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Relatives of children orphaned by Ebola outbreak refusing to take them in over fears of infection, United Nations says. Infection fear becoming "stronger than family ties," U.N. child agency UNICEF says.

U.S. funding for a wide range of projects intended to help treat brain disorders announced. The National Institutes of Health to fund 58 projects involved in brain research.

Doctors should recommend IUDs and implants, not birth control pills, to teens, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. IUDs and implants each have a much lower failure rate than other forms of birth control.

Sugary drinks such as squash and fruit juice blamed for tooth decay in three year old children. About 12 percent of three-year old children in England suffer from tooth decay.

A new research suggests that a dietary fat found in olive oil can help save a diseased or failing heart. Here's what the researchers said.

Cancer experts suggest that a daily dose of aspirin may help lower the risk of prostate cancer. Aspirin is also believed to reduce the risk of developing other forms of cancers.

The American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that doctors should explain about radiation risks to patients going for heart scans. The radiation risks of heart scans are very low when compared to the benefits.

Short questionnaires used to identify patients at risk for depression are linked with antidepressant medications being prescribed when they may not be needed, according to new research from UC Davis Health System publish...

Health experts suspect that the respiratory illness Enterovirus D68 is responsible for symptoms of paralysis in children. The D68 is related to the virus that causes the crippling Polio.

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