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Negative experiences online may bring about higher rates of loneliness among social media users, a study says....Read More

Education level and type of job play a strong role in whether a woman will smoke while she’s pregnant, a study says....Read More

A blood test can pick up signs of Alzheimer’s disease in patients years before any symptoms show up, a new study says....Read More

Physicians who receive financial incentives from drug companies may be more likely to overprescribe opioids, a new study says....Read More

A drug company has recalled more irbesartan blood pressure medication after discovering a potential human carcinogen....Read More

A common gut bacteria can block a common Parkinson’s disease medicine from working on patients with the disease, a new study says....Read More

Heavy marketing of prescription opioid drugs to doctors was linked to high death rates in an analysis of recent data published Friday....Read More

VA hospitals and private facilities had similar wait times in 2014, but improvements have seen the VA surpass private wait times for some specialties, a new study shows....Read More

Receiving automated text messages can give a boost to people who recently had joint replacement surgery, a study stays....Read More

A new screening may forecast type 1 diabetes risk in babies, a new study says....Read More