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By Joseph M. Gorrell Opioid abuse is becoming epidemic in the U.S., with more than 90 people dying each day of overdoses. A significant factor ...

By H.G. McKinnis In my early twenties, I lived with a hoarder I’ll call Mae. When I moved in, I saw she had loads of stuff, and I knew instantly ...

By Laurie Udesky Allen Barron scrunches up his tiny face and wails as his mother gently tips him backward onto the lap of Jean Calvo, a ...

The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest, an often deadly loss of heart function, declined significantly among previously uninsured adults who acquired health insurance through the ...

By Chad Terhune Among all the reasons for rising health insurance premiums, this one might be the most obscure: A long-term care insurer in Pennsylvania ...