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An analysis found that adolescents and teens at two high schools that delayed the school day by an hour or so had around 40 minutes more sleep per night and needed less extra sleep on the...

Researchers and caregivers at the Cleveland Clinic have developed a mobile app designed to help their colleagues across the country understand how to use different types of ventilators....Read More

While reforms to Medicare in the 2010s closed the “donut hole” coverage gap for many beneficiaries, leading to reductions to out-of-pocket costs for prescription medications, those savings have started to disappear....Read More

An international team of researchers has found that a remotely operated, smart contact lens was able to effectively monitor blood sugar, or glucose, levels while also controlling drug delivery for diabetic retinopathy....Read More

One in five children in China confined to their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic have depression and anxiety, suggests data published Friday, and experts say socioeconomic differences in the U.S. may make it worse....Read More

The FDA on Friday issued a warning about serious and life-threatening side effects of chloroquine and it’s sister drug hydroxychloroquine, including heart rhythm problems seen in multiple clinical trials....Read More

Nearly half of all American adults have high blood pressure, according to new figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....Read More

Studies published this week provide a clearer picture of the scope of the COVID-19 outbreak in China, suggesting that the virus is more contagious than thought — but that social distancing can work to limit its...

The antiviral drug remdesivir — touted as a potential treatment for COVID-19 since early March — did not improve symptoms or prevent death in patients with the disease, according to the results of a trial in...

In a report published by JAMA Oncology, researchers found that just under 20 percent of cancer survivors, and nearly 11 percent of spouses or partners of cancer survivors, remained with an employer for health insurance....Read More