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Rhode Island Senator Jack Reed says "more consumers will likely get burned this summer" due to the FDA's delay in implementing stricter sunscreen-labeling guidelines
A recent study finds about 8.5 million U.S. adults wander during the night.
Strong recall may be genetically associated with heightened flashbacks of trauma and pain, according to new research.
"Slurpee Lites" will debut on May 23 at 7-Elevens nationwide. The new sugar-free flavors have half the calories of the traditional slushy drinks.
The original American Idol was so starstruck by a video of children with cancer lip-synching to her song, "Stronger," that she intends to swing by Seattle Children's Hospital to meet them in person.
New software can digitally "cleanse" a colon, eliminating the muss and fuss of a standard colonoscopy. Ready to book your appointment?
Most college binge drinkers and drug users don’t develop lifelong problems. But new mental-health guidelines will label too many of them addicts and alcoholics.
Novelist Alice Randall says black women make the choice to remain overweight, but other research shows social and environmental factors can also play a huge role. Read Noliwe M. Rook’s full opinion piece on our companion blog Ideas.
Aimee Copeland is fighting a rare flesh-eating bacteria. What exactly is necrotizing fasciitis?
Toddlers, don't drink and run (or walk): most falls while sucking on a bottle occur around age 1, when children often tend to be taking their first steps.
To better understand what makes psychopaths tick, researchers are using brain scans to compare them with other abnormal personalities like sadists and those with antisocial personality disorder.
Proportion of pregnant white women — 21.8% — who reported smoking cigarettes within the previous 30 days, in a recent government survey [PDF]. Among pregnant women of the same age (15 to 44), 14.2% of blacks and 6.5% of Hispanics reported smoking. Smoking during pregnancy is one of the key risk factors for SIDS; it also increases risks of miscarriage, early separation of the placenta, premature birth, low birth weight and birth defects. The same survey found that black (12.8%) and white (12.2%) women drank alcohol at roughly the same rate in pregnancy; Hispanic women (7.4%) were less likely to drink while pregnant. Black pregnant women (7.7%) were more likely than whites (4.4%) or Hispanics (3.1%) to use illegal drugs. [via ABC News]
On Thursday, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 18-to-4 to approve the prescription diet drug lorcaserin. It’s the second diet pill to be endorsed by an FDA advisory panel this year and, if approved, would be first new weight-loss drug in more than a decade.
Hitting the gym every day is great — unless you're doing it wrong. We've asked fitness experts to help tweak your workout to make it more effective.
