visible to the naked eye.

Bronchitis, pneumonia and emphysema linked to elevated risk of developing lung cancer. Result is from analysis of studies involving 25,000 patients with respiratory disease.

An organ donation from a gay teen was rejected due to a 30-year-old FDA policy many are calling outdated.

The Alabama prison system is beset with several cases of tuberculosis among inmates, which has raised alarm to health officials. Should they be completely worried?

Avastin cancer drug approved for use in combination with existing chemotherapy drugs. FDA gave drug from Genentec expedited approval.

Drugs making claims of preventing or curing Ebola are not only ineffective, but can also be dangerous to consumers, warns a new report from the FDA.

First human trials done for chikungunya virus vaccine and the participants did not show any symptoms of serious side effects. The vaccine can still take years before it is released commercially.

(Neural Regeneration Research) Platelet-rich plasma containing various growth factors can promote nerve regeneration.

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A new study led by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Rush University Medical Center, reveals how early changes in brain DNA methylation are involved in Alzheimer's disease.

(University of Utah Health Sciences) Tibetans thrive in the thin air of the Tibetan Plateau, an environment in which others struggle to survive in. A study led by University of Utah scientists is the first to find a gene...

(Columbia University Medical Center) Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have identified the immune cells responsible for destroying hair follicles in people with alopecia areata, a common autoimmune diseas...

(Stanford University Medical Center) As children learn basic arithmetic, they gradually switch from solving problems by counting on their fingers to pulling facts from memory. The shift comes more easily for some kids th...

(American Sociological Association) Risky situations increase anxiety for women but not for men, leading women to perform worse under these circumstances, finds a study to be presented at the 109th Annual Meeting of the ...

(University of Sydney) People with schizophrenia struggle to turn goals into actions because brain structures governing desire and emotion are less active and fail to pass goal-directed messages to cortical regions affec...

(American Sociological Association) A federal law enacted to combat the use of 'club drugs' such as Ecstasy -- and today's variation known as Molly -- has failed to reduce the drugs' popularity and, instead, has further ...

(NIH/National Institute of Mental Health) Researchers have demonstrated in patients' cells how a rare mutation in a suspect gene corrupts the turning on and off of dozens of other genes underlying synapses -- the connect...

(Neural Regeneration Research) New simple and effective methods are needed to better evaluate the outcomes of repair using nerve conduits in vivo.

(University of Washington) Young men receiving support after they pledge to abstain from sex until marriage can find themselves without advisers and help once they do marry.