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According to researchers, a common food additive may be negatively affecting the function of the small intestine. Titanium dioxide is found in common food items, such as bread and candy.

Soldiers suffering from PTSD dive with sharks as a form of therapy. How does the experience emotionally and physically benefit soldiers suffering from pain and depression?

The town of Parachute in Colorado is opening its marijuana drive-through called Tumbleweed Express in March. It is the first-of-its-kind dispensary to open in the state.

A 64-year-old woman from Burgos in northern Spain has given birth to healthy twins, according to Recoletas Hospital in the country. It was made possible by in-vitro fertilization done on the patient in the United States.

Individuals who are overweight and suffer from diabetes can decrease the health risks by opting for lap band or gastric band surgery per a new study. The surgery reportedly enhances a patient's life quality and reduces m...

Individuals who follow a gluten-free diet were found to have higher levels of arsenic and mercury in their urine and blood. These toxic metals are known to cause cancer and neurological conditions.

(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Researchers from the University of Burgos (Spain) have developed a fluorescent polymer that lights up in contact with mercury that may be present in fish. High leve...

(University of Sydney) Industry-sponsored studies are more likely to favour products of pharmaceuticals and medical devices than non-industry funded research, a new Cochrane Library Review reveals today.

(American Heart Association) Heavy alcohol drinking habits over the years may prematurely age arteries, especially in men, putting them at an increased risk for heart disease, compared to consistently moderate drinkers.

(Imperial College London) A type of treatment for multiple sclerosis that 'resets' the immune system may stop progression of the disease in nearly half of patients.In a new study, led by Imperial College London, the trea...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Nearly 70 percent of prescription opioid medications kept in homes with children are not stored safely, a new study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloombe...

(American Academy of Neurology) Eating fish and seafood with higher levels of mercury may be linked to a higher risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a preliminary study released today that will be pr...

(University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna) Nobel Prize laureate Otto H. Warburg observed in the 1920s that tumor cells radically change their metabolism. This process, termed 'Warburg Effect,' was neglected until rece...

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Children exposed to Zika virus in the womb may face complex health and developmental problems as they grow older, according to discuss...

(Springer) Physicists working with plasma jets, made of a stream of ionised matter, have discovered a new phenomenon. Eduard Sosnin from the Institute of High Current Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences in Tomsk, an...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) If you know healthy eating is important for your kids but you also feel like it's easier said than done, you're not alone.

(Osaka University) Osaka University and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement for advanced research in immunology between the Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center ...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Underage youth are nearly twice as likely to recall seeing alcohol marketing on the internet than adults, with almost one in three saying they saw alcohol-rela...

(University of Zurich) Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by sharp, lancinating pain in the teeth or facial area. The standard treatment for this chronic nerve pain can cause burdening side effects. A novel substance ...

(American College of Cardiology) If hospitals can perform more transradial, same-day percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCIs, not only will patients benefit because it is associated with have less complications, but ...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Scientists reveal for the first time the specific patterns of electrical activity in rat brains that are associated with specific memories, in this case a fearful experience.

(Queen Mary University of London) Taking the reader from the Victorian era to modern Britain, Psyche on the Skin challenges the idea that self-harm is a phenomenon that can be attributed to 'how we live now.'