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About 2.8 million Chinese have been estimated to die from cancer in 2015, translating to over 7,500 cancer deaths per day on average. The latest cancer statistics in China also showed how smoking and air pollution, on to...

(Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine) In a study to be presented on Feb. 4 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Atlanta, researchers will present findings from a study...

Scientists from the Icahn Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, collaborating with NYU Langone Medical Center and a multi-center team of researchers, demonstrated f...

By swabbing babies born by Caesarian section with their mothers' birth fluid, researchers partially restored the mix of bacteria that coat a newborn's body when delivered vaginally. This is the finding of a pilot study c...

Regulators in the United Kingdom on Monday approved a request from scientists to use the emerging CRISPR gene editing tool to perform experiments on human embryos. Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute in London f...

Women who ate fiber-rich foods like fruits and vegetables during young adulthood are at a reduced risk of breast cancer in the future. The study aims to bridge the gap and demonstrate the relationship between fiber in di...

The effects of loneliness are as costly and devastating as the consequences of smoking and obesity, experts said. Addressing the issue of loneliness is as important as treating physical conditions.

Gwyneth Paltrow says yes, cell phone companies say no, scientists say maybe.

World Health Organization (WHO) officers plans to meet in Geneva for an emergency meeting. The meeting will tackle ways to curb the outbreak that was linked to birth defects among infants born to mothers infected with th...

CDC may soon declare that the E.coli outbreak related to Chipotle is over. No new cases have been reported in the past two months, signalling the possible light at the end of the tunnel for the restaurant chain.

A new study in the United States found that cherry-flavored e-cigarettes contain the most levels of a respiratory irritant chemical called benzaldehyde. Long-term exposure to the chemical may possibly be dangerous, exper...

About half of the world's obese children, 48 percent, live in Asia. It's a result of environmental changes and will require societal changes to fix, according to the World Health Organization.

Researchers are in the process of developing genetically engineered mosquitoes to fight Zika virus. An expert explained how these modified insects may help alleviate the global health problem.

Facebook took down nipple photo of a breast cancer patient and said that it violated nudity rules. The woman was upset because she was just trying to raise awareness.

A new study casts doubt on the legitimacy of seasonal affective depression (SAD). The researchers argue that when people report feeling depressed in winter, it does not mean that they are depressed because of the season.

The Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) said that runny or slightly-cooked eggs are safe for expectant mothers.

More and more studies are uncovering how junk food advertisements negatively affect kids' consumption of junk food. An expert says food ads contribute to the rising childhood obesity epidemic.

Women who suffer from sleep problems are at a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The study highlights the importance of sleep and how problems associated with it may lead to diabetes.

(Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine) In a study to be presented on Feb. 4 in an oral concurrent session at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in Atlanta, researchers will...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A new drug with the potential to aid in vaccine development has been identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

(Research!America) Vice President Joe Biden's 'moonshot' initiative to defeat cancer earns support for a tax increase to fund cancer research among half of respondents (50 percent) in a new national public opinion survey...

(Wiley) A new study found that lupus during pregnancy may have negative health impacts for women and their babies.