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This change frees researchers to study cannabis products that most consumers encounter when buying medical marijuana –…
When a home healthcare aide doesn’t show up, the consequences are immediate and can be dire.
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Tracking glucose numbers in real time is an increasingly popular wellness trend, but monitoring a constant stream of data…
Research shows that social isolation plays a major role in quality of life and risk of death in people with COPD.
As rotavirus spreads this season, doctors worry that falling vaccination rates may endanger kids.
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Women are at highest risk of being hurt or killed after separating from a potentially violent partner, but interventions…