Did you know that around 2 billion people incorporate insects in their diets? The practice is known as entomophagy, and everyone is doing it: Asia, New Zealand, Australia, except the Western world. You may not care for eating bugs but you'd be surprised to know you might be eating the little buggers already!

A generic version of Crestor—the final statin drug that enjoyed patent protection—was just approved by the FDA. This will benefit consumers and hurt AstraZeneca, the drug's inventor. It is unlikely that we will see any more new drugs from this class, which has proven cardiovascular benefits.

Hugh Hefner's wife Crystal is all over the news because she decided to have her breast implants removed because she believed that they “were slowly poisoning her.” Ms. Hefner is free to do whatever she chooses, but she is spreading false information. Dr. Jack Fisher, who is an expert in this subject tells us why.
Science is not on her side. Not even close.

While it appears we are on our way to losing the battle against antibiotic resistance, not all hope is lost for the fight against another sexually transmitted infection (STI) – Chlamydia.

As antibiotic resistance marches on, the possibility of untreatable gonorrhea is becoming more and more realistic. Recent data show that this is, indeed, happening.

Zika and mosquitoes are in the news virtually every day. People will be using a whole lot of DEET this summer. But, DEET is a "chemical," so that means it must be bad for you, right? Hardly.

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A study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B concluded that religious people really are likelier to produce more children.

Most of us have experienced Déjà Vu — the mysterious phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event currently experiencing has happened in the past. Its translation from the French language is literally 'already seen.' Déjà Vu continues to baffle scientists, but what we do know about the phenomenon is a lot more scientific than we may think.

Instead of making more sense as time goes by, Zika seems to make less sense. Odd, and conflicting findings are coming out regularly. It keeps throwing surprises at us, and they just don't add up. Here is some up-to-date confusion.