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October 28, 2015

Is your dog therapist material?

Therapy dogs bring joy to hospitals, classrooms, and nursing homes. Here's how you and your four-footed pet can join this caring community

October 28, 2015

Wal-Mart, Humana reward healthy food purchases

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, is joining with healthcare insurer Humana Inc to trim the cost of healthy foods for some customers

October 28, 2015

Young people also weigh surgery to relieve ugly, painful bunions

Grandma isn't the only one with bunions. Just 26 years old, Kacey Barker, of Haverhill, Mass., found herself with a painful joint jutting out from the base of her left big toe

October 28, 2015

How to Prevent Osteopenia

Millions of Americans over the age of 30 suffer from a condition called osteopenia – but what exactly is it?

October 28, 2015

Dogs Have Same Understanding as Babies, Study Says

A new report in Current Biology highlights that some dogs have the skills of a 6-month-old baby

October 28, 2015

9 bad habits: Should you worry?

We know a bad habit when we see one. Smoking? Check! Not exercising? Duh! Gorging on doughnuts? Of course! But what about, say, eating lunch at your desk? Turns out that can be worse for you than you'd think 

October 28, 2015

Wood Stoves May Cause Cancer, Heart Disease

A wood-burning stove in your home may be a great source of heat during the cold winter, but new data shows that invisible particles produced by burning wood may cause cancer and heart disease

October 28, 2015

Philip Morris Fights Australian Packaging Rules

Tobacco giant Philip Morris launched legal action on Monday against the Australian government over the country's plans to strip company logos from cigarette packages and replace them with grisly images of cancerous mouths, sickly children and bulging, blinded eyes

October 28, 2015

Gene scans help solve mystery diseases in kids, adults

They were mystery diseases that had stumped doctors for years - adults with strange symptoms and children with neurological problems, mental slowness or muscles too weak to let them stand. Now scientists say they were able to crack a quarter of these cases by decoding the patients' genes.

October 28, 2015

People with HIV struggle to recognize fear

People infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have a harder time than healthy individuals recognizing fear in the faces of others