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Post-chemotherapy hearing problems affect the majority of adult survivors of the most common cancers, and routine hearing screening is needed, new research suggests....Read More

Food and Drug Administration warning letters are doing little to stem the flow of hazardous dietary supplements tainted with unapproved stimulants into the U.S. market, new research suggests....Read More

A new study suggests that losing one’s spouse to COVID-19 may be worse for mental health than death from other causes....Read More

New tests could speed the diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy, a rare but deadly progressive muscle-wasting disorder in infants, and urinary tract infections in children....Read More

Health officials in Washington, D.C., announced a shift to its monkeypox vaccination campaign to postpone administering second doses in order to prioritize high-risk residents who have yet to receive their first shot....Read More

Scientists at Columbia University unveiled research Monday that they said bring polymerase chain reaction, known as PCR, testing for COVID-19 and other viruses out of the lab and into doctor’s offices and pharmacies....Read More

Using telehealth to supplement or replace in-person maternal care services leads to similar — and sometimes better — clinical outcomes, according to a new study....Read More

Long COVID sufferers are experiencing a broader array of symptoms than previously thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction, as well as fatigue, breathing difficulties and brain fog....Read More

With as many as half of those with depression taking antidepressants and not seeing improvement, new research has focused on psychedelic drugs previously used for recreational purposes....Read More

A probe by a prestigious science journal raises questions about the integrity of some scientific evidence that helped launch an investigational Alzheimer’s disease drug into ongoing clinical trials....Read More