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Media headlines, industry figures and research confirm what many parents suspect: marketing to children has not only grown in ...

A long-term relationship with a GP—one who knows you and your history—improves your health and even reduces your chance of ...

From Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Charlotte J. Sumner, M.D., presents an editorial on a study by Richard S.

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The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn ...

It can look almost too easy: athletes gliding along on a bike, runners shuffling at a pace slower than most people's warm-up, ...

Many patients would prefer to use medicines that are less harmful to the environment, even if that means paying more or ...

In the U.S., one in five of the 37 million adults who has diabetes doesn't know it. Current methods of diagnosing diabetes ...

An international research team has identified a previously unknown mechanism by which the breast cancer drug tamoxifen can ...

Individuals living in urban cities are experiencing the combined effect of increasing temperatures and poor air quality, ...

Chronic pain is life-changing and considered one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, making daily life difficult ...