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Age and gender are some of the top factors that may affect the amount of sleep, a new study has found. Nationality and other societal and cultural factors were also found to play roles.

High doses of statin reduced risk of amputation in patients with peripheral artery disease by 33 percent. The cholesterol drug also lowered death risk by 29 percent.

The CDC announced an ongoing multi-state listeria outbreak that sickened eight people and prompted a nationwide recall. The outbreak was recently traced to 358 frozen vegetables and fruit products under 40 different bran...

Want to rid of yourself of some unpleasant memories? A new study suggests you can do so purposely by changing the context of these memories.

A new study suggests that being exposed to cooler temperatures increases the risk of people experiencing heart failure or atrial fibrillation. Sufferers are more likely to be hospitalized for these ailments during winter...

Is obesity a contagious disease? A new study suggests that our gut microbes could survive the open air and potentially spread to others. This could lead to an imbalance in the person's microbiome and potentially cause ob...

The U.S. FDA has banned the sales of e-cigarettes, cigars and other tobacco products to minors. The new regulations aims to curb teenage smoking problems all across the nation.

Product recalls in the US this week include a recall of Munchkin pacifiers and clips (sold as a set) due to choking hazards. Learn more information from a recall announcement posted by the CPSC.

Japanese scientists successfully completed, for the first time, a skin-to-eye stem cell transplant to partially restore the vision of a 70-year-old woman with age-related macular degeneration. Researchers are now conduct...

(NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine) Men with low levels of the male sex hormone testosterone need not fear that testosterone replacement therapy will increase their risk of prostate canc...

Studies have shown that drinking cherry juice gives off several benefits. Now, a new report adds to this growing body of research: a glass of cherry juice could help lower your blood pressure.