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Weight-loss, muscle-building and energy supplements were linked with an almost three times greater risk of severe medical problems compared with vitamins, the findings showed.

Want to give your child an edge in math and English? Enroll them in music lessons.

Frieden plea avoided up to a year in jail for misdemeanor forcible touching, third-degree sexual abuse and second-degree harassment.

The beauty world has many high-tech devices and cutting-edge ingredients. But sometimes, simple, natural things might work just as well as those created by scientific engineering.

The effects of red meat and white meat on cholesterol were identical when saturated fat levels were the same, the study’s senior author said.

LabCorp is sending 200,000 notices to customers whose credit card and bank account information might have been hacked.

Your microplastic intake might be even higher if you choose products that have more plastics involved in their processing or packaging -- including bottled water, the research team said.

Technology can bring nonstop, alarmist news alerts, online arguments, and "fear of missing out." Can it, in the form of mindfulness apps, also help correct the problem?

Nearly 40% of U.S. adults are obese, putting them at a higher risk of earlier death, heart disease, stroke, some cancers, and gallbladder disease, among other problems.

The problem goes beyond simply seeing the images, the study author noted. Young people who don't have mental health problems wouldn't repeatedly hurt themselves, he said.

For both men and women, the death rate due to falls per 100,000 people roughly doubled between 2000 and 2016, according to the study.

When researchers called doctors' offices asking for a visit to get buprenorphine so they could stop using heroin, 46% of those who said they had Medicaid were turned away.

Rates of self-harm decreased among heterosexual youth from 2005 through 2017, but not among lesbian and gay youth over the same period, the study author said.

A-fib is a common heart rhythm disorder sometimes triggered by stress and negative emotions. Beta blockers are drugs that block the effects of adrenaline and related substances.

MRI screening did findmore tumors, but it also more than doubled the number of biopsies women needed -- many of which turned out to be benign, the researchers said.

Fed by leaking oxygen, a spark from a cauterizing tool set a dry surgical pack on fire. Doctors immediately put the fire out and continued with the procedure.

The dangerous ingredient, vinpocetine, is in supplements that claim to enhance memory, focus or mental sharpness. They also supposedly increase energy and aid weight loss, the FDA said

Doctors may one day use your genes or species of bacteria to predict how well you’ll metabolize a certain drug, one of the study’s authors said.

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, affecting more than 4% of U.S. adults, according to the Arthritis Foundation. It develops in people who have high levels of uric acid in the blood.

The breached data may include Social Security numbers and medical information, but not test results, the company said.