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May 22, 2017
The obesity rate for American adults (aged 15 and over) came in at a whopping 38.2%.
May 22, 2017
A new H7N9 virus infection was confirmed in southwest China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said on Sunday.
May 20, 2017
Scientists say they have found where fear and anxiety reside in the brain.
May 19, 2017
The type 2 diabetes prescription drug canagliflozin (brand names Invokana, Invokamet, Invokamet XR) appears to increase the risk of leg and foot amputations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says.
May 18, 2017
A new WHO report, launched today at the European Congress on Obesity in Portugal, reveals that the number of obese adolescents is continuing to rise in many countries across the WHO European Region.
May 18, 2017
A type of bacteria that's resistant to many widely used antibiotics is unusually common among people in Houston, new research reveals.
May 17, 2017
New research suggests that simply telling a young man that an energy drink has been added to his alcoholic beverage can make him feel more intoxicated, daring and sexually self-confident.
May 16, 2017
Although you often don't have a choice of when you get the heart procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), new research suggests that having it done over the weekend may be more risky.
May 16, 2017
Despite their best efforts, no scientist has ever come close to stopping humans from aging. Even anti-aging creams can't stop Old Father Time.
May 15, 2017
Brucellosis is an infectious disease of livestock that may be transmitted to farm workers or consumers of unpasteurized dairy products.
May 15, 2017
Transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, such as Zika, occur at lower temperatures than previously thought, a study co-authored by two University of South Florida researchers shows.
May 12, 2017
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.