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The Asian Flush, also known as the Asian Glow, or Alcohol Flush Reaction, can be pretty debilitating. The condition is usually associated with red faces, and flushing of the neck area. But for some of Asian descent, it also results in symptoms such as heightened heart rate, headache, and nausea -- from consuming as little as one alcoholic drink.

With a reported mortality rate of 30 percent, awareness of susceptibility to Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection is important for immune-suppressed groups. But otherwise it's OK for your dog to lick you.

What happens when a family leads a "plastic-free" life for two months? You may be surprised.

Pokémon Go encourages players to find and 'catch' Pokémons by taking a walk in the real world and getting some exercise to boot.

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The news is good; since children rarely discriminate against sticking their fingers in the mouth, even if you try to deter them by coating their nails with Paprika (Sorry, mom!).

A strange recipe for bug repellant is all over the Internet. Is there any science behind it?

A colder temperature slows down a viral-infected cell's ability to commit suicide.

Activist scientists have been forced to retract two papers claiming they showed higher pollution near natural gas wells.

There are not many chemistry labs that begin their experiments by first baking fresh bread. Yet, that is exactly what a lab in China does in its pursuit of cheap and effective carbon foam. This porous, light-weight material could be useful in aerospace engineering or as a building insulator.

Bottled water and other drinks typically come in plastic bottles made from PET. If not recycled, PET bottles stick around forever. But, some really clever microbiologists found a bug that evolved solely to eat the bottles. Will this be useful?

What's responsible for the sharp decline in smoking prevalence? The 13 percent smoking rate among 18-to-24-year olds last year is almost half as it was a decade ago. And the inescapable fact is that e-cigarettes, used by, among others, 2.5 million former smokers, are not impeding the dramatic, welcome decline in cigarette smoking.

Antiretroviral drugs have had a profound effect on AIDS, however, long-term toxicity of the drugs can be a problem. Fortunately, efforts to discover different classes of AIDS drugs have been successful. The different classes are possible because of knowledge about the life cycle of HIV. Here is a simplified explanation of how this works.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its most recent data on the deadliest jobs in America. As usual, the "farming, fishing, and forestry" occupation group was the worst. But what's alarming is that the top three occupation groups with the highest suicide rates are also ranked within the top four deadliest occupation groups.

The intent of the Senate is noble but nationally uniform bad policy does not suddenly become good policy. And this is bad policy, because it promotes the notion that this food process might be a concern.

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A small pilot study detailed 10 cases of people with a particular gene. Patients who discontinued their personalized MEND protocol showed cognitive decline again, while those patients who remained had sustained improvement for up to four years later.

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New York City has launched a three-year Zika awareness campaign called "Fight Back NYC" for which Mayor de Blasio has slotted $21 million. The posters have a singular focus on mosquitoes and have left out another image that should also be synonymous with Zika - that of a condom. With more and more sexually transmitted cases, why are we still talking only about mosquitoes? Our Zika public awareness campaigns should look more like they did for HIV/AIDS in the 90s.

A new editorial in the Annals of Neurology details that stimulation affects more of the brain than anyone may realize, and that could lead to altered brain functions. Stimulating one brain area may improve the ability to perform one task, but it could also hurt the ability to perform another.

The idea that babies in the womb can react to music has been around for some time, but it certainly shouldn't involve inserting a stereo into your, ahem, lady parts. That said, meet BabyPod: a small, vaginal device that lets your unborn baby rock out to Nirvana in the womb. Really? Please.

Smoking is an addiction, so it's no surprise that pregnant women claim they're not doing it, but really are. And when you get down to cases, cotinine levels don't lie.

A college professor was awarded over $5 million in a lawsuit against DuPont, which he blames for his testicular cancer. The jury said the company acted with malice because it dumped water containing C8 (perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA) into the Ohio River. Dupont said it consistently monitored exposure so it remained at a safe level, but jury cases are not decided by science. They are decided by emotion.

AIDS drugs have gotten so good that HIV-positive patients are now living almost as long as people who are not infected. But there's a price to pay: Long-term, chronic use of AIDS drugs is creating toxicity issues. Is there a way around this?

Despite the fact that men everywhere have given up on looking like Brad Pitt circa Troy, is dad bod healthy?