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A new study has found a link between TV watching and eight different ways of death. Researchers said that cancer, heart disease, diabetes, influenza/pneumonia, Parkinson's, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver disease and suicide.

Researchers started going through data from a study in which 567,169 US people aged 50 to 71 years were surveyed. These people were surveyed about their health and diet. In the next part, the researchers have compared survey data taken between 1995 and 1996 with a follow-up data, whose information was taken after 15 to 16 years.

A research carried out at NTU Langone Medical Center has unveiled that people having severe acne problem are often prescribed ineffective antibiotics. Till the time they switch to a more effective treatment plan, a vicious circle of drug overuse among patients is formed in which bacteria start being resistant to antibiotic treatments.

The research findings are based on the assessment of medical histories of 137 patients over 12 years of age. They have taken treatment at NYU Langone for severe acne issue between 2005 and 2014. Study's lead researcher Dr. Seth Orlow was of the view that there is a need at the end of doctors to be quick in identifying cases that are not getting results antibiotic therapy.

An estimated 208,000 children in America are diagnosed with either type-1-diabetes or type-2-diabetes, shared the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is very important to be aware of what diabetes, its symptoms are and how it can be prevented as it gets unchecked then uncontrolled blood sugar can lead to negative results.

Dr. Stacy Meyer, endocrinologist and Dayton Children's Dr. Mom Squad blogger, explained about diabetes, "Diabetes is an endocrine disease that affects how the body uses glucose, or sugar. When we eat, our bodies break down the foods into many different and important nutrients, one of those being glucose, a major source of energy for the body and its functions".

The Oregon Health Authority has disclosed a case of bubonic plague in the state. The authority announced on Tuesday that an Oregon teen has been found contracting the infection caused by Yersinia pestis.

Emilio DeBess, the condition public health veterinarian, confirmed the case and said that the 16-year-old girl was on a hunting trip earlier this month near the small town of Heppner when she was bitten by a flea. The girl fell ill on October 21 and three days later, she was taken to a hospital. The government agency revealed that less than ten cases of human plague have been confirmed in the country every year.

Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression, is a type of depression linked to change in the seasons. The strange depression is thought to be caused by a lack of light. Some decades ago, SAD was not a problem. Then how it was recognized as a disorder?

More than three decades ago, a story by Washington Post had a beginning: 'I should have been a bear'. The subject in the story was a women suffering from depression in the fall. Norman Rosenthal, a researcher from the National Institutes of Mental Health, studied light's impact on mental health. The researcher concluded that in diminishing exposure to sun, brain of an individual responds negatively.

For the first time in 2011 a proposal was made that there not four, but there were five big-sized planets during the formation of the solar system. For years, scientists have been debating who have caused the ouster of the fifth planet, either Jupiter or Saturn. Now, researchers think that the work would have been done by Jupiter.

Team member Ryan Cloutier, of the University of Toronto, has explained that planet ejection takes place due to the close encounter. In this process, one of the planets is at such a fast speed that it breaks from the gravitation pull of its host stars.