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Eat Trans Fat, Get Big Belly

Over six years -- what would, in humans, be a 20-year span -- the monkeys who ate unsaturated fats upped their body weight by 1.8%. 'Trans fatty ac...

FDA Warns of Sleep Drug Risks

Some patients who’ve taken the drugs, which include popular brands like Ambien and Lunesta, have reported participating in behaviors akin to sleepw...

Pacifiers May Protect Babies from SIDS

Questions included pacifier use, sleep position, and the conditions in which the baby slept. That advice is credited with a drop in SIDS deaths, wr...

Kids' Choking Hazards May Go Unnoticed

11, 2004 -- Parents may need a refresher course on items that could pose a choking hazard to children, according to new research. Choking is often ...

Straight Talk on Invisible Braces

The company says its computer imaging technology doesn't work for growing teeth. Right here: 'Twenty or 30 years ago we weren't treating too many a...

After Opioids, Benzodiazepine Use Raises Concern

There was a 570% increase in substance abuse treatment admissions with both benzodiazepine and prescription opioid abuse from 2000 to 2010, accordi...

Monounsaturated Fats Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

'It's not enough to reduce total calories from fat in our diet,' Alice Lichtenstein, PhD, professor of nutrition at Tufts University and member of ...

Could Fermented Foods Boost Your Health?

“If you’re consuming a diet rich in fermented foods, you’re essentially bathing your GI tract in healthy, food- related organisms,” says food scien...

LASIK Surgery: Safer Than Contacts?

benefits of contacts and laser surgery have been difficult because surgical complications are immediate and the risks associated with contact lense...

Saturated Fats: what to Know Now

“When people reduce their saturated fat content, if they replace saturated fat with refined carbohydrates like white bread, bagels, and white rice,...

Pacifiers Crawling with Germs

If your child uses a pacifier, sanitize them each evening, Glass says: “Sanitizing them can reduce the number of organisms and prevent biofilm from...

Pacifiers Threaten Baby's Teeth

Now a new study shows that pacifiers can cause improper bites -- just like thumb sucking. But those who sucked a pacifier were more likely to have ...