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Rising rates of emergency room visits among children with asthma may be linked with seasonal air pollution, even in areas with generally low levels, a study published Wednesday by the journal PLOS ONE found....Read More

Privately owned retail pharmacies in the United States administered roughly one-third of the COVID-19 vaccine doses given nationally, officials with the National Association of Chain Drug Stores said Wednesday....Read More

Binge drinking was on the rise among older men in the United States before the COVID-19 pandemic struck early last year, a study published Wednesday by the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society found....Read More

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 can be detected by most currently available diagnostic tests, which is significant given the increased transmissibility of the strain, experts said Tuesday....Read More

Black and Hispanic adults in the United States were less likely to be given opioids for pain management than White adults in 1990s, when they were new to market, but now are more likely to receive...

Researchers at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center said Monday that they have developed a simple, self-administered test designed to identify people with symptoms of dementia....Read More

The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil — better known as the brand Viagra — may help prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease, a study published Monday by Nature Aging found, and cataract surgery may help prevent it....Read More

Eating at night may increase a person’s risk for glucose intolerance, or prediabetes, a study published Friday by the journal Science Advances found....Read More

Annual spending on drugs granted accelerated approval by the Food and Drug Administration increased significantly over the past half decade, a study published Friday by JAMA Health Forum found....Read More

One day after the first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was confirmed in California, five more cases were identified in New York along with two more in Colorado and Minnesota....Read More