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College students who smoke marijuana appear more likely than their peers to skip classes — which eventually leads to poorer grades and later graduation, a ...

As the National Football League continues to struggle with the health risks posed by concussions, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll finds that vast majorities of Americans say football ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed that American teenagers be banned from using tanning beds. “Today’s action is intended to help protect ...

Last week’s announcement by Kaiser Permanente that it plans to open its own medical school in Southern California has attracted a lot of attention in the health ...

A new study provides more evidence that a good breakfast helps kids do better in school. Researchers looked at 5,000 students in Great Britain between ...

Although British teeth have long been a subject of satire in the United States, a new stereotype-busting study is giving the British a little something ...

For the first time, more U.S. high school seniors are smoking pot than tobacco, a new survey shows. Daily marijuana use remained relatively stable at 6 ...

Whether it’s delivering the first baby of the New Year or attending to an accident victim, for some medical professionals Christmas and New Year’s Day ...

Men with prostate cancer that’s still confined to the organ are more likely to survive if they have surgery rather than radiation therapy, a new ...

Americans continue to be plagued by an epidemic of prescription narcotic painkiller abuse, and a new study finds primary care physicians are by far the ...