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More Teens Using Drugs: Report - Government stats show increase in eighth graders who tried illegal drugs.




See Dr. Besser's Latest Reports - Dr. Richard Besser shares his health and medical knowledge.




Cuddling: Men Need It More Than Women - Despite traditional beliefs about what makes men and women happy in relationships, a new study found that kissing, cuddling and caressing are more important to men than they are to women. The researchers, from The Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, Ind., were also surprised to find that more men reported being happy in their relationships while more women reported being sexually satisfied. Women who were in relationships for at least 15 years were more likely to be sexually satisfied than women in relationships less than 15 years.




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Man Gets Windpipe Made From Stem Cells - Swedish doctors transplant a lab-made trachea into a patient in a medical first.




Stem Cell Research: Where Is It Happening? - The National Institutes of Health offers the following list of Universities and Institutions at which stem cell research is currently underway.




Gray and Gay: Coming Out in Middle Age - Studies show 10 percent of men who identify as heterosexual have had sex with men, many of them married.




Drugging Moms to Slim Down Their Babies - Fighting obesity may begin before a child is even born, if U.K. researchers are successful in a clinical trial underway that seeks to treat unborn babies with the diabetes drug Metformin in order to reduce later risk of obesity.




IVF Lottery Raises Eyebrows in U.K. - Starting next month, couples in the U.K. will be able to slightly raise their odds of having a baby -- by buying into an in-vitro fertilization lottery.




Stem Cells Injections Helps Chest Pain - In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers injected stem cells into damaged heart tissue to relieve chest pain associated with angina.




Obesity Epidemic: U.S. Keeps Getting Fatter - Despite the bombardment of news about the dangers of obesity and the billions of dollars poured into healthy choice programs, America is getting fatter. A new report from Trust for America's Health, a nonpartisan advocacy group, and the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation, found that not one state has reported a decrease in obesity.




Gay Weddings: Am I Bride or Groom? - As New York gay and lesbian couples prepare to rush for marriage licenses, the city may be unprepared for gender questions.




Hunchback Teen Rides Tour de France - After severe scoliosis left him with a hunchback, Joshua Stewart thought he wouldn't be able to ride his bike again. Now the U.K. teenager is riding in a leg of the Tour de France, after a back-saving surgery that has made him good as new.




Toddler Eats Only 5 Foods or Goes Into Shock - About 1 in 100,000 children are allergic to natural foods, including breast milk, a syndrome that doesn't even have a diagnostic code.




Fed Up Patients Bill Docs for Wait Times - Most people have watched the minutes slowly tick away, waiting waiting waiting for their names to be called in the doctor's office. Some patients, though, have refused to waste anymore time in waiting rooms without something to show for it. Some have demanded payment for their time.




Giant Hogweed Plant Can Burn, Scar, Blind You - Heracleum mantegazzianum - or Giant Hogweed - is spreading in several states. The tall plant produces large, umbrella-like flowers, as well as a toxic, irritating sap that reduces the skin's ability to protect itself from sunlight.




Sunburn Pain Explained; Tips on How to Beat It - Sunburn is one of the summer's most enduring stings, leaving a sore, red, peeling patch long after the day's rays give way to cooler nights. Ointments and aloe can help soothe the sear. But the pain, part of the body's plea for shade and sunscreen, is inevitable.




Top 5 Symptoms of Heart Disease in Women - "The most common way women present with heart disease is dead, dead on arrival," Dr. Kathy Magliato, cardiothoracic surgeon at Saint John's Health Center in Los Angeles, told ABC News.




Casey Anthony Verdict Outrage Spills Online - As social media continues to explode and people gather to express their opinions and emotions in regard to Anthony's innocence, some may wonder, how did we all become so entrenched in the soap opera story that is Casey Anthony?




Less Salt, Lower Risk of Heart Disease? - A new study seems to contradict the commonly held notion that eating less salt will lower the risk of death and heart disease.




Watch: Fat-Burning Techniques - Learn the best ways to burn fat while you work out.




Watch: Bug Bites - Tips for avoiding pesky bites.




Watch: Summer Illnesses - Ways to treat seasonal diseases.




