During a Friday appearance on Joe Rogan's podcast, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the unfounded claim that taking aspirin during pregnancy causes Reye's Syndrome, ...

If heavy drinking continues, the next stage can develop. This is when the liver becomes inflamed and swollen. Doctors call this alcoholic hepatitis. Some people feel only mild discomfort, while others ...

Punch, the viral baby monkey, is a Japanese macaque. Is this the same species of nonnative monkeys found in Central Florida?

Boxing is a combat sport. Things break, tear, swell, and bleed. That is not a reason to avoid it — millions of people train safely every day — but it is a reason to understand what can go wrong, how ...

Science’s success at staving off death from heart disease or cancer has made another diagnosis more likely: Dementia.

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Scientists have discovered that a single gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness—something previously thought to stem only from many genes acting together. People with certain variants of this ...

Yes, high blood sugar can cause heart palpitations. However, there are also many other potential causes, such as stress, low blood sugar, hormonal fluctuations, certain medications, and stimulants, ...

Until now, researchers assumed that schizophrenia, anxiety disorders or depression arise from an interplay of many different factors, including genetic ones. According to the World Health Organization ...

In 2018, there was a criminal case of a young woman who smoked a bong containing a high dose of cannabis (marijuana) provided by her new boyfriend. She was unaccustomed to smoking pot. After taking a ...

Ashley Wong, PharmD, is an experienced pharmacist and medical writer who translates medical and drug information into easily digestible language. Effect on memory: Benzodiazepines are known to affect ...

"You probably think we're the worst parents." I can't tell you how many times I've heard parents say this when they come for help with their child's defiant behavior. While nothing could be further ...