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In an episode of "Untold Stories of the E.R. that aired August 22, a nurse recounts a story of a mother who fed her daughter tapeworms in an effort to make her daughter thinner for a beauty pageant.

Here's something for you to chew on. Two new studies claim breakfast isn't the most important meal of the day, whether for weight-loss seekers or otherwise.

It appears young kids aren't getting the memo on sunscreen. The decrease in the number of teens using sunscreen has led to a new report that warns about the increase in melanoma risk in American teens.

The best way to combat polio globally rests in combining the two available vaccines, WHO study says. Injectable Salk vaccine and oral Sabin vaccine together a stronger weapon than either alone, researchers say.

New research published this week shows that there is hope for those who suffer from autism. The research suggests a hyper-connected brain segment where we process social engagement and communication for those with autism...

Sierra Leone passed a law on Friday declaring that anyone hiding people infected with Ebola would face up to two years of jail time.

Marburg, the simian version of Ebola, has been successfully tested in primates, and may show how a human drug could be developed.

Increased physical activity and improved diet can save type 2 diabetes patients about $500 per year on average in medical bills, a new study says.

Health officials have issued a warrant for the arrest of a tuberculosis patient who refused treatment. Officials said since TB is contagious, this is a matter of public health.

(University of Montreal) Exercising to improve our cardiovascular strength may protect us from cognitive impairment as we age, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated Inst...

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) An international research team reports in Nature Medicine a novel molecular pathway that causes an aggressive form of medulloblastoma, and suggests repurposing an anti-depr...

(University of Leeds) A revolutionary new scientific method developed at the University of Leeds will improve the diversity of 'biologically active molecules', such as antibiotics and anti-cancer agents.

(Neural Regeneration Research) In a recent study reported in Neural Regeneration Research, repeated-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation was administered to healthy people at the left Guangming and a mock point, and c...

(Neural Regeneration Research) Acrylamide exposure impairs blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier function.

(Carnegie Mellon University) The world grows increasingly more chaotic year after year, and our brains are constantly bombarded with images. A new study from Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, a joint project betw...

(Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) Researchers from UCL have demonstrated how an interplay between nutrition, metabolism and immunity is involved in the process of aging.

(Neural Regeneration Research) Researchers found that apolipoprotein E-derived therapeutic peptide (0.6mg/kg and 1.2mg/kg) improved synaptic stability and improved learning and memory performance after diffuse brain inju...