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Does the timing of introducing solid foods to the infant diet affect a child's risk of being obese by 6 years of age? A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed data on infant feeding ...

The Zika virus strain circulating in Brazil was shown to be able to infect and cause damage to mice fetuses. In stem cell cultures of the human nervous system, the virus infection resulted in the cell death. Compared to ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria most often are associated with hospitals and other health-care settings, but a new study indicates that chicken coops and sewage treatment plants also are hot spots of antibiotic resistance....

Chipotle's food safety 'dream team' includes a former critic. In their effort to safeguard products and patrons against health scares, the fast food chain recently hired a critic who previously scrutinized the company's ...

Walgreens has launched a free online mental health screening that targets screening 3 million Americans for mental conditions by the end of 2017. It seeks to help improve mental health treatment in the country by helping...

Researchers found that inefficient giving of drug prescriptions cost patients millions of dollars. They recommend substituting generic drugs instead of branded drugs to reduce spending.

A new Clear Labs food report found human and rat DNA in burgers sampled. But there's no need to panic just yet, according to an expert who cited factors affecting potential food contamination and safety in the study.

Are laptops and smartphones affecting your brain? Find out how spending too much time on digital devices could sap you of your creativity.

Pop a pill, lose your empathy. A study has found that taking a popular painkiller reduces your empathy. Acetaminophen is the most common ingredient in drugs found in the U.S. such as Tylenol.

Yoga and meditation can bring you more than just inner peace and a svelte body. A new study found that it can help older adults with memory problems too.

A new report has revealed that a number of British armed forces personnel may be facing issues with their weight and fitness. To help combat these problems, the soldiers were said to be given diet pills and liposuction p...

A computer-generated 3D virtual heart is touted to efficiently, non-invasively predict the risk of sudden death due to arrhythmia and their need for an implantable defibrillator.

More and more people in India are seeking to undergo limb-lengthening surgery despite the procedure not being regulated by the government. Botching the cosmetic operation could leave the patient unable to walk again.

RALEIGH, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It used to be the monster of sci-fi movies ... the deadly superbug. But fiction is quickly turning into fact. By 2050, according to a British study, the global death toll from antibiot...

(Harvard University) A new study shows that gaze following in monkeys develops in a way that's nearly identical to humans, suggesting that the behavior has deep evolutionary roots.

(University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center) Physician-researchers in the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati have developed a computerized decision support tool that uses a combination of patient in...

(University of Bristol) Scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Newcastle have uncovered the secret of the 'Mona Lisa of chemical reactions' -- in a bacterium that lives at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.It is hop...

(American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons) Septic or infectious arthritis of the knee and Lyme disease have similar symptoms in children but require different immediate treatment to ensure optimal recovery. A new study i...

(Society for Consumer Psychology) Researchers discovered that people with neurotic personalities are more likely to restore their cognitive abilities in a frenetic, urban environment rather than in a peaceful, natural en...

(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) An international review team has prepared a Cochrane systematic review to assess the accuracy of a point-of-care urine test for diagnosing and screening tuberculosis in people livi...

(Columbia University Medical Center) The latest report from a 30-year study of families at high- and low-risk for depression reveals that the offspring of depressed parents have a higher risk for depression, morbidity an...

(European Stroke Organisation (ESO)) Over 3,700 delegates attended ESOC 2016 today in Barcelona. Today's program included teaching courses, scientific presentations, and presentations from major clinical trials. These tr...