HEALTH

In 2009, Charla Nash, 57, was mauled by a friend's 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., and lost her eyelids, nose, lips and hands in the incident. Nash, who was unable to see, smell and speak properly, recently underwent a 20-hour face transplant surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass.

New findings by researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Children's Hospital Boston have shown the presence of a type of "good" fat or "brown" fat that might be able to combat the obesity and diabetes epidemics. Researchers foresee this new revelation as a tool to combat childhood obesity.

Women suffering from depression and taking help of antidepressants are more likely to have stroke, according to a Harvard research based on 80,000 women.

Depressed women may be at a risk of having a stroke, according to recent study of more than 80,000 women.

Researchers have developed a super-thin "skin-patch" that mounts onto the skin like a temporary tattoo and has an array of electronic components that allows researchers to track key vital signs from patients. The patches are already able to monitor the heart, various other muscles and brain activity.

Jennifer Hudson's fiance David Otunga said he is "impressed" with his future wife's weight loss. "I'm as impressed as everybody else," the 31-year-old wrestler said.

Charla Nash, 57, was attacked in Stamford, Conn., in 2009 by a friend's 200-pound chimpanzee, which ripped off her nose, lips, eyelids and hands.

Scientists at MIT are developing a new drug that has the potential to revolutionize medicine with its ability to treat almost any viral infection.

Scientists in Hong Kong are embarking on a study to identify genes that are responsible for high cholesterol and heart disease in patients in southern China, which they hope will pave the way for the design of better drugs.

Charla Nash, 57, was mauled by a friend's 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford, Conn., in 2009. Her eyelids, nose, lips and hands were ripped off in the gruesome incident. Nash lost her ability to see, smell and speak properly. She underwent surgery at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass., and became one of a small number of people in the world to get a full face transplant.

Although Walgreens will reportedly sell health insurance in its stores, a recent court decision could alter the drugstore chain's plans.

A report recently published in the British Medical Journal predicted that a 15 percent reduction in salt consumption could save 8.5 million lives in the next decade.

Charla Nash, 57, a Connecticut woman, Thursday revealed her new face after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009. Brigham and Women?s Hospital, where Nash underwent a historic 20-hour face transplant in May, released the first post-surgery photograph of Charla Nash, this morning and a statement by her.

John A. Rogers of the University of Illinois told CBS News that "We are trying to do here is to really reshape and redefine electronics...to look a lot more like the human body, in this case the surface layers of the skin."

An advanced skin-like device engineered by a team of scientists led by professor John Rogers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign may replace the bulky wires and electrodes now used to assess body functions, such as brain activity, new research found.

The CDC reported Friday the first person in the U.S. died from a vampire bat bite last year, prompting attention to the possibility of vampire bats' expansion into the country.

Pennsylvania researchers used a "killer" technique where patients with leukemia had some of their own blood removed and genetically reprogrammed to attack tumor cells. The treatment made the most common type of leukemia disappear in two patients, and reduced cancer cells by 70 percent in a third.

Nash underwent successful facial transplant surgery in May

Middle-aged to older women who suffer from depression and are taking antidepressants were found to be associated with a 29 percent higher risk of having a stroke, according to Harvard researchers.

Women who suffer from depression and use antidepressants have an increased risk of stroke, say Harvard researchers.

Organic agriculture, long seen as the best foot forward for supporting good health has now found new proof in a recent study that expects to reduce existence of drug-resistant bacteria on U.S. farms that "go organic".

A Mexican teenager is the first officially known person to die from vampire bat bite and infection with human rabies. The 19-year-old victim was a migrant farm worker from Michoacan, who got bitten on the heel by a vampire bat in July.

The famous research hospital is helping mall-goes leave the shopping center feeling better.

The face transplant from the chimp attack is a success so far.

Temporary tattoos don't just look cool: A special one could end up saving your life by monitoring your vital signs. An international team of researchers has designed an ultra-thin electronic device that attaches to the skin like a temporary tattoo and measures heart rate and other vital signs. This device, which has the thickness of a human hair, works without the bulky electrodes used in current hospital monitoring, according to a new study in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal Science.

Charla Nash is "no longer disfigured"

Charla Nash, 57, a Connecticut woman, Thursday revealed her new face after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009. Brigham and Women?s Hospital, where Nash underwent a historic 20-hour face transplant in May, released the first post-surgery photograph of Charla Nash, this morning and a statement by her.

Poverty, joblessness, and limited education increase HIV risk among heterosexuals, the CDC reported. The agency found that HIV is more prevalent in those with low socioeconomic status in its first survey among heterosexuals

A new treatment for leukemia has shown promising results, says a study from the University of Pennsylvania published in the New England Journal of Medicine and Science Translational Medicine.