Could Time-Restricted Eating Help You Lose Weight? By Satchin Panda, Pam Taub Restricting your eating time to a daily 10-hour window could help fight obesity and diabetes, new research finds.
Black Tar Heroin May Be Causing Deadly 'Flesh-Eating' Infections in San Diego By Rachael Rettner Seven people in San Diego have died in recent months from a "flesh eating" infection tied to use of black tar heroin, according to health officials.
Lonely Antarctic Expeditions Shrink People's Brains By Nicoletta Lanese Researchers speculated that living in relative isolation and a "monotonous" environment may cause certain brain structures to shrink.
'Crazymothers' Want You to Stop Calling Them 'Anti-Vaxxers' By Nicoletta Lanese An anti-vaccine group wants to rebrand itself as "vaccine risk aware." Here's why they can't.
Once-a-Month Birth Control Pill Is in the Works By Yasemin Saplakoglu The once-a-month birth control pill is embedded into a starfish-like organic device.
'The Pill' Might Shrink Certain Brain Regions Among Women Taking It By Chloe Williams A brain region called the hypothalamus is smaller among women who use birth control pills, compared with non-users, a new study finds.
Concussions Damage the 'Bridge' Between the Two Halves of the Brain By Nicoletta Lanese The bridge between both halves of the brain fundamentally changes after concussion.
Why Do Some Forms of Leukemia Affect Mostly Children? By Nicoletta Lanese Childhood leukemias may exploit specific vulnerabilities found only in immature cells.
Man in China Contracts Brain Parasite After Eating Hot Pot By Rachael Rettner The man was discovered to have tapeworm larvae in his brain.
The Placenta 'Invades' the Uterus in the Same Way Cancer Invades the Body By Nicoletta Lanese The way human pregnancy works may make us more prone to malignant cancer than cows or horses.
FDA Says Most CBD Products May Not Be Safe, and Warns 15 Companies to Stop Selling Them By Nicoletta Lanese CBD may pose unknown health risks and cannot be marketed as a dietary supplement, food or therapeutic cure-all.
There's Mounting Evidence That This Vaping Additive Is Behind Lung Illnesses By Rachael Rettner Officials have more evidence that a chemical called vitamin E acetate is playing a role in the recent vaping outbreak, which has sickened thousands of Americans.
7 Tips for a Safe (and Non-Explosive) Turkey Day By Stephanie Pappas Have a fun Thanksgiving free of exploding turkeys or Salmonella.
Declining Life Expectancy in America 'May Be the New Norm' By Joshua A. Krisch U.S. life expectancy is declining mostly among "working age" Americans.
FDA Calls Psychedelic Psilocybin a 'Breakthrough Therapy' for Severe Depression By Yasemin Saplakoglu The FDA is helping to speed up the process of developing and approving a drug based on psilocybin, a hallucinogenic substance in magic mushrooms, to treat depression.
Some 'Brain-Boosting' Supplements Contain High Levels of Unapproved Drug By Nicoletta Lanese Researchers uncovered unapproved drugs in several "nootropics."
Over 1,000 Patients Possibly Exposed to HIV After Hospital's Sanitation Mistake By Yasemin Saplakoglu One of the Goshen Hospital's seven surgical sterilization technicians skipped one step in a multistep cleaning process
Is it Safe to Eat Roadkill? By Chia-Yi Hou The idea of eating roadkill may be foreign to some, but with proper precautions it can provide a safe and sustainable source of meat.
CDC Issues Yet Another Warning Not to Eat Romaine Lettuce By Rachael Rettner U.S. officials are warning Americans not to eat romaine lettuce from Salinas, California.
