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Alan J. Hunter from Oregon Health & Science University was a passenger on a recent airline flight when he responded to a flight attendant’s request ...

Though Anna Rosemond, now 33, had braces when she was young, a couple of years ago she noticed her teeth were again starting to crowd. ...

With children among the victims of chemical attacks and biological outbreaks in recent years, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) calls on health care providers ...

There’s a deadly virus spreading from state to state. It preys on the most vulnerable, striking the sick and the old without mercy. In just ...

Adolescent and young adults who survived at least two years after a cancer diagnosis had nearly double the risk of being hospitalized compared with their ...

The relationship between healthcare administrations and physicians across America is, to put it mildly, frequently strained. Mistrust and communication difficulties are common, and this is ...

High empathy scores could become part of the criteria for getting into medical school, according to research published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

Despite hospital systems and health officials calling out the need for more primary care doctors, graduates of U.S. medical schools are becoming less likely to ...

Regulations which reduce youth exposure to flavored e-cigarettes may aid in preventing young people who try e-cigarettes from becoming long-term e-cig users.

Studies of adolescents and young people who have undergone bariatric surgery have found significant long-term reductions in weight and comorbid chronic diseases.