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How Safe and Effective Are Sunscreens?
Sunscreens are improving but are still inadequate, says the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Full Story
Stopping PPI Drugs Causes Acid Reflux Symptoms
Healthy people who take acid-blocking proton pump inhibitors for just a few months experienced reflux-related symptoms when they stopped taking them. Full Story
Fattest State Weighs Its Options
It's official, again. For the fifth year in a row, Mississippi is still the nation's heaviest state -- ground zero for obesity in the U.S. Full Story
Celiac Disease Cases Are on the Rise
Celiac disease -- the digestive disorder treated by banning wheat and other grains containing gluten from the diet -- is four times more common in the U.S. today than it was 50 years ago, a study shows. Full Story
Baby Born After Ovarian Transplant
French doctors report that a woman who banked her ovarian tissue before sickle cell anemia treatment had a baby girl after getting her ovarian tissue transplanted back into her. Full Story
Genetic Pattern Found in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder
A vast number of common gene variants come together in a perfect storm to increase risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, new studies reveal. Full Story
Cholesterol OK? Statins Still Help Heart
Millions of people without established heart disease could benefit from cholesterol-lowering statin therapy even if they don't have high cholesterol, a new analysis suggests. Full Story
FDA May Restrict Acetaminophen
The FDA should put new restrictions on the common painkiller acetaminophen, an advisory committee recommended Tuesday, saying the move would protect people from potential toxicity that can cause liver failure and even death. Full Story
Who Marries and When
Only 17% of American women haven?t married by age 35, compared to 25% of men, new research indicates. Full Story
CRP Test May Not Predict Heart Disease
CRP, a marker of inflammation in the body, does not cause heart disease, and CRP measures don't help much in predicting heart disease, new studies show. Full Story
Daily Sex May Help Men's Fertility
Men with a history of fertility problems may curb DNA-damaged sperm by ejaculating for seven days in a row, a new study shows. Full Story
Rheumatoid Arthritis: New Treatment Target
Scientists have found a potential new target for rheumatoid arthritis treatment: an immune system compound called tenascin-C. Full Story
Teen Fatalism Linked to Risky Behavior
New research challenges the widely held belief that teens underestimate the dangers associated with risky behaviors because they think they are invincible. Full Story
White-Coat Hypertension Not Benign
White coat hypertension and masked hypertension are both clinically meaningful predictors of sustained high blood pressure, new research finds. Full Story
New Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug in the Works
An experimental drug called masitinib may ease rheumatoid arthritis symptoms in people who aren't helped by other drugs, a new study shows. Full Story
Swine Flu Vaccine: The Race is On
The U.S. is racing to make huge supplies of swine flu vaccine -- and trying to figure out how who needs it most -- even as the pandemic sweeps the globe. Full Story
New Clues on How Hypnosis Works
University of Geneva researchers say they found in a series of experiments using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that brain activity is different under hypnosis. Full Story
Fatty Diet Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
New research shows that people who eat a high-fat diet may be more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, especially if their dietary fat comes from animal foods such as meat and dairy products. Full Story
Young, HIV-Positive, and Unaware
About 50,000 adolescents and young adults between 13 and 24-years-of-age were living with the virus that causes AIDS in 2006, but nearly half of them didn?t know they were HIV infected, the CDC says. Full Story
1 Million Swine Flu Cases in U.S.
Over 1 million Americans have had swine flu, the CDC estimates. Half those cases have been in New York City. Full Story
