Doctors and parents were stunned when research published more than a decade ago found some American girls were beginning puberty as early as 7
Pregnant women who drink artificially sweetened carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks may be at increased risk for preterm delivery, a study shows.
The abundance of digital diversions has only amped up the usual tug-of-war between generations about when the lights go out. What teen wants to drift off when another text is arriving, when X-Box friends are still online, when Facebook is 24/7?
Not all sex-related laws make sense. Here’s a collection of 20 of the weirdest sex laws from around the world.
Adding science to years of anecdotal claims, scientists find that dieters who drink two cups of water before meals lose more weight.
The process of the decomposition of the human body is a complex and fascinating one. Here are a series of images and videos explaining how it works.
Currently in the UK, the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) imposes a £250 cap on payments so as to avoid commercializing the procedure. But due to shortages, this could soon go as high as £800 or $1250!
As schools gradually eliminate soda machines from their cafeterias to battle childhood obesity, a growing chorus of food activists has shifted its focus to chocolate- and strawberry-flavored milks, which account for more than 70% of school milk consumption.
In this Sunday's New York Times, reporter Brian Stelter outlines his using Twitter as a tool for weight loss by setting up a @brianstelter25 account for his progress and tweeting out his exercise plan and meals.He ends up losing 75 pounds.
Japan’s decision in 2008 to invite nurses and caregivers from Indonesia and the Philippines to fill gaping holes in its health service was hailed as proof of a new spirit of openness in a country that has traditionally shunned large numbers of skilled workers from abroad. Three years later, for all the programs good intentions, is in tatters
From the real risks of smoking to managing stress, high blood pressure and diet, get the health facts that could help you live longer and happier.
More than 30 million Americans practice some sort of yoga in an industry generating an estimated $6 billion in the U.S. alone. But in the birthplace of yoga, an Indian government agency is fighting what it calls "yoga theft" after several U.S. companies said they wanted to copyright or patent their versions.
For millennia, when confronted with a newly discovered material man has asked himself one burning question: Can I use this to get fucked up?
While US combat troops fight two wars, its mental-health professionals are waging a battle to save soldiers' sanity when they come back, one that will cost billions long after combat ends in Baghdad and Kabul. It is a high-intensity conflict.
Researchers have identified two drugs that, when combined, may serve as an effective treatment for HIV. The two drugs, decitabine and gemcitabine -- both FDA approved and currently used in pre-cancer and cancer therapy -- were found to eliminate HIV infection in the mouse model by causing the virus to mutate itself to death.
More than a half-billion eggs have been recalled in the nationwide investigation of a salmonella outbreak that Friday expanded to include a second Iowa farm. The outbreak has already sickened more than 1,000 people and the toll of illnesses is expected to increase.
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