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Researchers have found that fish living near waste water treatment plants in urban areas contained trace amounts of chemicals, including drugs used to treat allergies, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and mood disorders.

Music therapy is widely known for its mood-enhancing and stress-reducing effects. Some researchers now speculate that positive emotional responses to music may help restore vision in stroke patients.

An extract made from the African mango (Irvingia gabonensis) may help overweight people lose weight and lower their cholesterol levels, researchers report in the online journal Lipids in Health and Disease.

A recent study supports growing evidence that eating too much meat may be unhealthy. Researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute found that a diet rich in red and processed meats increased the risk of death, particularly from cancer and heart disease.

A new study suggests that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active component in marijuana, may help destroy brain cancer cells.

According to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, drinking hot black tea may increase the risk of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, the most common type of esophageal cancer.

New evidence suggests that maggot therapy, a technique that uses live maggots to clean non-healing wounds, may be more painful and less effective for leg ulcers than standard treatment.

A new study suggests that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may offer some benefit to children with autism.

A recent study suggests that supplementation with B-vitamins may help prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in older Americans.

Individuals with low levels of vitamin D may be more likely to catch colds or the flu, a new study suggests.

According to a new report from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), about one-third of the 12 most common adult cancers may be preventable by making healthy lifestyle choices. The report did not include cancers that could be prevented by not smoking.

In a recent study, working long hours was associated with decreased cognitive function in middle-aged adults.

A new study suggests that calcium may help reduce the risk of digestive cancers in older adults.

In a new study, children with peanut allergies experienced improved tolerance after taking low doses of peanut allergens that were gradually increased over time.

According to a recent cross-section study, drinking two servings of regular soda daily may increase the risk of kidney damage in women.