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Seeing 0 trans fat on a food label doesn't exactly mean it doesn't contain trans fat. A study from the CDC found that many foods with partially hydrogenated oils, the main source of trans fat, advertise 0 g trans fat.

Scientists have found a way to detect newborn jaundice, a potentially fatal condition in newborns. Newborn jaundice is the result of excessive bilirubin in an infant's blood.

A diet of junk food not only makes rats fat, but also reduces their appetite for novel foods, a preference that normally drives them to seek a balanced diet, reports a study published in the open-access journal Frontiers...

Samples taken from a water system that serves over 12,500 people in Louisiana reveal the presence of Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that causes a deadly brain infection.

Each household has a distinct community of bacteria that can travel with family members when they move to a new home. The bacterial signatures are also unique as these can be potentially used for forensic investigations.

A team of scientists and researchers had successfully grown an organ in a live animal for the very first time. The organ, which came from scratch, was fully functional.

Porn film production comes to a halt after an actor tests possibly positive for HIV. This is the first halt announced in 2014 on porn filming.

Human articular cartilage defects can be treated with nasal septum cells. Researchers at the University and the University Hospital of Basel report that cells taken from the nasal septum are able to adapt to the environm...

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(University of Houston) The University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work is the recipient of a 5-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health to study ...