SCIENCE

Many psychiatrists believe a new edition of a manual designed to help diagnose mental illness should be shelved for at least a year for further revisions, despite some modifications which eliminated two controversial diagnoses.

A pill used to treat HIV is a step closer to getting the approval of the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a drug used to prevent the spread of the virus that causes AIDS.

As states propose new laws intended to sway women from getting an abortion, a new study concludes the strategy is ineffective.

Reading larger words provokes a stronger emotional effect in the brain than the same words presented in smaller type, according to a new study.

Teen Mom star Jenelle Evans has been nothing but a role model to young MTV viewers. The show has displayed the 21-year-old fighting with her mom over child custody and crying over not being able to smoke pot, but fans are seeing a lot more off the camera. When the cameras aren't rolling, Evans is getting arrested, fighting, getting a boob-job and releasing disturbing before and after topless photos all over the web. What exactly is MTV trying to tell young viewers about being a Te...

A camera in a Cameroon forest was able to capture footage of an elusive tribe of Cross River gorillas, a critically endangered species in Africa, in their natural habitat.

Louisiana health officials are recalling oysters and closing an oyster harvesting area in Terrebonne Parish after 14 people became ill eating oysters at a New Orleans restaurant.

The number of teenagers who have experienced mania -- a hallmark of bipolar disorder -- is close to the number of adults estimated to have the mood disorder, suggesting that for many the condition begins during adolescence, according to a new study.

Experimental drugs that show a big effect early in development for treating serious or life-threatening diseases would get a faster and cheaper path to U.S. approval, under a proposal likely to become law this year. U.S. drug regulators would be able to label such treatments breakthrough therapies, and work with companies to speed up clinical trials, for example by testing the drugs for a shorter time or enrolling fewer patients.

Thanks to researchers from Emory University, you may soon know more about what your dog is thinking. The research team, who published their findings in PLoS One, attempted to learn more about human-dog relationships from the perspective of a canine.

Are you nursing a burn from coffee you spilled on yourself this morning as you rushed from the café to work? Do you have a burning to desire to know why coffee spills seem so unavoidable? Turns out you may have more control over your coffee than you think.

Rutin -- a compound that occurs naturally in a number of fruits and vegetables and is sold as an herbal supplement -- has a number of anti-clotting properties, meaning that it holds promise as a treatment for conditions like stroke and pulmonary embolism caused by dangerous blood clots.

America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures - from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax - to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday.

Newly-released BP oil spill photos show the sad impacts the disaster had on sea turtles and other animals two years ago.

U.S. drug reviewers on Tuesday said Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc's obesity pill appeared to help people lose weight and was unlikely to cause tumors in humans, but questioned if the company had provided enough data to rule out heart problems.

America's losing battle of the bulge shows no signs of abating, with obesity projected to cost a staggering $550 billion in health expenses by 2030.

For horses, it's been a long and winding road from the steppes of Eurasia 6,000 years ago to the Kentucky Derby today. A new genetic study sheds light on how early equines expanded geographically before and after they were domesticated by humans.

Brain Freeze -- it's that devastating, instantaneous pain in the temples that one sometimes gets after eating something frozen. And until now, researchers could never quite understand what causes it. While previous studies have found that people who suffer from migraines are actually more likely to get brain freeze, a new study links brain freeze and other headache types to local changes in brain blood flow.

Back in March, 55-year-old grandmother Sharon Simmons made headlines when she announced her plans to audition for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading squad on May 5. This past weekend Simmons did just that.

Dinosaur farts and burps could have had a significant effect on prehistoric climate change, according to a new study from a trio of British scientists.

The zombie virus infected Amesbury, Mass., this past weekend, when a 5K obstacle race called ?Run For Your Lives? invaded.

A promising new birth control treatment -- for men, not women -- looks to be the future of contraception. It's safe, relatively uninvasive, 100 percent effective, and completely reversible. The procedure is called Reversible Inhibition of Sperm Under Guidance, or RISUG.

An outbreak of a rare strain of salmonella poisoning linked to dog food has infected at least 14 people in nine states, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving money through the state, her office said in a statement.

Custom officials in South Korea have been cracking down on inspections due to the rise in the smuggling of Chinese-made capsules into the country. The capsules are reportedly filled with powdered human baby flesh.

On Saturday May 5, 2012 the Moon will reach its lunar perigree and look huge from earth. The Super Moon occurs around once a year when the moon is at its closest to the earth and full at the same time. You can follow the supermoon online through live photos and video here.

Thursday morning a Florida family awakened to discover that they need to evacuate their home due to a sinkhole. A home in Windermere has a sinkhole growing in its backyard. Starting at around 34 feet, the sinkhole is currently estimated to be about 100 feet by 100 feet. According to BayNews9, the ever growing hole is larger than an NBA basketball court.

Mallory Kievman, 13, has not only supposedly cured the hiccups, but has become a CEO in the process. Mallory Kievman is CEO and founder of Hiccupops, a company that might just have cured one of the world's oldest and most annoying conditions.

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera sustained a possible career-ending injury on Thursday night before the Yankees game in Kansas City chasing a fly ball. But how serious is a torn ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament)?