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Middle-aged and older adults who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are more than twice as likely to abuse prescription tranquilizers and opioid pain medications compared to their heterosexual peers, a study says....Read More

Staying at least 1 meter — just over 3 feet — from other people, as well as wearing face coverings and eye protection, is the best way to prevent spread of COVID-19, according to a Lancet...

Playing video games may lead college-aged men to exercise less and have poorer eating habits, a study presented Monday during the American Society of Nutrition’s virtual conference has found....Read More

Insulin prices nearly tripled between 2006 and 2017, an analysis published by JAMA Internal Medicine has found. Even with these increases, out-of-pocket costs for those with health insurance coverage remained flat....Read More

Pod-based e-cigarettes may be more addictive than other tobacco products, according to an analysis published Monday showing that JUUL and other pods deliver nearly 60 percent more nicotine than regular cigarettes....Read More

More than half of those who undergo surgery with COVID-19 develop lung complications like pneumonia and serious breathing problems, according to a study published Friday by the journal The Lancet....Read More

As the worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus continues to rise, scientists across the globe are racing to find a vaccine....Read More

Hospital electronic health records systems miss up to one-third of dangerous drug interactions and other errors in medication administration, according to a study published Friday by JAMA Network Open....Read More

The leukemia drug nilotinib, which shows promise in reducing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, is safe and has minimal side effects when used at low doses, according to a small clinical trial published Friday....Read More

American Indian tribal reservations in the Great Plains region of the United States have seen a 17 percent uptick in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past week, researchers report....Read More