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Dec 30, 2015 11:59 PM EST
Being bullied as a teenager has been linked to health problems that can last well into adulthood, including headaches, insomnia, poor body image.
Dec 30, 2015 11:27 PM EST
Research in mice has uncovered a hormone that appears to help regulate cravings for sugar and alcohol, which could help people deal with obesity or diabetes.
Dec 30, 2015 06:51 PM EST
It may not be necessary for pregnant women to avoid some yoga postures. A small study has found that they don't stress the baby.
Dec 29, 2015 07:17 PM EST
Fewer than one-fifth of middle schools and only half of high schools are teaching all of the sex education topics that are recommended by the CDC.
Dec 29, 2015 06:45 PM EST
Seeing someone using drugs or alcohol in a given day apparently makes teens more likely to engage in antisocial behavior.
Dec 29, 2015 06:15 PM EST
Guinea, the last of the three countries in West Africa that were hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic, has been declared free of the infection.
Dec 28, 2015 07:39 PM EST
A large British study has found that women who were unhappy tended to be those who were unhealthy, but that unhappiness by itself was not linked to higher mortality.
Dec 28, 2015 07:09 PM EST
Rules restricting use of "aggressive" deeply curved skis appear to have reduced the number of injuries in World Cup skiers.
Dec 28, 2015 04:06 PM EST
Air pollution has reached toxic levels in cities in Italy because of extended warm and dry weather. Periodic bans on cars have been enacted.
Dec 28, 2015 06:21 AM EST
A survey found that people have misconceptions of how well marijuana can treat glaucoma.
Dec 28, 2015 06:11 AM EST
The problem with newer blood thinners is that there is no way to reverse their action in an emergency. Now there is.
Dec 28, 2015 05:54 AM EST
New British study finds that many with IBS are vitamin D deficient and that vitamin levels correlate with quality of life.
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