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Tattoos and body piercings have become so popular in western societies that many consider them fashion trends.
Drug abuse and sexual risk behavior was found to increase parole revocation, according to a new study.
The increasingly popular and addictive club drug ketamine, also known as “Special K” causes a variety of urinary tract problems that are more likely to occur with heavier or more frequent use, according to a new UK study.
Those who successfully quit smoking had a weaker association between their urge to smoke and their ability to quit, A new study found using mobile technology.
Sales of popular prescription painkillers in the U.S. have shown dramatic rises in new parts of the country, the Associated Press reports, and experts believe the push to relieve patients’ suffering is producing an addiction epidemic.
Underage female drinkers have been at a growing risk of fatal car crashes in recent years -- so much that they've caught up with their male counterparts, according to a study in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago.
Federal health regulators said on Friday that tobacco companies must report how much ammonia, formaldehyde, nicotine, nitrosamines, carbon monoxide, and other chemicals that have been associated with health conditions or addiction starting in June 2012.
New York state banned synthetic marijuana on Thursday after the alternative drug was linked to serious health problems.
Schizophrenia has long been known to be hereditary. However, as a melting pot of disorders with different genetic causes is concealed behind manifestations of schizophrenia, research has still not been able to identify the main gene responsible to this day.
LONDON (Reuters) - Tobacco-related deaths have nearly tripled in the past decade and big tobacco firms are undermining public efforts that could save millions, a report led by the health campaign group the World Lung Foundation (WLF) said on Wednesday.
A fresh look at past studies suggests kids who live with a smoker are more likely to wheeze or get asthma, providing more evidence for the link between secondhand smoke and breathing problems.
Research into the way memory works could lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of alcoholism. Memories associated with triggering relapse in alcoholics could be treated at the point of recall, deleting the unconscious stimulus that spark craving for drink.
Teenagers who stick to the healthy lifestyle of their younger years are significantly happier than their peers who turn to drink, cigarettes, and junk food.
Young Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Reveals Her $200,000 Bionic Hands 
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
Cell Phones May Raise Blood Pressure, but Yoga May Lower It 
Skydiving Never Gets Less Stressful 
Star Trek Into Darkness: How Would Your Body Feel in Space? 
Study Finds Brain Dictates Which Ear Cell Phones Go To 
CDC Announces One in Five Children Has a Mental Illness in the U.S. 
Being Physically Fit in Mid-life Could Protect Men from Cancer 20 Years Later 
PTSD Linked to Diabetes Risk, Study 
