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Researchers at the University of Connecticut found evidence that electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, may be as harmful as traditional tobacco cigarettes....Read More

Just one dose of an experimental Zika vaccine provided mice with 100 percent protection against a potentially lethal dose of the virus, researchers report....Read More

A host of new drugs that appear to prevent migraine headaches are in the final stages of testing and approval in the United States, researchers report....Read More

Thirty million American adults — one in seven — have chronic kidney disease but many don’t know it, according to new data from the CDC....Read More

A new study has found that older people with diabetes who are overweight or obese may have a lower risk of dying prematurely than normal weight people....Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, Thursday requested Endo Pharmaceuticals remove its opioid pain medication Opana from the market due to risks....Read More

Telemedicine — visits to the doctor for audio or video technology — is playing an ever-expanding role in the U.S. health care landscape, researchers say....Read More

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles have created a molecular compound that improves balance, coordination in mice with Parkinson’s disease....Read More

German researchers have developed a way to arm immune cells with a new surface molecule in an effort to combat difficult to treat cancers....Read More

Studies by the University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the University of Maryland suggest differing motivations behind handgun and shotgun ownership....Read More