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As more states make recreational marijuana legal, researchers fret about short- and long-term health effects
Curing halitosis requires the right balance of oral microbes
During sepsis, the body attacks itself. Researchers are working on new ways to fight back
Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends
Some professional athletes' enthusiasm for certain stem cell treatments outpaces the evidence
Intermittent fasting might improve health, but clinical data are thin
Why steaks could be in, but hot dogs are still out
Medical imaging offers new ways to examine the deceased
Physicians struggle to curb the growing number of lethal overdoses
Hospitals bring janitors to the front lines of infection control
New findings suggest that ingesting soil is adaptive, not necessarily pathological
Gonorrhea, once a minor illness, is developing resistance to the last category of drugs that still works against it and could become untreatable
Most people think of foodborne illness as an unpleasant few days of fever and diarrhea, but for some there may be lifelong consequences
Hospital gardens turn out to have medical benefits
Researchers are baffled by the worldwide increase in type 1 diabetes, the less common form of the disease
Better health requires improved education, more access to nutritious food and greater economic opportunities, new county rankings show
A potentially beneficial but unusual treatment for serious intestinal ailments may fall victim to regulatory difficulties
Changing HDL and LDL levels does not always alter heart disease or stroke risk
Two populations in the U.S. tend to outlive their often richer neighbors. Why?
Parents need better information, ideally before a baby is born
An alternative explanation for cancer's origins could lead to better therapies
The new edition of a psychiatric manual called DSM-5 tackles what to do when mourning becomes complicated or leads to depression
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