The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that using great amounts of skin-numbing lotions, creams and gels that are commonly used in cosmetic and medical procedures can bring about some hazardous side effects including irregular heart rhythm and seizures.

The agency informed on Tuesday that 2 deaths have been associated with the use of great amounts of these topical anaesthetics, CBC News reported. Two women, aged 22 and 25, died after applying the products on their legs after laser removal of hair.

Life of 52-year-old Jordan Miles has forever been changed by a visit to a skin treatment clinic in a Florida suburban mall in the end of 2004.

She had replied to an advert from the clinic offering help for her teenage son’s acne. He did not receive the treatment, however Jordan Miles made an appointment for herself to undergo laser treatments to remove sunspots on her arms, back and chest.

The Associated Press reported that according to the researchers who used state-of-the-art tests to learn the truth about the fake relic, a rib bone purported to be from Joan of Arc is actually from an Egyptian mummy.

British scientists succeeded in developing a test that could help find out whether food that’s labeled organic is authentic or not.

The test verifies differences in the nitrogen isotope composition of foods. Synthetic nitrogen fertilizer is broadly used in traditional agriculture, however prohibited in organic agriculture.

Four-year research of anorexia nervosa conducted by the American National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) will start accepting patients on May 1. Anorexia nervosa is a hazardous eating problem striking mainly teenagers, especially girls.

According to specialists, if the governments of Asian countries take steps to stop the spread of HIV, the number of citizens infected with this virus could increase twofold within the next five years.

The latest Spanish research shows promising results for a new Aids medication created to help patients who are having the most trouble keeping the disease at bay.

According to the latest study of British scientists, teens who lock themselves in their bedrooms to blare out heavy metal music may do it in order to deal with the pressures of being gifted.

According to Monday newspapers, British medical scientists have succeeded in growing human heart tissue from stem cells. It is a step forward in the efforts to provide a potential solution to a lack of donors for heart transplants.

According to latest study presented at the American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans, giving once- or twice-weekly outpatient injections of the heart failure medication called Natrecor does not decrease the likelihood of death or hospitalization for heart or kidney problems.