Cyberbullying and weight shaming got the blame for a Texas teenager's decision to commit suicide, witnessed by her family. (CNN)
People who are "feeling the spirit" of a religious experience show it in their brains. (Fox News)
A new study put a $411 billion price tag on the adverse effects that lack of sleep has on health and productivity. (VOA News)
Cancer patients reported feeling less anxiety and depression during treatment with the psychedelic component of "magic mushrooms." (CBS News)
A drug company CEO warned industry colleagues that pushback against high drug prices did not end with the defeat of Hillary Clinton. (Fierce Pharma)
Mobile, Ala., won the dubious title of "Diabetes Capital of America," with an estimate diabetes prevalence of almost 18%, followed closely by Charleston, W.Va. (17.6%), and Corpus Christi, Texas (16.9%). (Market Watch)
Alcohol intake, particularly white wine, had a significant association with the risk of invasive melanoma. (American Association for Cancer Research)
A jury in Dallas awarded a total of $1 billion to six plaintiffs who said they were injured by hip implants manufactured by a division of Johnson & Johnson. (Reuters)
Bacteria in the digestive system may play a role in symptom severity in Parkinson's disease, according to a study in mice. (NBC News)
A group of Australian high school students created a generic version of the antiparasitic drug Daraprim for $2 a pill, the same pill Martin Shkreli wanted to sell for $750. (Washington Post)
Will President-elect Trump make fast food fashionable at the White House? (CNN)
A strategy of alternately starving and flooding prostate cancer cells with testosterone yielded "unexpected and exciting" results in a preliminary study. (EORTC-NCI-AACR)
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