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Although the pain may seem to be in your brain, it is actually something else entirely. And it can't hurt your brain.

A video showing a spider being flushed out of a man's ear has been uploaded online. It shows the man's friend using ear drops to remove the arachnid.

Common Sense Media, a family technology education group, reports that teenagers and pre-teenagers are spending six to nine hours each day engaged in media use, such as listening to music or watching videos online. The gr...

An overwhelming majority of children, even those from low-income families, who are 4 years old or younger, already have access to mobile devices, a new study shows. This trend could, however, lead to parents using device...

The California health department reported finding high domoic acid in crabs from the Oregon border up to Santa Barbara. The toxin was produced by algae blooms off the West Coast, something attributed to warming ocean tem...

Researchers in Denmark found a link between children who were diagnosed with whooping cough early on and an increased risk for epilepsy later in life. In the U.S., experts say that cases of whooping cough are relatively ...

A recent study says that eating a soy-rich diet could help protect menopausal women from osteoporosis. Findings show that women who took soy-protein supplements with isoflavones had decreased levels of a protein marker i...

Ohio voters rejected a proposal known as Issue 3 that would have legalized the use of marijuana for medical and recreational purposes in the state. Analysts say the initiative was criticized for giving its main backers c...

Chipotle has shut down all of its restaurants in the cities of Portland and Seattle after receiving reports of E. coli infection cases from health officials. This marks the third food contamination incident linked to Chi...

Accidental ingestion of sugarless gums with a substance called xylitol caused a surge in cases of dog poisoning in the United States. Xylitol is a sugar substitute that is safe for humans, but very toxic and fatal to dog...

Six years after NYC required calorie count labels for food in chain restaurants, the overall number of calories eaten by consumers did not decrease. Nutritional labels in chains and select food retailers will be implemen...

Mapping out the entirety of a brain tumor has long been challenging for doctors. Now, researchers have developed a special dye that could help detect a brain protein indicating the edges of a tumor and where it could pos...

In late 2013, writer Esme Weijun Wang started to believe she was dead, following weeks of losing grip on reality and her own identity. It was a case of Cotard syndrome that lasted two months for her but could result in t...

Women with one child have 20 percent less chances of acquiring any type of ovarian cancer compared to women who did not bear children. There is also a 40 percent decrease in the risk of developing clear cell tumors and e...

Title: Substance Abuse, Suicide Killing More White, Middle-Aged Americans: ReportCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/2/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM

Title: Soy Protein May Protect Against OsteoporosisCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM

Title: Gene Therapy in Dogs Shows Promise for Muscular DystrophyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/2/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM

Title: Severe Obesity Costs Medicaid $8 Billion Annually, Study FindsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/2/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM

Title: Fast-Food Menus With Calorie Counts Not Changing New Yorkers' HabitsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/2/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM

Title: Severe Combat Injuries Linked to Risk of Chronic DiseasesCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/2/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM

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Title: New Advisory Says Some Athletes With Heart Conditions OK to PlayCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/2/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/3/2015 12:00:00 AM