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May 22, 2013 01:46 PM EDT

Feet Fungus: Skin Home to 80 Different Types of Fungi

What's home to a bunch of fungi? Your feet, that's what!

May 22, 2013 01:25 PM EDT

The Benefits of Beauty: Pretty Women Have Lower Levels of Cortisol in Body

What are the other benefits of being beautiful, besides being fawned over and adored?

May 22, 2013 12:25 PM EDT

Got Milk? New Mothers Need Drink to Prevent Iodine Deficiency

A new study shows the importance of milk consumption during pregnancy to improve iodine intake.

May 22, 2013 11:55 AM EDT

Mystery Respiratory Illness in Alabama: Five in Hospital and Two Dead

A deadly respiratory illness struck Alabama.

May 22, 2013 11:02 AM EDT

Escherichia Coli Diarrhea Vaccine Promising, 300,000 Children Die Each Year from ETEC Bacteria

ETEC is the leading illness among international travelers in developing countries.

May 22, 2013 10:49 AM EDT

Scientists Reveal New Model of Brain: Thought Processes Mapped

The brain can look like a chaotic place if you don't know what you're seeing. Now, researchers have created a new model--or map--of the brain that explains this apparently chaotic activity.

May 22, 2013 10:29 AM EDT

Compulsive Hoarding: When Do Excessive Collections Turn Dangerous?

People with what is now known as hoarding disorder hang on to items, because they fear they will need them at some point in the future. They may also feel excessively attached to, or overvalue the worth of, these possessions.

May 22, 2013 09:03 AM EDT

35 Percent of Mexican Young Adults Have Genetic Risk for Obesity

Nearly 35 percent of Mexican young adults may have a genetic predisposition for obesity, according to a news release.

Scientists Discover Hwo to Use Grapefruit as Drug Delivery Vehicles

May 22, 2013 08:51 AM EDT

Grapefruit can be Used as Drug Delivery Vehicles: Study

Researchers at the University of Louisville have revealed how nanoparticles from grapefruit can be created with the help of natural lipids, and how it can be used to produce anti-cancer and other drugs to fight tumor cells.

May 22, 2013 08:39 AM EDT

Vitamin C Kills Drug-Resistant TB Bacteria

Vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

CT Scans Exposure Causes Small Increase in Cancer Risk in Kids and Adolescence

May 22, 2013 07:48 AM EDT

CT Scan Exposure Causes Small Increase in Cancer Risk for Kids, Adolescents

Children and young adults who have been exposed to CT scans have a small increased risk of developing cancer. The researchers noticed that for every 1,400 CT scans conducted before the age of 20, there existed one additional case of cancer over the following 10 years.

Sugar Water Injections Works Better Than Exercise in Relieving Knee Pain

May 22, 2013 07:02 AM EDT

Sugar Water Injections Work Better than Exercise in Relieving Knee Pain

A new study says that injections with a form of sugar called dextrose offer significant relief from chronic pain as compared to exercise. The injection also improves knee-related quality of life among those suffering from knee osteoarthritis.