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If you want to know how people become addicted and why they keep using drugs, ask the people who are addicted. Thirty-one of 75 patients hospitalized for opioid detoxification told University at…

The British Medical Association (BMA), Alcohol Focus Scotland (AFS) and Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) have endorsed the updated findings of researchers at Sheffield University on the impact that a…

Aetna leaders will present the findings of a new study at the Academy for Health Equity Conference in Littleton, Colorado. The study looked at the differences in the use of the emergency…

Following the release of a report that found analysts at North Carolina’s crime lab omitted, overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases, the local district attorney said he would…

While rumors fly fast and thick on purported damage to Medicare as a result of the Affordable Care Act (health reform), the facts present a different case. Based on information provided by…

Next to cheap garments at Wal-Mart and female impersonators, I’d have to put them on the top of the list as the Philippines’ leading export. If the country had a team mascot,…

Two Iowa farms that together recalled more than half a billion potentially tainted eggs this month share close ties, including suppliers of chickens and feed. Both farms are linked to businessman Austin…

Sunita Laxman Jadhav is a door-to-door saleswoman who sells waiting. She sweeps along muddy village lanes in her nurse’s white sari, calling on newly married couples with an unblushing proposition: Wait two…

WHY are Americans getting fatter and fatter? The simple explanation is that we eat too much junk food and spend too much time in front of screens — be they television, phone…

Some 600 cases of noise-induced hearing impairment are reported by the Norwegian petroleum industry every year. A new, intelligent earplug is now set to alleviate the problem. Norway’s largest company, Statoil ASA,…

While most frequently associated with women’s health, age-related hormone changes, often dubbed menopause, can occur in men as well, causing symptoms of fatigue, mood swings, decreased desire for sex, hair loss, lack…

Bobby Boyle engages in serious year-round sports training and has had his share of minor muscle injuries. When the 12-year-old athlete felt tightness in the back of his thigh while sprinting at…

Yale University researchers have found a new pathway that explains why antidepressant ketamine works to relieve depressive symptoms in a matter of hours instead of weeks or months that are needed for…

Binging on alcohol may be especially dangerous for men with high blood pressure, or hypertension, researchers found. Six or more drinks at a sitting boosted the risk of heart-related death more than…

Being exposed to second hand smoke, also known as passive smoking – non-smokers breathing in smoke from lit cigarettes around them – may significantly increase the long-term risk of developing lung disease,…