public health
Don’t believe a small reduction in immunization matters?
Hearing-related problems are on the rise.
Want to eat better but feel like you don’t have the money?
Antibiotics are often the fastest and simplest way for doctors to help their patients. But with the threat of drug-resistant bacteria, how do we stop prescribing antibiotics?
One of the world’s deadliest diseases, malaria takes the life of a child every two minutes.
No, depression is not just a type of “affluenza” — poor people in conflict zones are more likely candidates
The calorie is the basic unit of measure of food — and it might be off.
Vitamins do work — when eaten in whole foods, not pills.
Michael Dowling, Northwell Health’s CEO, believes we’re entering the age of smart medicine.
Beefless meat enters the mainstream.
Unfortunately, this means that drivers act more aggressively on the road when spotting cyclists.
A recent Colorado study of ER visits is alarming medical professionals.
Two maps show two very different takes on the huge discrepancies in U.S. life expectancy
A new study, led by psychologist Jean Twenge, points to the screen as the problem.
A bill in New York would let older kids get vaccinations against their parents’ wishes.
Access to trauma care is a race issue. It shouldn’t be.
It’s almost time to ‘spring forward.’
More vaccine-autism facts for the fact-averse.
A new study outlines why the tobacco and coal industries warrant “corporate death sentences.”
One flew east, one flew west, eight shrinks flew into the cuckoo’s nest.
Good bacteria are our friends. We need to protect them.
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It’s a public health crisis, experts say.
Omigod, they’re cute, but there’s peril in smooches and snuggles.
When these companies compete, in the current system, the people lose.
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It marks a first for the U.S., where some 49,000 people died from opioids in 2018.
Folios cheese wraps can be a surprisingly healthy substitute for traditional tortillas. Of course, there’s a catch.
As more and more people die, drug companies keep reaping in a massive profit.
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