Scientists have developed a drug that mimics sunlight to make the skin tan, with no damaging UV radiation involved. The drug tricks the skin into producing the brown form of the pigment melanin in tests on skin samples and mice.
People over 75 taking daily aspirin after a stroke or heart attack are at higher risk of major – and sometimes fatal – stomach bleeds than previously thought, research in the Lancet shows.
A 5-year-old Massachusetts girl is recovering after being bitten by a black widow spider – leaving her with a bruise that turned a nasty shade, according to a report.
In what appears to be a complex surgery, doctors in China removed 13 kg faecal matter from the intestine of a 22-year-old man, who suffered from a rare disease that rendered him constipated since birth.
french-fries-250641_1280 Americans who dine out tend to consume more salt than those who eat at home. Dining at a fast-food restaurant boosts salt intake by about 300 milligrams per day but eating at a sit-down restaurant can be even worse.
MARTINSVILLE, VA. – After decades of lawsuits, public campaigns and painful struggles, Americans have finally done what once seemed impossible: Most of the country has quit smoking, saving millions of lives and leading to massive reductions in cancer.
CINCINNATI — Health officials reported Monday mosquitoes trapped in Franklin County, two hours from Cincinnati, have tested positive for the West Nile virus.
The exterior of the Rio hotel-casino seen on Saturday, June 10, 2017 in Las Vegas, NV. (Rio Lacanlale Las Vegas Review-Journal). By Jessie Bekker Las Vegas Review Journal.
Yemeni children suspected of being infected with cholera receive treatment at a makeshift hospital in Sana’a. Photograph: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images.
In a way to ensure they won’t overdose and not be found until it’s too late, opioid addicts are now using and collapsing in public in increasing numbers.
My mother always said, “Presentation is everything,” when serving a meal. She would insist on transferring our family meals from pots to platters and serving dishes, complete with sprigs of parsley and wedges of tomato, and it never failed to impress.
Sixteen-year-old Amari Hall went from open-heart surgery one week to a full-on dance party the next. Advertisement. The Capitol Heights, Maryland, teenager was born with a heart defect and needed a heart transplant.
The Food and Drug Administration is ramping up scrutiny of antiabuse features on opioid painkillers to try to determine if they actually do what they’re intended to do.
In this April 15, 2013, photograph, a copy of the Jackson Women’s Health Organization clinic’s State Health Department issued license is displayed at the front desk next to the patient information forms in Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, in Jackson …
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has agreed a new funding agreement with The Rotary Foundation to help eradicate polio that will see the partners raise up to $450m for the cause.
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