A Conservative Estimate For Dengue Fever Infections in India: 37 Million Each Year
Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
What Can We Learn From the Porn Industry About HIV?
Before getting naked and having sex in front of a camera, porn stars have to go through three checks - all for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases
The Hunt for Ebola
A CDC team races to Uganda just days after an outbreak of the killer virus to try to pinpoint exactly how it is transmitted to humans
If You Eat Too Much Silver, Your Skin Acts Like a Black-and-White Photo
A complex chemical reaction is responsible for argyria, the condition in which a person turns a deep shade of blue
In Sandy’s Wake, Watch Out for Pollution
Potentially contaminated water pooled in the streets could be a health risk
Women Can’t Do Pull Ups? Not So Fast
With enough training and determination, women can do pull-ups
Don’t Let the Ear Mites Bite
The New England Journal of Medicine recently posted this horror-inducing video of ear mites crawling around in some poor 70-year-old man’s ear
Five Kid Concussions in One Game Have Parents Questioning Pop Warner Football
Those concussions have hurtled this game to the forefront of the ongoing debate surrounding kids and football
PHOTOS: The Distressing Worldwide Boom in Cosmetic Surgery
Photographer Zed Nelson traveled the world documenting how body improvement has practically become a new religion
People Leave Hospitals Unhappy Because Doctors Are Mean
Many patients leave the emergency room unhappy because they feel belittled or ignored
Brain-Eating Crows May Help Spread Prion Diseases
Prions - the infectious proteins that cause illnesses in humans and other animals such as mad cow disease - can pass through the digestive systems of crows
Germophobes Take Note: Your Pillowcase Is As Dirty As Your Toilet
Bacterial swabs from toilet seats and pillowcases are pretty much indistinguishable
What Makes Temple Grandin’s Brain Special?
Temple Grandin, perhaps the world’s most famous person with autism, allowed scientists to peak into her exceptional brain for the first time in order to better understand the minds of savants
Downer News Bums Out Women But Not Men
Bad news delivered through the media increases women’s sensitivity to stressful situations, new research finds, but men are immune to such effects
Report Suggests Armstrong Not Just a Doper But a Pusher
Sources close to Armstrong have come forward admitting that not only did he dope, but he was at the center of the doping world
The FBI Would Like Everyone To Stop Shooting Lasers at Airplanes
Shooting a laser at an airplane could get you 20 years in prison
The Two Newest Nobel Prize Winners Opened Up Pandora’s Box of Stem Cell Research And Cloning
Today’s Nobel Prize in medicine went to Shinya Yamanaka and John Gurdon for their work on stem cell research and cloning
Black Mamba Venom Beats Morphine as a Painkiller
Black mambas’ toxicity turns out to have applications other than rodent-killing
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