The Mighty Mississippi, a state known for its history of lynching, and which also pleasantly holds the record for having the highest obesity rate, has decided to ban its cities and counties from trying to stop restaurants from selling super-sized soft drinks or requiring them to post nutritional inf...
According to the latest finding, white sharks have great energy needs.
It might seem a tad unethical or even like playing God, but a recent study shows that nearly all doctors have at one point or another given patients a placebo in place of an actual "drug."
The Herschel space observatory has spotted some of the youngest stars ever seen.
New hope rises for the endangered lizard species, the Komodo dragon. Seven rare Komodo dragons were hatched successfully March 10 at the Surabaya Zoo in eastern Java, Indonesia.
A post-big-bang "baby picture," if you will, suggests that our universe is slightly older than scientists thought.
According to a study conducted by Myles Faith, study lead and an associate professor of nutrition at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public Health, genes play a significant role in children's eating habits and their tendency to avoid new food.
The U.S. Food and Drug Aministration just approved a screening agent called Dotarem.
A latest study reveals that every year nearly 180,000 deaths worldwide are linked with the consumption of sugary soft drinks. Sugar-sweetened beverages are known to cause diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer.
Battered women who have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse as children are more likely to have kids with autism when compared to women who were not abused.
Statistics show that approximately one in five central Pennsylvania women have experienced intimate partner violence when asked by a health care provided regarding abusive relationships, according to Penn State medicine and public health science researchers. And even more shocking-approximately only...
A new study shows that adults with a mental illness or substance-abuse disorder represent approximately 25 percent of the U.S. population and nearly 40 percent of the cigarette use in the country.
