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27 Sep
A new study out of Duke University finds many patients with chronic pain are co-using pot and tobacco, and the combination may actually amplify pain in the long run.
26 Sep
Children exposed to unsafe levels of fine particulate matter through wildfires and other extreme forms of air pollution face an increased risk of depression, anxiety and other internalizing symptoms, a new study finds.
25 Sep
A new study finds exposure to high levels of outdoor light pollution may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s -- even in younger adults.
A shorter course of post-mastectomy radiation doesn't jeopardize a patient's chances of successful breast reconstruction, a new study finds.
About 40 percent of people with breast cancer have mastectomies, followed by five to six weeks of radiation therapy to kill any cancer cells that may remain in the chest wall or lymph nodes. Most opt ...
In what could be the first cases of bird flu spreading between humans in the United States, a group of potential H5N1 infections in Missouri has now grown to eight.
Antibody tests to confirm any H5N1 infection are still pending.
After a patient with bird flu was hospitalized last month, state and federal health officials first determ...
There's a strong link between self-esteem and good times between the sheets, a new study suggests.
Folks ranking high in self-esteem also tended to rate their sex lives as satisfying, reported a team from the Universities of Zurich and Utrecht, in Switzerland and The Netherlands.
The effect could work in both directions, researchers ...
In a world where families may be more apt to interact with technology than with one another, some things never change.
Many still struggle to get along. But just what do 21st century families fight about?
A new survey of 593 parents with at least one child between the ages of 4 and 17 offers some clues — and the flashpoints ar...
A synthetic form of the active ingredient in cannabis helps reduce agitation in people with Alzheimer's, new research shows.
Synthetic THC (dronabinol) also gave patients' caregivers a boost, according to findings presented Thursday at a meeting of the International Psychogeriatrics Association in Buenos Aires.
The findings may prov...
Toxic lead continues to pose a danger to U.S. consumers despite years of progress to reduce exposure, claims a study spanning four states.
"Consumer products were consistently identified as one of the main sources of lead exposure -- and the only identified source in 15 percent to 38 percent of cases -- in investigations of children with e...