Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your ...
We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, ...
We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, ...
We've all heard exercise helps you live longer. But a new study goes one step further, finding that a sedentary lifestyle is worse for your health than smoking, ...
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The three sickly beings in this 19th-century drawing represent diphtheria, scrofula (a form of tuberculosis) and cholera. The woman symbolizes the city of London.Getty Images
Conquistadors and missionaries didn't just bring colonialism and Western religion to other parts of the world. They likely brought TB, too. That's a key finding of ...
YAKIMA, Wash. - State health officials are warning of a suspected case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) affecting one person in Yakima. The Washington ...
YAKIMA, WA - The Washington Department of Health has notified local public health officials that there is one suspected case of acute flaccid myelitis in Yakima, ...
Japan has had the longest life expectancy in the world for years, but a study in the journal Lancet says Spain will take over the first-place post by 2040 with a life ...
Even as Juul Labs faces scrutiny from U.S. regulators, the electronic cigarette company is embarking on a worldwide hiring spree, seeking to fill hundreds of jobs ...
Scroll through the top medical news stories of the wee;, including how teens who smoke Juul don't know they're dependent and how your Facebook posts might ...
Janne McMahon — one of the winners of the 2018 Australian Mental Health Prize — knows what dark times feel like. She says the voices of those experiencing ...
Mental disorders are among those topics that get swept under the rug. People don't like to talk about it. Governments don't want to fund research, treatment and ...
A large inflatable replica of a human colon was stolen from a vehicle in Kansas City's Brookside neighborhood. The replica is large enough to walk through and ...
KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) -- The University of Kansas Cancer Center is asking the public for help in recovering an inflatable colon used to teach about the ...
The herpes virus, which triggers cold sores, could be the cause of at least half of the cases of Alzheimer's disease, a leading expert concluded after reviewing ...
The herpes virus is linked to half of all Alzheimer's cases, according to new research. Leading expert Professor Ruth Itzhaki said recent studies in Taiwan found ...
The ApoE4 gene increases the risk of Alzheimer's, but has also been detected in people who never develop neurodegenerative disease. Boston University has ...
Dozens of young children have suffered from sudden paralysis this year in the latest outbreak of acute flaccid myelitis. Some experts say that the CDC's cautious ...
Scientists are studying whether the rare but paralyzing illness that has afflicted scores of children this year is linked to a respiratory virus that circulates in late ...
Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell say they are concerned with the number of acute flaccid myelitis cases being investigated in Washington state and ...
The CDC confirmed this week that 62 people, mainly children, have come down with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), an illness that weakens their arms and legs.
A baby who was born with a cleft palate can smile for the first time in his life after having life-changing surgery. Cam Martin was born two minutes after his...
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Scientists made a self-lubricating condom that can withstand 1,000 thrusts
Scientists are developing a self-lubricating condom that can withstand 1000 thrusts. It came about after a study showed only one of third of men use them.
Scientists at Boston University have a created a self-lubricating condom which they hope will bolster safe sex and encourage condom usage. Mark Grinstaff, a ...
A self-lubricating latex condom is being developed by scientists that becomes slippery when wet and can remain so for 1000 thrusts. The researchers report that ...
E-cigarettes strip out the combustible chemicals of tobacco, but a new study by Boston University shows vapes have the same effect, hampering the process ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At least 92 people in 29 states have been infected with a strain of multidrug-resistant salmonella after coming into contact with a variety of ...
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is warning about an outbreak of multiple antibiotic-resistant salmonella infections linked to raw chicken with 92 infections ...
Gemma Nuttall, a 29-year-old UK mom who delayed cancer treatment to deliver her daughter, has died. In 2014, Nuttall, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer ...
A Vermont police chief shared a profound and eye-opening response to a viral, tragic obituary written for a young mother who died due to a drug addiction.
An obituary published in Vermont on Oct. 14 tells the story of a lifelong struggle with opioid addiction in open and honest terms. Since its publication, the obituary ...
She died on Oct. 7 in a hospital while in police custody, according to her sister Kate O'Neill, who detailed her sister's 12-year battle with drug addiction in the ...
A few days before her period, Anna Wassman performed a self-breast exam and found something unsettling: A lump. The 25-year-old former ballerina regularly ...
Researchers from Avalon University, Ohio found that stroke increased by 15 per cent among marijuana users between 2010 and 2014. But rates of stroke ...
