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Why you are only now seeing the Stanford sex offender’s mugshots

June 11, 2018 at 10:12 p.m.

The media paid attention when a California judge sentenced a committed sex offender to just six months of jail time last week after prosecutors asked for years in state prison....

Pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 4, 2016.

We may have Kanye West to blame for ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli

June 12, 2018 at 2:54 a.m.

Martin Shkreli, the former Turing Pharmaceuticals chief executive whose AIDS drug price hike earned him notoriety and widespread scorn, wants to buy Kanye West's new album that the rapper premiered...

"Alcohol can permanently harm a developing baby before a woman knows she is pregnant," CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat said in a statement. "About half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned, and even if planned, most women won't know they are pregnant for the first month or so, when they might still be drinking. The risk is real. Why take the chance?"

CDC says women shouldn’t drink unless on birth control

June 12, 2018 at 3:01 a.m.

Consuming small amounts of alcohol normally doesn't carry a dire warning, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says millions of women could be putting their developing babies at...

Even when you eat a variety of healthy vegan foods, some nutrients will be hard to come by. DHA and EPA, two types of omega-3 fatty acids, are important for eye and brain development, as well as heart health. Omega-3 fatty acids are found mainly in fatty fish like salmon, though they can be made by the body in small amounts from ALA, another type of omega-3 that's found in plants like flaxseed, walnuts, canola oil and soy. A variety of foods, including soymilks and breakfast bars, are now fortified with DHA. Supplements of DHA/EPA made from algae are also available.

Baby in Spain contracts rare case of scurvy after drinking only almond milk

May 17, 2019 at 9:33 p.m.

Doctors diagnosed an 11-month-old baby in Spain with scurvy, a rare disease in developed countries, and believe his almond milk-only diet was to blame.The diagnosis, described this week in the...

Relationships as important for health as exercising and eating well

June 11, 2018 at 8:08 a.m.

Want to be healthy? Hit the gym. Eat nutritious foods. And ... hang out with people. The depth and breadth of your social connections will impact your health just as...

Sea snakes thought to be extinct show up in Australian waters

June 23, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

Humans haven't seen a living short-nosed sea snake in 15 years. But there they were, two such snakes swimming along in the waters of the Western Australian Ningaloo Reef. Luckily,...

How much sleep do you need per night? It depends.

How much sleep do you really need?

June 16, 2018 at 7:31 p.m.

Sleep is glorious and many of us feel like we aren't getting enough of it. Well, now you have numbers to consult! Just turn to the National Sleep Foundation's newly-released...

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