An antibiotic-resistant “superbug,” long a problem in health-care settings, is now taking up residence in people’s homes, a new U.S. study finds. Methicillin-resistant Stap... Read more
If you lose weight too fast, you lose more muscle than when you shed excess pounds more slowly, a small study says. The researchers put 25 participants on a five-week very-low-calorie diet o... Read more
Today’s typical heroin user is a middle-class suburban dweller who started off with prescription painkillers, a new study reports. Once mainly a problem of teens living in impoverished... Read more
Laughter triggers brain waves similar to those associated with meditation, according to a small new study. It also found that other forms of stimulation produce different types of brain wave... Read more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing long-awaited regulations governing the fast-growing electronic cigarette industry. The new rules, made public on April 24, would give the F... Read more
Spending time in the bright morning light may help you slim down, new research suggests. The small study found that people exposed to more light earlier, rather than later, in the day tended... Read more
A small amount of weight loss might help combat sleep apnea, a new study suggests. Finnish researchers said losing as little as 5 percent of body weight seems to lead to significant improvem... Read more
The benefits of mammography screening are probably oversold, while the risks – especially “overdiagnosis” – are underappreciated, a new review concludes. The report, published in the April 2... Read more
Healthy Americans shouldn’t take vitamin E or beta carotene supplements to help prevent heart disease or cancer, an influential government panel of experts concludes. The same group said the... Read more
Doctors warn that a garden-variety type of bacteria, which is normally present in the human intestinal tract, may be morphing into a tough-to-treat superbug. A new report from physicians in... Read more
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