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Doctors Discover Parasitic Worm in Woman?s Face
June 22, 2018

Pot Still a Drug of Choice for Many U.S. Adults
June 21, 2018
Daily marijuana use was highest among adults aged 18 to 34.  Adults aged 50 to 64 were the only age group with increases in non-daily marijuana use both before and after 2007, the...

Could Herpes Virus Play a Role in Alzheimer's?
June 21, 2018
Daily marijuana use was highest among adults aged 18 to 34.  Adults aged 50 to 64 were the only age group with increases in non-daily marijuana use both before and after 2007, the...

Laser Pointer Burns Hole in Boy's Retina
June 21, 2018
Vision in the 9-year-old boy's injured left eye is 20/100 and doctors who treated him said it's not possible to restore normal vision to that eye. The boy's right eye has 20/20 vi...

Tips and Tricks For Tick Prevention
June 21, 2018
The Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center in Stroudsburg says that many people have requested opossums to release into their yards. The popular program got started i...

Study: Same Genes Drive Many Psychiatric Issues
June 21, 2018
Overall, the current study found, psychiatric disorders shared many of the same underlying genetic factors. Some of the greatest genetic overlap was seen among major depression, b...

10% of Doctors Sexually Harassed in Last 3 Years
June 21, 2018
Overall, the current study found, psychiatric disorders shared many of the same underlying genetic factors. Some of the greatest genetic overlap was seen among major depression, b...

Many With Severe Allergies Don't Carry an EpiPen
June 21, 2018
While 89 percent of people surveyed did fill their prescription for the auto-injector, "almost half (45 percent) said they didn't have [one] with them during their most severe all...

TB Vaccine Linked to Better Type 1 Diabetes Control
June 21, 2018
A little more than three years after getting two tuberculosis shots four weeks apart, about 50 people with type 1 diabetes saw their long-term average blood sugar levels drop sign...

WHO Calls ?Gaming Disorder? Mental Health Condition
June 20, 2018
A little more than three years after getting two tuberculosis shots four weeks apart, about 50 people with type 1 diabetes saw their long-term average blood sugar levels drop sign...

Smartphone-Obsessed Parents May Mean Cranky Kids
June 20, 2018
A little more than three years after getting two tuberculosis shots four weeks apart, about 50 people with type 1 diabetes saw their long-term average blood sugar levels drop sign...

Florida Teen First Human Case of Mosquito-Borne Virus
June 20, 2018
The first confirmed human case of Keystone virus has been diagnosed in a Florida teen, but it's likely that infection with the mosquito-borne disease is common among state residen...

Why Obese People Find It So Tough to Slim Down
June 20, 2018
People who overweight and obese hold starkly different views on diet and exercise than their normal-weight peers, making it difficult for them to get to a healthy weight, a new st...

When the Heart Stops, Drugs Often to Blame
June 20, 2018
People who overweight and obese hold starkly different views on diet and exercise than their normal-weight peers, making it difficult for them to get to a healthy weight, a new st...

What Is a 'Good Death'?
June 19, 2018
As assisted suicide gains more acceptance and people push back on extreme end-of-life measures, some people are asking whether we should pay more attention to the quality of our d...