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Led by the American Medical Association, a group of 27 major U.S. medical organizations are banding together to tackle the continuing epidemic of narcotic painkiller ...

Cancer patients who do rehabilitation before they begin treatment may recover more quickly from surgery, chemotherapy or radiation, some cancer specialists say. But insurance coverage for cancer ...

(HealthDay News) — Obese Americans struggling to shed pounds have a new weight-loss option: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a temporary, ...

Teenagers who use electronic cigarettes may be more likely to smoke the real thing, new research suggests. The study, which included almost 2,100 California high ...

Music training improves teens’ hearing and language skills, a new study says. The findings suggest that music instruction can help teens do better in school, ...

Teens who have legal permission to use medical marijuana are 10 times more likely to say they’re addicted than those who get the drug illegally, ...

The two main reasons for patients with metastatic cancer to undergo chemotherapy are to live longer and to live better.  A new study has found that ...

By Sarah Jane Tribble, WCPN It’s family vacation time, and I’ve taken the kids back to where I grew up — a small plot of ...

More than a quarter-million Vietnam veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms today, four decades after the war’s end, a new study estimates. And ...

Some women who have surgery for early stage breast cancer may benefit from additional radiation to nearby lymph nodes, two new clinical trials suggest. Researchers ...