Researchers from UCLA are trying to zero in on the optimal dose of exercise that could alleviate addiction among methamphetamine users. Heavy meth addicts who exercised at least three hours per week reported reduced feelings of compulsion, and were shown to have lower levels of the drug in their system.

The use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) and hormonal implants, while helping protect against unwanted pregnancy, also have their downsides. That's because teens and young women who use them frequently forgo using condoms, which heightens the risk of getting sexually-transmitted diseases.

A recent study, published in the journal Clinical Endocrinology, finds that infertile men under the age of 50 are at an increased risk for developing osteoporosis as well as metabolic diseases, which include insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

One of the smartphone's most alluring features is its ability to connect people, over long distances and in a myriad of ways, at a reasonable cost. But studies and surveys continue to surface which collectively indicate that there may be two hidden costs that might plague an obsessive phone-user: anxiety and depression.

The news about Zika keeps coming, and it's not good. A new Lancet study estimates that the fetuses of 1 in 100 women who become infected with the virus during their first trimester will be microcephalic, meaning that they'll be born with undersized heads. Given the number of infections in Brazil alone, this is a disturbingly high number.

William Tyler Jarvis, Ph.D, a longtime adviser to the American Council on Science and Health, a retired professor of public health and a determined defender of sound science, passed away at the age of 80 on March 1.

A 7-year old California boy nearly died as a result of complications from hypoglycemia, but is alive thanks to his family’s pet. It's a diabetic alert dog, specially trained to sniff out dangerously high or low fluctuations in blood sugar, which release chemicals in the body with an odor undetectable by humans.

The Global Trachoma Mapping Project is the largest ever project undertaken to track the prevalence of trachoma, the most common infectious cause of blindness globally. The effort revealed that 100 million people around the world are at risk of going blind.

The Hollywood actress's business enterprise, called The Honest Company, is anything but. Instead of selling you snake oil detergent, those honorable folks are peddling "sneak oil" detergent. And they've gotten away with it to the tune of $1.7 billion, every dollar of which they've extracted from suckers.

For some highly dexterous youngsters and young adults, they may not even need to leave their bedrooms to become professional athletes. That is, as long as that bedroom has high quality Internet speed, according to a new study, these hand-eye pros are good to go.