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Researchers found parasites that cause African sleeping sickness have been cloning itself over and over in the past 10,000 years. The species' nonsexual reproduction could lead to its eventual demise, not in the near fut...

A doctor extracted ants that made a 12-year-old girl's ear their home. The doctor, who treated the girl, was astonished to witness such a case.

While the animals successfully inherited a gene associated with autism-like disorders, it's unclear whether the animals will be useful models for human research.

Doctors in Spain have diagnosed a baby with scurvy, with the main cause of the diagnosis said to be an almond milk-only diet, which doesn't offer the nutrients that a baby needs.

Federal regulators from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found deficiencies at Theranos' lab in Newark California. The Silicon Valley startup is facing another major hurdle that could hurt its de...

A commonly-used and cheap drug for seizure helps prevent nerve damage in patients with multiple sclerosis. This may prevent the occurrence of partial or total blindness among these patients.

Galapagos' experimental bowel disease drug GLPG1205 failed to perform better than the placebo drug used in the medical trial. The Belgian pharmaceutical company is discontinuing the drug program for the treatment of ulce...

With stool tests found effective at detecting colon cancer, they can be added to colonoscopies as screening options to improve detection rates for the disease. With more than one option, patients can go for the choice th...

Teens who use e-cigarettes are more likely to take up tobacco or cigarette smoking after one year. The study indicates that restricting teens from using e-cigarettes and barring their access to these devices are importan...

Older women may soon have better chances of becoming pregnant. This is all thanks to a new IVF treatment that replaces and rejuvenates egg cell batteries currently being proposed for trial in Britain.

A WHO-commissioned report revealed that that the number of obese or overweight kids under age 5 around the world has risen to 41 million. Its authors also backed levying sugar tax for fizzy drinks and high-sugar food pro...

Researchers have found that vitamin B12 levels are lower in the brains of individuals with autism or schizophrenia. Additionally, the drop appeared to occur sooner than it should have.

Kathy O'Sullivan from the United Kingdom is a living example of how soda addiction can take its toll on one's health. But how will one be able to successfully curb this type of addiction and take a better health path?

Bill Gates joins the UK government in eradicating malaria in the world. Both parties have pledged $6 billion in the newly established Ross Fund, which aims to eliminate infectious diseases including malaria.

Gadgets, smartphones and tablets emit blue light that can disrupt sleep. It suppresses the production of melatonin, the body's natural sleep hormone.

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth -- before 37 weeks of pregnancy, according to a new study publ...

(University of Georgia) If environmentalists want to protect fragile ecosytems from landing in the hands of developers -- in the US and around the globe -- they should team up with ecotourists, according to a University ...

(Ohio State University) Spouses ideally could play a key role in helping patients lose pounds and keep them off after weight-loss surgery, but being married might actually work against patients, researchers from The Ohio...

(Clemson University) Women who began having menstrual cycles at age 11 had a 39 percent higher risk of developing gestational diabetes.

(Elsevier) Mass media coverage about an epidemic can help slow the spread of the disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology. The authors of the study, from Shaanxi Normal University...

(Columbia University Medical Center) Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and New York State Psychiatric Institute have found that while cigarette smoking rates have declined among younger people in t...

(Cornell Food & Brand Lab) We have all seen messages from the 'food police' telling us that sugary snacks are bad. But is it possible that seeing these messages actually make us more likely to eat sugary snacks? Research...