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Researchers for the first time have linked air pollution exposure before birth with lower IQ scores in childhood, bolstering evidence that smog may harm the developing brain.

The results are in a study of 249 children of New York City women who wore backpack air monitors for 48 hours during the last few months of pregnancy. They lived in mostly low-income neighborhoods in northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. They had varying levels of exposure to typical kinds of urban air pollution, mostly from car, bus and truck exhaust.

China's Health Ministry has ordered a hospital to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there was no scientific evidence it worked.

He was enormously obese — a lost soul with no friends and no life who had given up on himself and on life.

Cutting daily calorie intake by 30 percent may put the brakes on the aging process, have beneficial effects on the brain, and result in a longer life span, according to a new 20-year study of monkeys published in the journal Science.

If you pigged out at cookouts on July 4th, try these 6 tricks to fight belly bloat fast.

Millions living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the U.S. are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a much greater risk of contracting cancer, according to new EPA data.

Women who have their stomachs stapled can cut their cancer risk by up to 40% - but men don't seem to reap the benefit, a study shows.

Are you sick of grocery shopping busting your budget – and your diet – before you even hit the checkout line?!  Personal trainer and Holistic Health counselor Christine Boutross shared with us her top Fabulous & Frugal shopping tips that will benefit your body – and your wallet!

The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows.

The Food and Drug Administration says Zicam nasal spray can permanently damage users’ sense of smell.