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How can sexually transmitted diseases be stopped? Public health officials have taken some surprising approaches

New study finds those with low BMI more likely than heavier counterparts to have markers of Alzheimer's

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Most would-be parents prefer boys, not girls.

Trevor MacDonald and Jessie Pierfelice are getting married after meeting three years ago while waiting in line outside a Super Target in Hurst, TX on Black Friday.

Underweight patients up to 40 percent more likely to die than overweight patients 30 days after surgery

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Taking supplements can give people a false sense of invulnerability -- and a stronger inclination to have causal sex, skip exercising and lounge in the sun, a new study shows.

Erica Hill and Jeff Glor talk to Dr. Holly Phillips about new research that shows three servings of whole grain fiber a day may help lower the risks of colorectal cancer.

Canadian task force recommends against annual screening mammograms for women in their forties

At a recent math conference, Rouslan Krechetnikov watched his colleagues gingerly carry cups of coffee. Why, he wondered, did the coffee sometimes spill and sometimes not

This past week, I was jolted out of my chair by news that a Pfizer-led group plans to buy access to patient data in hospitals . My initial reaction was anger, on a variety of levels: as a researcher, as one who is increasingly wary of the reach of huge corporations, and as an individual

Millions of pacemakers have been successfully implanted in the past half century to regulate erratic heartbeats , but the electrical leads, which connect the device to the heart, complicate the surgery and increase infection risks. The heart's continuous and vigorous beating also creates strain on the leads and can damage them over time. [More]

Thanksgiving is just days away, a time to feast with family. And to avoid food-borne bacterial infections. [More]

courtesy of iStockphoto/MrPants Instead of cutting into a dead body to determine the cause of death, some coroners are already calling in a radiologist instead .