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At the movies, life looks like the The Hangover, Part II — the wild and funny part, not the so-sick-you-wish-you-could-die-and-get-it-over-with part.

Dr. John McBride examines 9-month-old Martez after his mother, Ceasha Moorer, brought him in to check on his asthma.

UN experts take water samples from lead poisoning site

WHO staff member talks to a backyard chicken owner in Serpong, Indonesia.

Birth control plays an important part in reducing maternal and infant deaths in many countries.

The Obama administration last week committed $50 million to accelerate research on Alzheimer's disease. Scientists say recent breakthroughs in understanding the causes and progression of the brain-wasting illness give them new hope that an effective treatment or even a cure can be found.

Scientists are warning parents to avoid some infant formulas that may contain high levels of arsenic, an extremely poisonous metallic element that has been shown to cause cancer.

Poppy field in Afghanistan.

Leprosy patients wait for a checkup at a local hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Resveratrol, a compound found most famously in grapes and red wine, seems to ward off several age-related diseases. However, its mechanism of action has been elusive.