Health & Medicine

Mar 22, 2013 03:52 PM EDT

Woman Loses Teeth, Develops Bone Disease By Drinking Excessive Amounts Of Tea (VIDEO)

After years of drinking an excessive amount of super-strong tea, a woman developed a rare bone disease and lost all her teeth.

Mar 22, 2013 01:07 PM EDT

Vasectomies Increase During March Madness, One Clinic Offers Free Pizza With The Procedure

Trying to court a couch-comfy March Madness audience, urologists in Illinois offer free pizza with vasectomy.

Mar 22, 2013 09:54 AM EDT

Brain Tumor Cells Killed By Anti-Nausea Drug

Brain tumor growth can be halted by a drug currently being used in patients recovering from the side effects of chemotherapy, a new study from Australia states.

Mar 22, 2013 08:14 AM EDT

'Evolutionary Glitch' behind Childhood Ear Infections: Researchers Say

Researchers from the U.K. have found a possible reason behind glue ear or Otitis media with effusion in children. Children affected by this condition have a sticky fluid behind the eardrum in the middle ear. According to them, a flaw in the formation of the middle ear during evolution in humans has made this part of the ear more prone to infection.

Mar 22, 2013 04:56 AM EDT

Energy Drinks Linked with Abnormal Heart Rhythm, High Blood Pressure

Drinking energy drinks may make your heart's rhythm go haywire and also increase your blood pressure, a new study says.

Mar 22, 2013 04:11 AM EDT

Too Much Salt in Diet Linked to 2.3 Million Deaths in 2010

In the year 2010, about 2.3 million people died of diseases that could be prevented or controlled by restricting salt in the diet, says a new study.

Mar 21, 2013 11:09 PM EDT

Genetically Modified Cold Sore Virus Shrinks Melanoma Tumors

A cancer drug based on a tumor-killing virus made tumors disappear or at least shrink by half for at least six months, and has for the first time succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial.

Mar 21, 2013 04:53 PM EDT

Lyme Disease Bacteria Has Odd Quirk Never Before Seen In Any Other Organism

Scientists discovered that pathogen causing Lyme disease can exist without iron by depending on manganese, a characteristic unknown in any other organism.

Mar 21, 2013 04:30 PM EDT

New Research on Reward and Anxiety Areas in the Brain May Help Treat Addictions

New research regarding the reward and anxiety areas of the brain may help treat addictions.

Mar 21, 2013 03:46 PM EDT

New Study Says We’ve Been Studying the Brain the Wrong Way

A new study shows a brain that's not nearly as compartmentalized as scientists once thought.

Mar 21, 2013 01:45 PM EDT

New Study Reveals New Insight in How Memories are Made and Accessed

A new study explains how the brain both encodes and accesses memories and could shed light on Alzheimer's.

Mar 21, 2013 01:08 PM EDT

97 Percent Of UK Doctors Prescribed Placebos, Study Suggests Revising Medical Ethics Rules

According to a survey of doctors in the United Kingdom, 97 percent have prescribed a placebo treatment to patients at least once in their career.

Mar 21, 2013 12:03 PM EDT

Boiled, Greek Coffee May Stave Off Heart Disease

A new study finds a positive link between longevity and a specific kind of coffee.

Mar 21, 2013 10:27 AM EDT

Interactive Robot Helps Children With Autism (VIDEO)

Scientists at Vanderbilt University have developed an elaborate therapy system that makes use of a humanoid robot in treatment for autistic children.

Mar 21, 2013 07:34 AM EDT

Women Abused as Children Have Higher Risk of Giving Birth to Autistic Children

Mothers who were abused during childhood have a high risk of giving birth to children with autism, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found. The risk of an autism diagnosis of the child is three times higher when the mother has had a history of serious abuse as a kid.