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How to Get Taller Fast – Increase Your Height & Grow Tall After 18

We’ve all been there. Puberty. It’s not a lot of fun but, oftentimes, growing taller is one of the main changes our body begin to [...]

At-home brain stimulation device could treat depression – but experts warn it could do damage

Scientists in Australia want people living in rural areas to try giving themselves brain stimulation treatments for depression at home.Brain-zapping has shown promise in clinical [...]

Woman who was abused by stepfather drops a whopping seven dress sizes

A mother-of-two has revealed she became overweight after experiencing abuse as a child, but it all changed when she met the love of her life, [...]

Could this gene explain the male infertility crisis? Scientists find DNA errors that hamper sperm

Could this gene explain the male infertility crisis? Scientists discover DNA errors that hamper sperm in mice - and it could provide answers for humansThe [...]

Michigan woman contracts rare parasitic eye infection from contact lenses

A Michigan woman contracted a parasitic eye infection from her contact lenses.Traci Lawson's left eye began turning red in September 2017 and, when she went [...]

Why your years-old measles vaccine is still valid

Why your decades-old measles shot IS still valid: A vaccine professor explains as he answers patients' top 5 questionsEyal Amiel is assistant professor of biomedicine [...]

Babies could be given an ‘obesity risk score’ at BIRTH, study suggests

Babies could be given an 'obesity risk score' at BIRTH: New algorithm can predict your genetic risk of weight gainAbout two-thirds of adults are overweight [...]

Project Runway judge Nina Garcia opens up about her preventative double mastectomy

Nina Garcia said she felt 'horror' when she tested positive for the BRCA gene, which raises a woman's breast cancer risk by up to 85 [...]

There are 23.1 MILLION missing female births in the world since 1970

The world's 23.1 MILLION missing women: Gender-bias abortions in India and China have led to uneven birth rates of boys and girls, study claims 10.6 million [...]

Four million people in Britain carry a ‘skinny gene’

Four million people in Britain carry a 'skinny gene' that curbs their appetite in discovery that could 'pave the way for a weight loss pill'A [...]

Scrap that early morning jog! Evening exercise appears to be better for you, two new studies find

Taking an evening jog may be better for you than going on a morning run, two new studies find.In research conducted on mice, scientists said [...]

Pregnant women exposed to air pollution may have children born with smaller heads, review reveals

Pregnant women who are exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution may give birth to babies with smaller heads, according to a review.Nitrogen dioxide, a [...]

Exercise may make you GAIN weight: People eat nearly a quarter more after a work out

Exercise may make you GAIN weight: People eat nearly a quarter more after a work out because 'they feel like they deserve it'Volunteers upped their [...]

US scientist has made genetically modified ‘three-parent’ embryos

New York scientists have prepared three-parent embryos and are ready to use them to impregnate four women with genetic disorders. But a law passed in 2015 [...]

Girl, 11, dies after a severe allergic reaction to TOOTHPASTE that contained a milk protein

An 11-year-old girl died after she suffered an allergic reaction to toothpaste and her mother is now warning other parents about the importance of reading [...]

Children as young as five decide if people are ‘mean or nice’ based on their faces alone

Kids DO judge a book by its cover: Children as young as five decide if people are 'mean or nice' based on their faces alone, [...]

Girl born without a BRAIN defies doctors by reaching her sixth birthday

A girl who was born with half her brain missing has defied doctors by living to reach the age of six. Lily Wetherall was expected to [...]

Heartwarming footage shows a toddler ‘who was born with BACKWARDS LEGS’ walking

Heartwarming footage shows a toddler who was born with backwards leg walking, running and playing following life-changing surgery.Victoria Komada was born with the one-in-a-million condition [...]

Drug used to treat high blood pressure could relieve Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s

A drug that is used to treat high blood pressure may relieve Parkinson's, Huntington's and Alzheimer's, research suggests. A study found felodipine reduced the toxic build-up [...]

Mother with varicose veins so painful she struggled to walk was refused NHS treatment TWELVE times

A woman with varicose veins so painful she broke down and cried to her GP for treatment was told only to come back when they [...]

Planned C-sections are £400 cheaper than vaginal births for the NHS, finds study

Delivering a baby by a planned caesarean section is cheaper for the NHS than a vaginal birth, research suggests. Around £400 could be saved once compensation costs [...]

Why Are High Levels Of Prolactin Bad For Both Men And Women?

Prolactin happens to be a hormone which has an impact on different hormones present in our body. This is a hormone that is found in [...]

Heroin Addiction Facts: How and Why Heroin Is Abused

Heroin addiction is a chronic illness that is often most effectively treated when the individual recognizes they have a problem early on and enters into [...]

Natural Treatments for Alcoholism & Addiction

Many people who are struggling with alcohol use and abuse are unaware of completely natural or holistic methods of treating the illness. Drug and alcohol [...]

How Yoga and Meditation Create Both a Flexible Body and Mind

When entering into a drug rehab program, the goal of the program is not only to help treat any addiction the patient may be facing, [...]

Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Treating Anorexia Nervosa

Eating disorder therapists rely primarily on cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical therapy and family-based therapy as anorexia nervosa treatment modalities. Recent research indicates that interpersonal therapy [...]

What Are the Options if Someone You Love Refuses Eating Disorder Treatment?

People with eating disorders are often reluctant to begin eating disorder treatment even though they are suffering physical and emotional consequences of their disorder. This [...]

What Is the Difference Between Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder?

Most people are familiar with the names of common eating disorders, such as bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. But most do not understand the [...]

FrankenSWINE? Scientists bring some functions in a pig’s BRAIN ‘back to life’

Scientists have been able to partially revive the brains of decapitated pigs that died four hours earlier in a groundbreaking study. Experts used tubes that pumped [...]

People who skip breakfast are five times more likely to die after a heart attack

People who skip breakfast and don't eat dinner until near their bedtime 'are FIVE TIMES less likely to survive a heart attack'Researchers based at the [...]

Want to lose weight AND beat diabetes? Skip breakfast with these lunch and dinner recipes

Butter chicken The curry includes eight chicken thighsThis easy, creamy curry doesn't have the sugar or commercial oil that a takeaway contains. Serve with cauliflower [...]

Food manufacturers will be responsible for thousands of needless cases of diabetes

Food giants will cause thousands of needless cases of diabetes, heart disease and bowel cancer if they fail to hit Government's sugar reduction targets, academics [...]

Family of 30-year-old who shockingly died in his prime listen to his heart inside recipient’s chest

The mother, fiancée and young son of a young man who died suddenly heard his heart beat again inside the chest of the woman who received it.David [...]

Zapping the brain REVERSES age-related memory loss in older people

Zapping the brain REVERSES age-related memory loss in older people as scientists claim they could 'no longer tell the pensioners given treatment apart from younger [...]

Beloved mother dies of drug-resistant superbug days after her son’s wedding at her bedside

A loving mother and teacher has died after contracting a drug-resistant superbug that is increasingly prevalent in the US.Stephanie Spoor, 64, was hospitalized with a [...]

Half of Americans delayed a medical or dental procedure because they couldn’t afford it

Half of Americans put off going to the doctor or dentists for a procedure they need because they're afraid of the bill, new research suggests. But [...]