The number of Americans who have died from alcohol-related problems annually more than doubled between 1999 and 2017, a new study found, and…
Continue Reading Frontotemporal dementia strikes early, typically in the 50s, sometimes as young as age 45. Unlike Alzheimer’s, it doesn’t affect memory,…
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. While there are more than three…
Continue Reading Recent high-profile court cases have raised concerns that women who use talc-based powder around their genital area may be at a risk for ovarian…
Continue Reading As flu reaches high levels in New York and other parts of the Northeast, this season has set a tragic record for children. The US Centers for Disease…
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Chinese health authorities have not been able to identify a mysterious strain of pneumonia that has infected dozens of people and put the rest of…
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EL PASO, Texas – It’s something a lot of people take for granted — blood. Here in the Borderland blood donations are always encouraged, but now…
Continue Reading This flu season is shaping up to be one of the worst in decades, according to the United States’ top infectious disease doctor. Dr. Anthony…
Continue Reading When astronauts encounter a medical risk on the International Space Station 250 miles up from the Earth’s surface, it’s not exactly easy…
Continue Reading Need another reason to sign up for that marathon in 2020? New research suggests training and running a marathon for the first time could reverse some…
Continue Reading More than 1,400 Seattle Public Schools students are still at risk of being excluded from school if they don’t provide verified vaccination…
Continue Reading America is in the midst of a keto craze. The trendy diet — which bans carbs to make your body burn fat for fuel — has kicked Weight…
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Brannden Fernandez has a heart that’s too big for his body. His family always knew it would have to be replaced but that…
Continue Reading Who won the 2020 battle of the diets? For the third year in a row, the well-researched Mediterranean diet KO’d the competition to win gold in…
Continue Reading Abstaining from food for 16 to 18 hours a day could be key to treating a variety of health conditions — even if you’ve got to train…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday a plan to clear the market of most flavors for cartridge-based e-cigarettes in the United…
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s not atypical to see large crowds joining gyms in the first month of the new year. A ‘New Year, New Me’ mentality leads many to…
Continue Reading The Trump administration will soon announce a ban on most flavored e-cigarette cartridges, according to two officials familiar with the plans. The…
Continue Reading Do you want to eat better, exercise more, stop vaping or lose weight? Great. Now’s the time to set those New Year’s resolutions. As we…
Continue Reading More than a year after migrants in the custody of US Customs and Border Protection began to die, the agency released a plan on Tuesday to improve…
Continue Reading When it comes to getting rid of prescription drugs, fewer than half of the pharmacies surveyed for a new study gave accurate guidance that met US…
Continue Reading A non-profit that promotes vaccinations in Nevada canceled two events after anti-vaxxers posted harassing comments against the host venues on social…
Continue Reading Heading into the new year, I find myself working with so many couples that are burned out, fed up, and feeling that their relationship isn’t as…
Continue Reading The US Food and Drug Administration can’t show a key program meant to address opioid misuse and abuse actually paid off, according to a new…
Continue Reading We’ve long been taught that helping others helps ourselves. As Charles Dickens wrote, “No one is useless in this world who lightens the…
Continue Reading Google users in the United States had a lot of questions about blood pressure, the keto diet and hiccups in 2019. Those topics were among the 10…
Continue Reading An automotive assembly plant closing in a US county has been associated with 85% higher opioid overdose death rates among working-age adults in that…
Continue Reading Looking back over more than 30 years working in public health globally and in the United States, I can’t recall a year with as pronounced a…
Continue Reading A new law in the United States that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21 is now in effect, according to the US Food…
Continue Reading An Indiana mother accused of injecting fecal matter into her 15-year-old son’s IV bag has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Tiffany…
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