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Trader Joe has voluntarily recalled two of its hummus flavors, due to potential Listeria contamination. One of the products is distributed in 19 states across the U.S., and the other in 30.

A woman who drank plenty of water after developing symptoms of urinary tract infection suffered from water intoxication. What are the symptoms of this potentially deadly condition?

Every person has their own voice. Researchers set out characterizing and quantifying voice quality to determine what it is exactly that makes your voice your own.

(University of Melbourne) A world-first vaccine developed by Melbourne scientists, which could eliminate or at least reduce the need for surgery and antibiotics for severe gum disease, has been validated by research publ...

(Imperial College London) A large analysis of current research shows that people who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

(University College London) Women with dementia have fewer visits to the GP, receive less health monitoring and take more potentially harmful medication than men with dementia, new UCL research reveals.The study, publish...

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Global lung cancer researchers and patient advocates today emphasized that new models of delivering care and communicating about cancer care play an important role...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Stephen J. Elledge, the Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has been named a 2017 recipient of the Breakthrough Prize, which reco...

A dentist at the Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center possibly exposed 592 veterans to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C by failing to follow standard infection control procedures. The dentist had been using his own equi...