Getting the real answers on health gaps requires a deep dive into the demographics.
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Wildfire smoke makes it harder for firefighters' bodies to fight off viruses. Social distancing is difficult in that…
There are ingredients in your pills other than the one designed to treat your ailments. Those unnamed ingredients can alter…
Can a naturally occurring skin microbe help millions who suffer from eczema?
Using random testing, researchers in Indiana were able to calculate death rates by age, race, and sex and found sharp increases…
The 6-foot rule for social distancing doesn’t account for all risks, particularly indoors. Here's what everyone needs…
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The design of a campus and its buildings and dorms can be crucial to a student's overall well-being.
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All too often the medical community 'fat-shames' patients trying to lose weight, when in fact obesity and overweight…
Couch potatoes are always looking for a way out.
A pitcher known for his mental game as well as his physical prowess, Tom Seaver died this week from Lewy body dementia.…
Three new studies show corticosteroids can reduce deaths in critically ill COVID-19 patients. But what about other patients?
COVID-19 plagues an overtaxed opioid addiction treatment system.
Chadwick Boseman's death at age 43 is emblematic of two disturbing health trends.
With tens of thousands of COVID-19 cases on college campuses, a scientist asks: Why did colleges open in the first place?
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The new BinaxNOW antigen test is quick, easy, accurate and cheap. It could solve the US testing problem, but the emergency…
September is Alzheimer's Awareness Month and therefore a good time to talk about dementia. Alzheimer's is the most…