The study examined a total of 2.3 million hospitalizations among people who used marijuana recreationally. Of these, 32231, or 1.4 percent, had a stroke ...
Researchers found the incidence of stroke rose steadily among marijuana users, even though the overall rate of stroke remained constant over the same period.
While there are no specific steps guaranteed to prevent breast cancer, there are several factors under your control that are associated with a lower risk of getting ...
Angie Carter, who has twice beaten cancer, spoke recently at a Pink Ribbon Lighting at the Southeastern Regional Medical Center. The event is held in ...
COLORADO SPRINGS – As part of breast cancer awareness month it's important to remember the breast cancer community includes more than just patients and ...
Internet memes -- such as "Free food? Count me in! -- are contributing to the UK obesity crisis and harming teenagers, academics told British lawmakers.
Researchers at Loughborough University wrote a letter to members of the British Parliament informing them of the negative effects memes have on teenagers.
Are internet memes making your children obese? According to a letter sent to a British parliamentary committee, that might not be such a crazy idea. Veuer's ...
A new study looking at how life expectancy around the world will have changed by 2040 holds bad news for the US: Of all the high-income countries, the US will ...
Eighty thousand Americans died of the the flu last season, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's more than ...
Following last year's flu season — the worst in decades, killing an estimated 80,000 Americans — health professionals have a strong warning for citizens as this ...
Even before Florence Nightingale advised that hospitals be designed to let daylight in, people observed that sunshine helps keep you healthy. But there was.
All kinds of bacteria live with us indoors, and some can make us sick. A new study shows that rooms exposed to light had about half the live bacteria found in ...
All kinds of bacteria live with us indoors, and some can make us sick. A new study shows that rooms exposed to light had about half the live bacteria found in ...
Failing to open curtains fully makes people more likely to get sick, a new study suggests. It found sunlight kills disease-causing bacteria that live in dust,...
By the time we reach middle age, more than half of the oesophagus in healthy people has been taken over by cells carrying mutations in cancer genes, ...
Cancer is a disease of mutations. Tumor cells are riddled with genetic mutations not found in healthy cells. Scientists estimate that it takes five to 10 key ...
Scientists have discovered that cinnamon, vanilla, and berry flavors react with propylene glycol, a main ingredient in many vape juices, to create entirely new ...
The growing appeal of e-cigarettes, particularly among teens, has often been attributed to the assortment of sweet and fruity flavored vaping fluids—flavors that ...
Vaping may seem like a healthier alternative to cigarettes, but the list of its specific potential risks keeps growing. A study published Thursday in the journal ...
A 4-year-old doe killed on a deer damage shooting permit in Dickinson County's Waucedah Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking ...
A 4-year-old doe killed on a deer damage shooting permit in Dickinson County's Waucedah Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease, marking ...
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. (AP) — Officials say a deer in Dickinson County carried the first known case of chronic wasting disease in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
MARQUETTE — A Dickinson County deer has become the first confirmed case of deadly chronic wasting disease found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, the state ...
FILE - In this May 10, 2012 file photo, a doctor holds Truvada pills at her office in San Francisco. The pill has been shown to reduce the risk of getting HIV from ...
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Camdyn gets physical therapy from physical therapist Courtney Porter, center, and rehab technician Kia Barlow, right, while his father Christopher Carr looks on.Baltimore Sun
It started with a sinus infection. Then 4-year-old Camdyn Carr couldn't move the right side of his face or lift his arm to scratch his nose. His parents decided to ...
ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) -- A Roanoke boy is one in a million children now suffering from a rare polio-like disease that can lead to paralysis. Acute Flaccid ...
More cows will need to be destroyed after a new case of BSE, commonly known as mad cow disease, was detected on a farm in Scotland. Scotland's chief ...
A case of BSE - so-called mad cow disease - has been confirmed at a farm in Aberdeenshire.
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Moose ticks at Maine Medical Center Research Institute. The ticks live on the moose through the winter, at first so small that they’re difficult to see with the naked eye — until they’re engorged with blood as adults.Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images
The biggest number of winter ticks that Peter J. Pekins ever found on a moose was about 100,000. But that moose calf was already dead, most likely the victim of ...
Winter tick infestations in the North England states are threatening moose survival. Experts attribute the growing pestilence to climate change. Learn more.
