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Botox has more uses than just a beauty treatment. Researchers have found a possible application for Botox in cancer treatment.

Researchers have found that children with autism have more synapses in their brains than normal. They hope that these findings combined with drugs that may help restore normal synapse pruning in the brain will help comba...

Anyone who has suffered an injury can probably remember the after-effects, including pain, swelling or redness. These are signs that the body is fighting back against the injury. When tissue in the body is damaged, biolo...

This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to b...

HPV vaccine at an early age can ward off various types of cancers in the latter part of life. Only a small percentage of American children get full three doses of the HPV vaccine.

Fewer teens in the U.S. are using sunscreen and more of them are taking tanning devices as well. Experts say it's a cause of alarm for impending skin cancer later in life.

One of the two polio vaccines is usually administered worldwide. A study reveals that giving a combination of the two polio vaccines may help in the eradication of the disease worldwide.

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