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Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department (ED) were associated with small increases in later opioid prescriptions and ...

Eggs are a good source of protein, and contain B vitamins, folate, unsaturated fatty acids, fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E and ...

The news last week that three people in Sydney were hospitalized with botulism after receiving botox injections has raised ...

Past psychology research suggests that some people are more prone than others to take risks in uncertain situations, such as ...

Many of us pay attention to the foods we're putting in our bodies—asking ourselves whether they're nutritious and healthy for ...

Breastfeeding is so important for child health that the World Health Organization (WHO) and Unicef recommend that babies ...

The US agency overseeing medical research has announced a major cut in funding to universities and research centers, a move ...

The start of the school year means new classes, routines, after-school activities and sometimes even a new school.

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Years ago, a young patient's mother told Emily McCourt, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of ...

Pharmaceutical ads are difficult to avoid in American television programming and a growing number of them promote a class of ...