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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Researchers may have found the cause of post-COVID brain fog

Scientists may finally have uncovered why some people struggle with brain fog long after recovering from COVID-19.

New research links time changes to stroke and obesity

Researchers are warning that these shifts in time may be doing more harm than good.

New study: Acetylsalicylic may help prevent bowel cancer from returning

Professor Anna Martling from the Karolinska Institutet led a major study that could shift how doctors treat bowel cancer.She and her team found...

Exercise can protect your mental health from poor eating habits

New research suggests that your diet could harm your mental health, but exercise might offer some protection.

A 14-year-old scientist tests whether AI can detect stress

A 14-year-old student set out to test whether chatbots like ChatGPT could recognize stress and assist with mental health.

New research suggests vaping could be more harmful than smoking

Many people turn to vaping believing it to be a safer option than smoking. But a new study suggests that it carries even greater dangers than tobacco.