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Your first back pain prescription could more than double your opioid addiction risk
A huge Medicaid study tracked what patients were handed on day one, and that first prescription turned out to carry real weight.
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Check your fridge: Popular butter brand recalled over e. coli contamination fears
One specific batch of a popular butter has been pulled from Sprouts, Wegmans and Raley's over contamination fears.
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Your tap water may contain twice as many forever chemicals as reported
A fresh look at nearly two million water samples suggests the numbers on your utility report may not tell the whole story.
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A simple saline shot may hold carpal tunnel pain at bay far longer than a steroid shot
The current go-to injection often fades in weeks, and a new trial tested a very different approach to the trapped nerve.
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12 Kidney Stone Red Flags That Should Send You Straight to the Doctor
Kidney stones trigger a distinctive cluster of symptoms, and recognizing all of them can help you tell a stone apart from a urinary tract infection or a pulled muscle before complications set in.
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Your first back pain prescription could more than double your opioid addiction risk
A huge Medicaid study tracked what patients were handed on day one, and that first prescription turned out to carry real weight.
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Check your fridge: Popular butter brand recalled over e. coli contamination fears
One specific batch of a popular butter has been pulled from Sprouts, Wegmans and Raley's over contamination fears.
News
Your tap water may contain twice as many forever chemicals as reported
A fresh look at nearly two million water samples suggests the numbers on your utility report may not tell the whole story.
News
A simple saline shot may hold carpal tunnel pain at bay far longer than a steroid shot
The current go-to injection often fades in weeks, and a new trial tested a very different approach to the trapped nerve.
The needle-free weight loss drug could become available next year
A potential new treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes is moving closer to approval - will it become Ozempic 2.0?
10-minute test can reveal the cause of your high blood pressure
A fast imaging test may help identify why some patients don’t respond to standard hypertension treatments.
Study identifies cellular process that could change cholesterol treatment
New findings suggest that the body’s own immune cells may play a bigger role in clearing cholesterol than previously understood.
New research shows how UV light triggers inflammation in skin cells
A new study suggests that UV exposure can switch off an internal regulatory system in the skin, and allowing inflammation to escalate.
Early RSV protection may reduce childhood asthma
A growing body of evidence suggests that protecting newborns from RSV could influence children’s long-term respiratory health.
Tattoo ink lingers in the body – and could shape how we respond to vaccines
New research suggests that tattoo ink doesn’t simply remain in the skin.