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More than one out of three average Americans used a prescription opioid painkiller in 2015, a new federal study shows....Read More

New research links Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to changes in 17 immune-system signaling proteins called cytokines....Read More

Researchers report a sevenfold increase in the number of drivers killed in car crashes while under the influence of prescription opioid-based painkillers....Read More

Researchers have developed a method to test the chemical composition of sweat to test for cystic fibrosis in screen-positive infants....Read More

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Thinking that you’re less active than others may increase your risk of dying at a younger age, a new study claims....Read More

A new study has found something remarkable: The activation of a particular type of immune cell in the brain can, on its own, lead to obesity in mice....Read More

The FDA will focus on reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes to make them less addictive, while also making other nicotine products safer, the agency said Friday....Read More

Antibiotic resistance is a problem that has plagued researchers for years, but now researchers have developed a tool to combat antibiotic resistance....Read More

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have developed a new data mining strategy to more easily identify people at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease....Read More