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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.
Wildfire pollution may lead to premature births
Research suggests that wildfire smoke may affect not only breathing but also pregnancy outcomes.
Study finds the eyes reflect the body’s biological age
Scientists have found that the eyes may hold powerful clues to how quickly your body is aging.
New study found that exposure to artificial light can harm the heart
Artificial light makes city life possible, but new evidence suggests that exposure to it at night may harm the heart.
New study: Blood test reveals how fast your organs are aging
A new scientific breakthrough may soon let doctors measure how old your organs truly are using just a single test.
Major study finds gender gap in exercise’s heart benefits
A new study suggests women might achieve the same heart-health benefits as men with far less exercise.
Genetic insight offers path toward personalized Crohn’s treatments
Researchers at UC San Diego have used artificial intelligence to uncover how a single broken protein link in the gut may trigger Crohn’s disease.