Watch: Extreme Exercising: Is It Healthy? - Trend of people spending hours each day exercising has many sounding alarms.




Watch: Parents Limit Child to Less Than 10 Foods - Family's food allergy concern led them to take unusual actions to protect kids.




Watch: Medical Moments: Clubbed Feet - Doctors at the University of Rochester work to correct a baby's clubbed feet.




Watch: Medical Moments: Ear Tubes - Doctors at Vanderbilt perform ear surgery to improve a child's hearing.




Watch: Figuring Out Why Sunburn Hurts - British researchers isolate molecule that triggers pain from sunburn.




Watch: Natural Births - A closer look at hospital birthing centers.




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Watch: Fighting Belly Fat - New study shows soluble fiber helps reduce dangerous excess fat.




Watch: Health Concerns for Travelers - Tips for overseas travel.




Watch: Researchers Fight Fat With Fat - Mice on a new drug lost 'unhealthy' white fat while gaining 'healthy' brown fat.




Watch: Antidepressants Linked to Autism Risk - Class of drugs used by pregnant women could pose risk to their unborn kids.




Watch: Group Protests Breast-Feeding Harassment - Mothers are angry over bus drivers' treatment of a breast-feeding mom.




Watch: Fourth of July Recipes: Summer BBQ - Healthy barbeque tips in time for Independence Day.




Watch: Target Your Back - Summer 'Beach Body' series focuses on back muscles.




Watch: Sexy Summer Legs - 'Beach Body' series continues with high-kicking moves to get legs beach-ready.




Watch: Non-Invasive Prenatal Blood Tests - Are these forms of early screening safer?




Watch: Coming Out: Accepting Environment Affects Happiness - A study shows great benefits when coming out in supportive environments.




Watch: Kick Your Butt Into Shape - Firm your gluteus maximus muscles in today's beach body series.




Allergies - Get a grip on your allergies with expert advice.




Women's Health - Get expert answers to your questions on pregnancy, osteoporosis and more.




Arthritis - Top experts answer your questions about arthritis.




Sleep - Can't sleep? Check out our resources on insomnia, sleep disorders and more.




Mind and Mood - Everything you need to know about mind and mood from the nation's top experts.




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Pain Management - Get facts and talk to the pros at the ABC News OnCall+ Pain Management Center.




Dr. Besser's Notebook: A Shot to Save Hearing - Burkina Faso lies in west Africa in the heart of the meningitis belt. For some unknown reason, epidemics of type A meningococcal meningitis sweep through this region on a regular basis during the dry season, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving even more damaged. A fever during the dry season, January through April, has long struck fear in parents -- until now. In December, the government of Burkina Faso started vaccinating all those between the ages of 1 and 29 against this disease using a vaccine made just for Africa.




Rare Condition: 'Mirror Movement Disorder' - When Andree Marion brushes her teeth with her left hand, her right hand will automatically do an "air brush" impression. When she turns a door knob with her right hand, the left one with twist in kind. Because of a rare condition known as mirror dystonia, Marion's hands will perpetually act in tandem. Thanks to a study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers now understand why.




'Pine Mouth': Nuts Can Ruin Taste for Weeks? - If everything you ate suddenly tasted bitter, metallic, and for the most part vile, you might think something was seriously wrong with you -- but it could just be the pine nuts you ate yesterday. Virtually undocumented before 2009, a recent slew of "pine mouth" cases have brought this strange affliction to light. A day after consuming certain pine nuts (it is not known why some batches cause this and not others), sufferers will be unable to taste anything but a bitter, metallic taste, no matter what they eat, for weeks.




Photos: Spinal Op Makes Tour de France Possible - After severe scoliosis left him with a hunchback, Joshua Stewart thought he wouldn't be able to ride his bike again. Now the U.K. teenager is riding in a leg of the Tour de France, after a back-saving surgery that has made him good as new.




Five Signs You Have a Parasomnia - Sleepwalking is perhaps the most well-known parasomnia -a disorder that interrupts sleep and often involve disruptive behaviors - but experts say there are others that can either be very milid or cause severe disturbances.