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It’s not news that tobacco’s bad for your health--nearly half a million Americans die from tobacco-related illnesses every year. And among people who abuse drugs and alcohol, more than three-quarters use tobacco, which means tobacco is still the leading killer of the drug-dependent, not hard drugs. [More]

New study finds gay men almost twice as likely to have had cancer as straight men; lesbians, bi-women have poorer health

Cancer care in the 19th Century was even more primitive than you might imagine

De-stress in a brewery, a prison, even underwater — the world's strangest spas are in the last places you'd look.

Tumors went untreated much longer - and became more disfiguring - in the 19th Century

South Korean study suggests number of kids with autism-spectrum disorder may be higher than U.S. had estimated

Do Blind People Suffer from Seasonal Depression?

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Its nickname is "Isla del Encanto," or "Island of Enchantment," and on the surface, Puerto Rico seems to fulfill every paradisiacal promise made about it by glossy travel magazines. The 111 x 36 mile island has a remarkable range of geological, biological, and habitat diversity, including a rain forest, a dry forest, mangroves, karst formations, three bioluminescent bays, and one of the largest underground cave systems in the world.

Editor-in-Chief Mariette DiChristina and her daughters inflate a balloon with yeast, the tiny organisms that make bread rise in the oven.

Placing second in a business plan competition convinced David Weber and Kenny Lao that they had a viable business idea. Six years and 70 employees later, they're going strong. At Rickshaw Dumpling Bar's second, soon-to-open location in New York City, boxes are being unloaded, equipment is being cleaned, and new workers are being trained

Tom Lehman won the Regions Tradition for his third victory in seven Champions Tour events this year, beating Peter Senior with a par on the second hole of a playoff Sunday.

PGT: Lucas Glover beat Jonathan Byrd on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the PGA tournament at Quail Hollow on Sunday.

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By Matt Kaplan of Nature magazine Modern mammals often live in groups, but most marsupials are solitary. [More]