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Dutch company PAL-V has created a car-plane hybrid that can cruise through the air as easily as it can down the street
Read More »U.S. obesity rates may be underestimated, study finds: Blame BMI test?
Researchers call body mass index a "baloney mass index" when it comes to accurate obesity measures
Read More »Study: Fried foods not always bad for you
Research finds regularly eating fried food doesn't cause heart attacks -- it's type of oil, not amount consumed that matters
Read More »Video: Fried foods aren’t always that bad: study
Are fried foods really that bad for us? Dr. Holly Phillips reports on a new study that shows eating fried foods, even on a regular basis, doesn't necessarily lead directly to heart disease
Read More »Dallas Wiens’ face transplant progress revealed in new images
Wiens addressed media at Brigham and Women's Hospital a little more than one year after his surgery was performed
Read More »Video: Gene testing provides insight into disease risks
A major study focusing on identical twins looked at 24 different diseases and calculated the usefulness of genetic testing. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.
Read More »Face transplant patient can feel daughter’s kisses
Face transplant patient can feel daughter's kisses
Read More »Melanoma on rise in young women: Why?
Deadly skin cancer saw rates rise 8-fold in young women from 1970 to 2009, according to Mayo Clinic study
Read More »Some kids with severe autism may "bloom" out of disorder
Study found about one in 10 children with severe autism got rid of symptoms by age 8; researchers dubbed them "bloomers"
Read More »Video: Early signs of Autism
On World Autism Awareness Day, experts say the best thing parents can do is educate themselves about the early warning signs. Ines Ferre reports
Read More »Sweet and toxic: Is sugar really ‘poison’?
How could something so sweet be so bad for you? That’s exactly the point.
Read More »Video: Living with an autistic teenager
Fifteen year-old Bill Colliton loves the guitar. He plays baseball, and rides the bus to school.
Read More »What are top places to live for people with autism?
A 2011 survey by Autism Speaks set out to find the top places to live for people with autism in terms of access to educational, medical and recreational services; For 2012, the same issues for parents persist
Read More »Long-term hormone use ups breast cancer risk, even estrogen
Study tracked 60,000 women and found long-term hormone use of any kind raised risk
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