The biggest number of winter ticks that Peter J. Pekins ever found on a moose was about 100,000. But that moose calf was already dead, most likely the victim of ...
Oct. 18, 2018 -- An FDA panel this week gave preliminary approval to a new kind of opioid for pain that is five to 10 times more potent than fentanyl. The drug ...
According to a recent study in the journal "Archives of Sexual Behavior" finger length ratios aren't just a mundane nonfactor — when women have more ...
A new mom who is also a breast cancer survivor has received kudos from supporters nationwide after posting a photo of the “No breastfeeding zone” banner she ...
Research recently approved for publication in the European Journal of Neuroscience reveals there may be a possible new therapy that can repair hearing loss.
Eating seafood could play a role in healthy aging. Higher blood level of omega-3 fatty acids found in fish was associated with a lower risk of unhealthy aging.
Regular exercise and a well-balanced diet can help you maintain your health as you age. But one type of food is especially beneficial, according to a new report.
New research suggests that people who consume high levels of omega-3 fatty acids from seafood are more likely to stay disease-free well into old age.
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Los Angeles is in the midst of a growing outbreak of flea-borne typhus, and the city's downtown areas and homeless population is being hit especially hard.
The length of your finger could provide clues to your sexuality, according to a study published in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior. In women, the index ...
A new study claims that people's sexuality can be determined by looking at their hands. And just like fortune tellers that read palms, you should consider this ...
If you need further proof that we, as humans, are travelling back in time to the 1980s, look no further than this latest batch of research from Essex University.
Have you ever observed the length of your fingers? Particularly your index finger and your ring finger. Turns out, this information might help in predicting whether ...
London: Scientists striving to discover what factors make us gay or straight believe the length of our index and ring fingers could provide a clue to our sexuality.
New research suggests that higher-level brain functions have a major role in losing weight. In a study among 24 participants at a weight-loss clinic, those who ...
New York - A measles outbreak that is linked to a larger one in Jerusalem has local officials issuing warnings regarding 17 confirmed cases of the disease over ...
A three-drug cocktail could be “life-changing” for patients with cystic fibrosis, researchers reported Thursday. They found that adding a third drug to an existing ...
If you feel the air getting cooler and automatically picture yourself with dry, cracked skin, help is on the way. Chilly fall air does not have to mean dull skin, ...
An effort by the state of Arizona to address concerns that non-vaccinated children could cause a potential outbreak has been thwarted after anti-vax parents ...
Over the centuries, a lot of brain power has gone into making condoms more enjoyable. Condoms have come a long way since Renaissance-era men wrapping ...
A perpetually unctuous, self-lubricating latex developed by a team of scientists in Boston could boost the use of condoms, they reported Wednesday in the ...
Thomas Jackson's farm in the Huntly area in Aberdeenshire is currently on lockdown as officials desperately try to determine its source. Investigators say there is ...
A farmer whose cows are facing slaughter after BSE was discovered on his farm has been left “heartbroken”. The case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy,
One new mom who is a breast cancer survivor decided to that a sign would be best to tell anyone in the hospital that she was not able to breastfeed her baby ...
One new mom just got ahead of any breastfeeding criticism in a super creative way. Meghan Koziel, a Pittsburgh-based breast-cancer survivor who underwent a ...
Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that cycles between periods of fasting and eating. It is claimed to cause weight loss, improve brain function and p...
Lifestyle changes are a process that requires support, effort, time and patience. Once you are ready to make this significant change in your life, it is surely going ...
The North Dakota Department of Health is investigating a report of acute flaccid myelitis in a North Dakota child. This is the first report of a possible AFM case in ...
A rare illness doctors are comparing to polio is spreading in states surrounding North Dakota. Minnesota just confirmed its seventh case of acute flaccid ...
HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — Ottawa County health officials have ordered unvaccinated students of West Ottawa school to stay home for two weeks, after one ...
WEST OTTAWA, Mich. - An elementary student in West Ottawa has a confirmed case of chickenpox. The Ottawa County Department of Public Health learned ...
HOLLAND, Mich. -- Health officials say a student at a West Ottawa elementary school has come down with the chickenpox and any student who has not been ...
OTTAWA COUNTY, MI -- Unvaccinated students at Waukazoo Elementary in the West Ottawa School district must stay home for two weeks after a student was ...
