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Fewer than one-third of pregnant American women gained an appropriate amount of weight during their pregnancies, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control.

Too many women gain too much weight during pregnancy, CDC says

August 19, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

A pregnant woman eats for two, as the saying goes. But in the United States, a lot of them are eating for three or more. A new study from the...

Teens who were bullied at age 13 were more likely to be depressed as adults, according to a new study. The findings suggest that curbing bullying in schools will improve public health years later. Above, high school students write notes acknowledging their own bullying behavior.

Depression in adults can be traced to bullying by teens, study says

May 9, 2019 at 7:51 a.m.

Bullying may be responsible for nearly 30% of cases of depression among adults, a new study suggests. By tracking 2,668 people from early childhood through adulthood, researchers found that 13-year-olds...

Nurses attend to a patient at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. A new study finds that registered nurses who are men earn more than their counterparts who are women.

Is a male nurse worth $5,148 more than a female nurse?

June 15, 2018 at 9:47 p.m.

For nurses, it pays to be a man. Registered nurses who are male earn nearly $11,000 more per year than RNs who are female, new research shows. Only about half...

Neil Patrick Harris walks onstage in his tighty whities during the 2015 Oscars telecast. A new study of more than 15,000 men examines the average length of a penis.

Science goes to great lengths to measure average penis size

June 16, 2018 at 6:33 p.m.

Researchers finally have answered one of the most compelling questions in the field of medicine: What is a normal size for a penis? The answer, according to anatomically precise measurements...

New research on electronic cigarettes finds that when used on a high-voltage setting, they can produce more formaldehyde than traditional cigarettes.

E-cigarettes can produce more formaldehyde than regular cigarettes, study says

March 28, 2019 at 10:16 p.m.

A preliminary study in the New England Journal of Medicine raises a new worry about electronic cigarettes – exposure to formaldehyde. Under certain conditions, taking 10 puffs from an e-cigarette...

Mouth to mouth: Kissing transfers 80 million bacteria, scientists say

March 29, 2019 at 10:53 a.m.

Scientists have demonstrated that boys (well, men) really do have cooties (a simplified term for bacteria) that can spread to girls (OK, women) by kissing them. In fact, a 10-second...

Trouble swallowing pills? You’re probably doing it wrong, study says

August 19, 2019 at 2:55 a.m.

If you have trouble swallowing pills, it's not your fault. You've just been doing it wrong. And now a group of German experts is ready to show you a better...

A new analysis of 2010 data from hospitals nationwide found that prescription painkillers, known as opioids, were involved in 68% of overdoses treated in emergency rooms. Hospital care for those overdose victims cost an estimated $1.4 billion.

Opioids prescribed by doctors led to 92,000 overdoses in ERs in one year

March 29, 2019 at 12:58 p.m.

Prescription drug overdoses, a dangerous side effect of the nation's embrace of narcotic painkillers, are a "substantial" burden on hospitals and the economy, according to a new study of emergency...

NASA spacecraft around Mars sends images of comet Siding Spring

August 23, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has released the first resolved images of comet Siding Spring's nucleus -- and it's a lot smaller than people expected. The nucleus of the comet that...

Lose weight to gain brain power? Study says it may work

August 19, 2019 at 2:50 a.m.

Weight-loss surgery can make you thinner. But can it make you smarter too? It's a question that scientists have wondered about, since they know the reverse is true. Studies have...

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