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Cholesterol is not a myth

Cholesterol plaques that develop in arteries gradually occlude the blood vessels, leading to various problems. — TNS Thirty-nine years in medical practice, together with the...

This is how much time obesity cuts off your life

The more overweight you are, the more likely you are to die. Put another way: Being overweight or obese is associated with a higher risk...

Yellow fever outbreaks in Africa need action, mass vaccination: WHO

In this Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 file photo, a health worker injects a young boy with yellow fever vaccine in Seguela in northern Ivory Coast....

Testosterone may lower heart attack risk in older men, says study

Older men with clogged arteries who took testosterone therapy seemed to have a lower risk of heart attacks than men who did not take the...

Obesity rises at unprecedented pace worldwide

The past 40 years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of obese adults worldwide, climbing to about 640 million from 105 million in...

The Mysterious Thing About a Marvelous New Synthetic Cell

Scientists have created a bacterium with a minimal, life-sustaining genome, but they don’t know what a third of its genes do. In 2010, a team...

Red Cross Moves to Keep Zika Out of Blood Supply

The American Red Cross on Wednesday asked potential blood donors who have traveled to areas where Zika infection is active to wait 28 days before...

Zika virus spreading explosively – WHO

photo source: livescience.com The Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas and the region may see up to four million cases of the disease...