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A review published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that periodically forgoing meals can help regulate blood sugar levels, improve the body’s resistance to stress and suppress inflammation....Read More

Researchers may be closer to solving some of the mysteries of the brain processes involved in opioid addiction, thanks to a new imaging approach tested in mice that maps the striatum....Read More

Staph infections pose a serious health threat — particularly since they are often resistant to many currently available antibiotics. Now, researchers think they may be one step closer to developing a vaccine....Read More

In an article published Tuesday in the journal STEM CELLS, researchers describe how they transplanted healthy donor bone marrow cells directly into the femur of mice with osteogensis imperfecta, or OI....Read More

Researchers found that a California law passed in 2016 that eliminated non-medial exemptions for receiving the measles vaccine increased childhood vaccination rates in the state by an average of more than 4 percent....Read More

A child’s risk for developing autism spectrum disorder might be linked to genetic mutations found only in the father’s sperm, a new study has indicated....Read More

Even with all the scary headlines about the ongoing opioid crisis in the United States, many parents still are careless with their prescription painkillers by making them easily accessible for their children....Read More

After a sluggish start due to technical glitches with the healthcare.gov web site, open enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act actually remained “stable” for the third consecutive year....Read More

Twenty-one regions in the U.S. reported high flu activity according to statistics released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a sign that flu season is well underway....Read More

Race and socioeconomic status may play a role in whether American adults are properly screened for colon cancer, a new study has found....Read More