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African Americans make up the largest group of minorities in need of an organ transplant. In 2011, African Americans made up 14 percent of the national population.

Vitality doesn't come in pills. You have to change your daily habits.

In the commencement address he gave to graduates of Kenyon College in 2005, award-winning novelist David Foster Wallace talked about fish:

“Two young fish are swimming along when they happen to meet an older fish swimming in the opposite direction. The older fish nods at them and says: ‘Morning, boys. How's the water?’ The two young fish swim on for a bit. Eventually one of them looks over at the other and says, ‘What the hell is water?’

Often it is said that music is a universal language. However, a new report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology finds that music doesn't speak to everyone. There are people who are perfectly able to experience pleasure in other ways who simply don't get music in the way the rest of us do.

The researchers refer to this newly described condition as specific musical anhedonia—in other words, the specific inability to experience pleasure from music.

Papers show alarming increase and possible food allergy prediction

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Children's food allergies are gradually increasing, but they may be as much as doubling among black children. According to a study published today in the March issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), self-reported food allergy nearly doubled in black children over 23 years.

"Our research found a striking food allergy trend that needs to be further evaluated to discover the cause," said Corinne Keet, MD, MS, lead study author and assistant professor of pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University.

Learn 5 ways to trim your utility bills during the hot season.

OK, you cleaned your furnace filter, caulked your leaky windows, even wrapped your water heater in a cozy insulating blanket. What's next for the new season?

Depending on your budget and your gumption, here are five simple steps to consider.

Sherry Stampler thought she was one of the lucky ones. A skinny kid whose dad used to offer her $100 for every pound she could gain, Sherry breezed through her 20s and 30s (and three pregnancies) with nary an extra ounce on her 5-foot-4, 110-pound frame. Then suddenly, at about age 45, she got this bulge just above her waist. “I wasn’t eating more or exercising less,” Sherry says. “It just showed up. And the worst part was, I couldn’t get rid of it.”

Sherry’s belly fat isn’t merely a flaw on her otherwise age-defying shape. Mounting research shows it can also be dangerous and is associated with an increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, and some forms of cancer.