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A new CDC study found that a growing number of US babies are being born with gastroschisis. The serious congenital defect leaves a hole in the stomach wall at birth, causing internal organs to protrude from the abdomen.

Researchers found that prairie voles console each other by increasing social contact through activities like grooming. Brain chemical oxytocin activated the same brain regions in prairie voles and humans, offering insigh...

A man from Canada experienced abdominal pain after eating raw salmon from a grocery store. Upon examination, doctors found tiny worms inside the patient's stomach.

A lawsuit claims that Chipotle hid evidence of a norovirus outbreak in its Simi Valley branch. The restaurant allegedly covered up by replacing employees and cleaning the store before reporting to authorities.

A misstep in cell development involving a protein may be where cells 'go wrong' to become cancerous, researchers say. It happens as a cell changes from a stem-cell-like unspecialized state to a specialized one, they sugg...

CDC's nationwide anti-smoking campaign motivated at least 1.64 million people to quit smoking. 'Tips' wants you to hear the ugly truth about the hazards of cigarettes straight from the mouths of former smokers.

Surgical anesthesia is not seen as causing any mild cognitive impairment later in life, even in patients 40 years of age and older, researchers say. A Mayo Clinic study followed 1,700 people aged 70 to 89, all of whom ha...

Researchers found that oral HPV increased the risk for developing neck and head cancers. Findings showed that looking at the presence of HPV-16 in mouthwash samples can help determine a person's risk of developing neck o...

U.S. health groups launched an awareness campaign about prediabetes, a severe health condition that affects 86 million people in the country and often leads to type 2 diabetes and other serious illnesses. A simple, 1-min...

Tinder is launching a new Health Safety section on its website complete with an HIV and STD testing site locator. This is to provide users with an option to get checked for possible infections brought on by their sexual ...

Organization that helps poor countries with vaccination programs promises to buy Ebola vaccine that's under development. Trials with the vaccine in Africa showed it to be successful.

Exposure to neurotoxin BMAA linked to some algae blooms may up one's risks of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. The findings stemmed from a study of the Chumorro villagers of Guam, who exhibited ...

Australian researchers showed that yo-yo dieting could likely be just as damaging for gut health as a consistently bad diet. Disrupting gut microbiota has been linked with gastrointestinal issues as well as obesity.

An experiment found that beards contain antibacterial properties. The findings may pave the way for the development of new antibiotics in the future.

A man from China who was suffering from stomach pains and drastic weight loss excreted a 20-foot long tapeworm. Doctors said he likely ingested the parasite from eating raw beef.

Lee Hall, who formerly served in the British Armed Forces, claimed that his skin cancer was caused by the Army not issuing sun cream. He was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma back in December 2014.

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Group leader Dr. James Poulet of the Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine and the NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence will receive a Consolida...

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) In total, one in 6,600 persons will develop focal dystonia, whereas an estimated one in 100 musicians will succumb. This is the finding of an original article by Verena Eveline Rozan...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) IQWiG has identified recommendations for a potential new DMP. Some concomitant diseases as well as the outpatient-inpatient interface are inadequately depicted in cur...

(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) Researchers from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (Sylvester) today published a study showing that African-America...

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Human stem cells that are capable of becoming any other kind of cell in the body have previously only been acquired and cultivated with difficult...

(American College of Cardiology) New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology and American College of Radiology have established appropriate use of diagnostic imaging for patients with chest pain, one of t...