We've known for a while that drinking coffee is associated with a whole host of health benefits, but scientists haven't figured out why. A new study says it might ...

In an encouraging development in the coffee-may-be-good-for-us field, researchers have discovered at least part of why coffee appears to be beneficial for the ...

For years, scientists have traced a link between coffee drinking and heart health, but they weren't sure exactly why coffee was associated with so many health ...

Researchers have proven that coffee is good for the heart, but people will need to drink at least for cups of the beverage to unlock its benefits. The caffeine in ...

In selfies, a woman documented a lump under her skin for weeks before doctors were able to remove it -- and it didn't stay in one place, according to a report in ...

June 22, 2018 -- A woman in Moscow spent 2 weeks photographing a strange lump in her face that moved from place to place. First, the 32-year-old noticed it ...

The bump first appeared underneath her left eye — a teeny nodule just below the tear duct. Five days later, one bump became three, this time above the eyelid.

In selfies, a woman documented a lump under her skin for weeks before doctors were able to remove it -- and it didn't stay in one place, according to a case ...

The virus, which normally infects animals, was discovered in Florida 50 years ago. This is the first time it has been isolated from a human.

A teenager in Florida is the first person known to be infected with a virus called Keystone virus, which is spread by mosquitoes.

A mosquito-borne illness that could seriously affect the brain and was previously thought to be transmitted only to animals has been found in a human for the first ...

A mosquito-borne virus discovered over a half century ago has been found in humans for the first time ever, likely having caused a case of severe rash and fever ...

Washington (CNN) The House of Representatives on Friday passed the most expansive legislation Congress has taken to date to address the opioid crisis, ...

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan, comprehensive bill Friday that aims at curbing the country's growing opioid epidemic.

The House overwhelmingly passed a broad bipartisan bill on Friday -- its largest effort to date to fight the national opioid crisis.

The House on Friday voted 396 to 14 to send the Senate more than 50 bills aimed at tackling the opioid crisis, which is claiming more than 115 lives each day in ...

State health officials announced Friday that they are investigating whether hantavirus, a rare infection caused by exposure to rodent droppings, was the cause of ...

New York state health officials believe a backstretch worker at Belmont Park died from a rare virus found in rodent droppings.

The House overwhelmingly passed a massive package meant to address the opioid crisis by a vote of 396-14 on Friday. "This is costing us lives. This is why ...

A recent report published in a leading British medical journal has confirmed concerns long-held by racial justice activists: police killings of African-Americans has ...

Police killings of unarmed black Americans have a negative impact on the mental health of black Americans in the general population, findings published in The ...

A report published in The Lancet by a team of medical researchers shows that when cops in the United States murder unarmed black people, it messes with the ...

The disproportionately high rate at which unarmed black people die at the hands of police in the United States has a corrosive impact on the mental health of ...

An analysis of various brain disorders' genetic underpinnings reveals significant overlap between a number of psychiatric illnesses.

Overlapping genetic patterns suggest psychiatric disorders have important molecular similarities that are not reflected in current diagnostic categories.

A new study conducted by Spanish researchers has shown that psychiatric disorders, but not non-psychiatric neurological disorders have a shared genetic basis ...

Overall, the current study found, psychiatric disorders shared many of the same underlying genetic factors. Some of the greatest genetic overlap was seen ...

New research warns that the normalisation of 'plus-size' body shapes may be leading to an increasing number of people underestimating their ...

Dr Raya Muttarak, from the University of East Anglia, said plus-size clothing ranges, such as Marks & Spencer's range for 'curvy' women sized 18 to 32, may be ...

Thirty-nine percent of American adults were obese, compared to 17.8 percent of children.

The Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center in Stroudsburg says that many people have requested opossums to release into their yards.

Incidents of tick-borne Lyme disease have tripled in the U.S. over the past 20 years. (Photo courtesy of Catherine Bouchard). By Patrice Hanlon, correspondent |.

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The irritating "plink, plink" sounds of a dripping tap has caused many a sleepless night. But now Cambridge University has discovered what causes it, and how to ...

It's one of the most recognisable and annoying sounds of modern life. Now scientists are claiming to have 'solved the riddle' of what makes taps drip and ...

Dr Windell Boutte is facing nearly 100 complains from former patients.

The so-called "dancing doctor" who was suspended and sued when her medical moves went viral is now speaking out.

Government video released Monday showed migrant children held in cages. Audio published that same day by ProPublica captured the wails of kids crying out ...

Since early May, the Trump administration's “zero-tolerance” immigration policy has resulted in the detention of more than 2000 children, according to the.

The psychological and physical effects of serious trauma are likely to impact the children being separated from their families at the US border for years.

Attorneys, politicians, and journalists all describe a bureaucracy unprepared for the challenges of reuniting large numbers of children forcibly separated from ...

Doctors say a woman who complained of a bump that moved on her face actually had a worm underneath her skin.

Mostly Harmless Gaming addiction might be being take seriously in some quarters, but scientists are starting to think that it mght not be a real psych...

The World Health Organisation have classified "gaming disorder" as a mental health problem. Mark Beaumont wonders if he's a victim.

The World Health Organization just added “gaming disorder” to the most recent version of its diagnostic tool and not everybody is happy about it.

Researchers say World Health Organisation's warnings over 'gaming disorder' are premature and say other factors affect child wellbeing.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is pouring $4 million into a project to create killer mosquitoes that destroy each other through sex. It's a bold bid to curb...

MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates is pouring £3million into a project to create killer mosquitoes that destroy each other through sex. It's a bold bid to curb malaria, ...

To date, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated more than $2 billion towards fighting malaria.

Scientists at British biotech firm Oxitec are infecting female mosquitoes (the only ones that bite) with a hereditary gene that means their offspring cannot survive ...

A man who sued two doctors for failing to test him for HIV was awarded $18.4 million by a federal jury. The man was eventually diagnosed with HIV and the virus ...

BOSTON — A federal jury has awarded $18.4 million in damages to a man who said in a lawsuit that two doctors failed to test him for HIV, which allowed the ...

A court has awarded a man $18.4 million in damages after two of his former physicians did not test him for HIV even though he was at high risk of contracting the ...

Lobsters are immortal. Kind of. Along with tasting delicious when dipped in butter and garlic, lobsters have another great trait: They constantly produce ...

Jamison Stam's doctors gave him no life expectancy when he was born in May 2017 because of a severe genetic disorder. Now at one year old, Jamison has ...

A mom from Washington state bathes her 1-year-old son in bleach twice a week, because she wants him to defy the odds for children born with his rare genetic ...

A mother in Washington revealed she has to bathe her 1-year-old son in bleach due to a rare genetic skin disorder that leaves him covered in scabs and sores.

A mom has to give her baby Jamison baths in bleach solutions and rub off skin the child was born with Harlequin ichthyosis, a lifelong, terminal genetic disorder ...

Doctors don't know what causes Alzheimer's disease or the best way to treat it, but they have new evidence to suggest that a common virus may play a role in ...

Two herpes viruses that cause skin rashes in toddlers may accelerate Alzheimer's disease when they infect brain cells. The finding suggests antiviral drugs ...

Thursday, people all over the world are doing things they love to celebrate the longest day of the year and to find and end to Alzheimer's disease.Every 65 ...

The World Health Organization says playing videos game can be an addiction.

People been celebrating the World Health Organization's (WHO) decision to remove gender dysphoria from its list of mental disorders. But not everyone can ...

Monday, the World Health Organization announced a proposal to include “gaming disorder” on its manual of disease classifications.

A mighty weed with a pretty flower but a toxic sap that can cause burns and even blindness has been spreading across the nation's northeast. The giant ...

This dangerous plant has been spotted in NY and it could cause severe burns and blindness. If you see it, do not go near it.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- We've all heard of poison ivy, but another poisonous plant popping up in states across the southeast is making headlines this week for ...

Giant hogweed, a huge plant with sap that can cause burns and blindness, was confirmed for the first time in Virginia.

Migrant children suffered physical abuse, including forced injections of psychotropic drugs, at private youth shelters contracted by the U.S. government to house ...

A lawsuit alleges that some U.S. detention centers for migrant children forced them to take psychiatric drugs to manage trauma, known as a 'chemical straight ...

Facebook rejected this story: Immigrant children reportedly being subdued with powerful psychiatric drugs.

Immigrant children who were detained near Houston, and in some cases separated from their parents at the border, were forced by authorities to take a range of ...

A 9-year-old boy in Greece permanently damaged his left eye by staring into a laser pointer's green beam. An examination revealed a large hole in his macula ...

Vision in the 9-year-old boy's injured left eye is 20/100 and doctors who treated him said it's not possible to restore normal vision to that eye. The boy's right eye ...

A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking into a green laser pointer, which doctors discovered after he began complaining of decreased.

A 9-year-old boy burned a hole in his retina by repeatedly looking into a green laser pointer, which doctors discovered after he began complaining of decreased ...

A medical study out of Massachusetts General Hospital may have found a way to help people living with Type 1 diabetes using a common tuberculosis vaccine.

BOSTON (CBS) – Researchers at Mass General Hospital announced a breakthrough in treating Type 1 Diabetes. In a long-term study released Thursday, ...

The causes of Type 1 diabetes can be significantly reversed over several years with just two injections of a common tuberculosis vaccine injected a few weeks ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Research out of Massachusetts General Hospital founds that a vaccine can reverse advanced cases of Type 1 diabetes. After testing ...

Imagine if a vaccine could put the blood sugar levels of Type 1 diabetes sufferers back to near normal levels and more importantly, keep them there! A new study ...

With summer comes mosquitoes. Florida has seen Zika to West Nile-- but University of Florida researchers have now found a new mosquito borne virus, and it's ...

The first human case of a mosquito-borne virus has been found in a teenage boy in North Central Florida, according to researchers at the University of Florida.

(WFLA) - The first human case of a mosquito-borne virus has been found in a teenage boy in North Central Florida, according to researchers at the University of ...

A mosquito-borne illness originally found in the Tampa Bay area has been confirmed in a human for the first time, according to University of Florida.

The first human case of Keystone virus has been confirmed in a Florida teen, but it's likely that the mosquito-borne disease is common among state residents.

A team of researchers from the University of Naples Federico II and the University of Salerno has found that eels exposed to very small amounts of cocaine in the ...

European rivers -- and surface waters worldwide, for that matter -- have taken pollution to new extremes. It's so bad that eels are getting high on cocaine residue ...

Humans aren't alone in a battle with illicit drugs, which have penetrated waterways worldwide via wastewater and other means. European eels are feeling the ...

The concentration of cocaine in some British rivers may be high enough to make eels hyperactive and to derail their reproductive cycles, a study suggests.

By Euan McKirdy, CNN The relatives of more than 450 patients who died after being over-prescribed drugs while in hospital have called for the British ...