MEDICINE & HEALTHCanadian researchers warn that a strain of cancer-like tapeworm is making its way to North America and is likely to have originated from dogs imported from Europe. 7 cases have been reported of human Alveolar echinococcosis in the US.
Qualitative evidence links psychological stress to the premature graying of hair. But surprisingly, it also showed that it is reversible when stress is eliminated.
A twenty-year-old study confirms the link between childhood depression to adult anxiety and functional outcomes, like substance use disorder, and worse health and social functioning.
Life stressors and everyday frustration can undermine relationships. But during lockdowns, a new study reveals that blaming the pandemic may actually leave couples happier.
The branch of biology called epigenetics aims to understand how a person's environment, behavior, and a host of other factors affect the function and behavior of his or her genes - and a new study helps shed light on one of its mysteries.
The FDA and CDC have issued a voluntary recall of a single lot of bone grafts coming from a single donor cadaver that is suspected of causing the recent bizarre tuberculosis outbreak in over 20 states.
A new metric for obesity diagnosis called a body shape index or ABSI, which takes into account gender, weight, age, height, and weight circumference appears to be a more effective tool.
The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declares the end of the second Ebola outbreak in Guinea, which emerged in mid-February and claimed 12 lives.