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Childhood trauma can have lifelong health, social and behavioral consequences.

Smoking kills 7 million people a year -- and scars the environment through deforestation, pollution and littering.

Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Steve Jobs and Antonin Scalia have all been described as charismatic. But experts wonder whether all that charisma has a downside.

Scientists in the United States have developed a vital tool in the battle against superbugs by re-engineering a decades-old antibiotic.

Immediately after writing a piece on how shorty shorts and form-fitting shirts are pretty much all you can find from most major mainstream brands when it comes to clothing for girls, I heard several examples of how schools are shaming girls when they wear those same clothes to school.

Summer's almost here, so beware the brightest of sunlight! To protect your eyesight, the most important recommendation you need to follow is to wear sunglasses that block ultraviolet radiation whenever you go outside during daylight hours, according to the National Eye Institute. This is true for everyone, no matter what age, year round.

Ever convinced yourself that buying a hula hoop or picking up aerial gymnastics is just the thing to get back in shape? You're not alone.

Health and wellness is no longer about staid fitness regimens like time on a treadmill, running a marathon or even a triathlon. New trends are constantly popping up, and experts believe anything that gets more people moving is a good thing.

Sitting in their garden, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge smile as they watch their young children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, toddling around in the tall grass. Kate is paused mid-laugh as their dog, Lupo, runs past in a blur. Prince William, dressed down in jeans, looks at ease surrounded by family.

The girl pulled in the harbor by a sea lion in a heart-stopping viral video is on antibiotics to avoid contracting a dangerous bacterial disease from the sea lion's mouth.

Lesley McSpadden told CNN she felt her son's presence while she worked toward her degree. "I know that he's been my angel through this all and I know that he's proud of me."

Corey Walgren committed suicide hours after his family says police and the school threatened him.

If you plan to grill out this holiday weekend, be sure to check your hotdogs to make sure they are not on the recall list. Nathan's and Curtis Beef franks are impacted.

The rate of people dying from Alzheimer's disease in the United States rose by 55% over a 15-year period, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows.

Sextuplets are very rare. Nearly four million babies were born in the US. The number of quintuplets or higher? Only 24.

We've all seen posts by those crazy friends doing an obstacle race -- mud runs where they jump into icy pools of water, climb over high walls and army crawl under barbwire. Pure torture. Now you can sign up for these -- and bring the children!

Pete Frates lies on life support in the bedroom of his house with his care costing somewhere between $85,000 and $95,000 every month

One person is dead and nine others were hospitalized after they contracted botulism from eating contaminated nacho cheese sauce at a gas station outside of Sacramento, California, state and local officials said.