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"Put on a jacket or you'll catch a cold." Countless energetic children are told this every day as they zoom outside for playtime. But as kids grow up, this bit of advice is usually dismissed as an age-old, superstitious ...

The concept of healthy obesity is misleading as healthy obese people tend to become unhealthy obese over time. Healthy obese people are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases in comparison to normal-weight ...

Yale researchers have found that a cold nose can increase your risk for getting sick.

Dogs do make everything better, even if they're just in pictures, as Anthony Lyons would find out. The teen received thousands of dog pictures in an effort to help him in his fight against cancer.

Mochi is traditionally served for good luck in the new year but a few lucked out during the holiday, prompting officials to remind people to chew slowly.

Should teens be allowed to make life decisions for themselves? This is the issue at the heart of a legal battle between Connecticut and a 17-year-old girl with cancer.

An imaginary meal pill called fexaramine tricks the body and makes the body feel full. When the pill was given to obese lab mice for five weeks, it stopped gaining weight and showed reduced cholesterol and blood sugar le...

Nutritionists have warned of adopting extreme diets for weight loss that are difficult to stick to. These may work but only temporarily. Two eating regimens though are getting the approval of experts.

Eating whole grain foods may increase longevity, Harvard study suggests. Whole grains are richer in nutrient value in comparison to white bread and white rice.

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After a high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, a medical worker arrived in Omaha for observation and possible treatment at Nebraska Medicine.

(Duke University) Some children are more sensitive to their environments, for better and for worse. Now Duke University researchers have identified a gene variant that may serve as a marker for these children, who are am...

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) In the study, mice were directly infected with highly lethal live bacteria, sepsis and peritonitis. The initial aim was to exclude the possibility that AAT, might...

(Porter Novelli) A new study just published in the Journal of the American Heart Association showed that snacking on 42 grams (1.5 ounces) of almonds every day vs. a muffin with the same number of calories not only reduc...

(University of Iowa Health Care) Using a different type of MRI imaging, researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered previously unrecognized differences in the brains of patients with bipolar disorder. In partic...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Although the numbers of hysterectomies are decreasing, a new study of more than three thousand women in Michigan who underwent hysterectomy for benign indications reveals that alternatives to h...

(SAGE Publications) Breaking up is truly hard to do. And recovery from a breakup can be even harder. Your friends may consul you to put the whole thing out of your mind. But new research suggests that repeatedly reflecti...

(American Journal of Botany) A review in a recent issue of Applications in Plant Sciences looks at the status of chloroplast simple sequence repeats or microsatellites in plant genetics, exploring their risks, benefits, ...