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The naturally produced oil called sebum is important to the skin's health because it helps regulate temperature and repel microbes, the researchers said. But an excess of sebum production has also long been thought to be a contributor to acne.

Researchers studied an app that uses a smartphone's microphone and speaker and a piece of paper to detect fluid behind the eardrum.

Infected ticks were mostly found in forested parks with vegetation around the edges and connected to each other.

Consumers should ask their tattoo artist or studio about the inks they use and avoid the recalled inks, the FDA said.

When taken in early pregnancy, the anti-anxiety drugs called benzodiazepins raise the risk for a miscarriage in the first trimester by 11%, according to new research.

Researchers found that trans women on hormone therapy had a higher breast cancer risk than the general male population but lower than the general female population.

Researchers said the findings support a recent change to guidelines on low-dose aspirin: The blood thinner should now be reserved for people at high risk of heart attack or stroke.

The preventive use of antibiotics when babies were delivered by forceps or vacuum extraction could prevent about 5,000 infections in new mothers every year in the United States alone, the researchers estimated.

Comedian Tim Conway, a co-star of The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s, has died of the brain disorder normal pressure hydrocephalus. He was 85.

The obesity epidemic is a big reason soda taxes are catching on. Seven cities have them now, and Connecticut and Colorado are considering a statewide tax.

The investigation raises the possibility that at some future point new treatments could be developed to reduce suicide risk in this vulnerable group of patients.

Some of the effects may begin soon or have already begun. But they are already affecting U.S. farmers, who have been forced to adapt to the new growing environment.

The couple said they used Roundup on their property for more than three decades and were diagnosed with the same type of cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, four years apart.

There’s more to psoriasis than you probably realize. People with the condition have some things they’d like you to know.

Changes in chromosomes within prostate cancer cells may help predict how aggressive a tumor is, a new study has found.

Both men and women reported suffering from lower back pain. They were more likely to be 45 to 64. Obesity can also contribute to lower back pain.

The oldest living former president, 94, fell at his home in Plains, GA, as he was heading out to go turkey hunting.

Measles have been reported in 23 states so far this year. Many of the cases have been among unvaccinated people in Orthodox Jewish communities in New York, the CDC said.

In the new study, researchers created a way to keep the donor organs in shape for transplant and functioning, and the recipients stable for 36 to 56 hours.

If you’re overeating once or twice a year, you'll probably be just fine, one expert said. But if it's a few times a week, that's a problem, and at some point, it will catch up with you.