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NaturalTake Steps to Lower Your Stroke Risk
Lower stroke risk by quitting smoking and exercising more often
Health NewsWorrying Your Way to a Heart Attack?
Heart attack patients have better survival rates when they medically treat their depression
Mental HealthBeing On the Down Low May Not Help
Bisexual men who conceal their sexual behavior suffer more anxiety and depression
Prescription DrugsRx Combo Delivers Fatal Blow to Rare Thyroid Cancer
Anaplastic thyroid cancer appears to respond to combination of Votrient and Taxol
Health NewsSmoking? Lying Around? Bad For Your Heart!
Heart disease and depression while smoking and being inactive increased risk of death
Mental HealthDrugs & Alcohol Lead to Dead Ends
Violent deaths broken down by drug type and gender
Prescription DrugsUnder the Skin: Two Rx's to Treat RA
Rheumatoid arthritis drugs Orencia and Humira were similarly effective
Prescription DrugsDiabetes Rx One Step Closer to Approval
Canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes recommended for approval by FDA advisory committee
Mental HealthJunior Seau Suffered Brain Disease
Brain of Junior Seau revealed evidence of CTE brain disease from multiple hits to head
Mental HealthUnderstanding Teens' Suicide Risk
Teenagers who attempt suicide or seriously consider share common characteristics
Health NewsFlu is public health emergency in Boston
Boston mayor declares flu as public health emergency
Health News“Game of Thrones” Actor Wilko Johnson Has Terminal Cancer
Wilko Johnson diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
Prescription DrugsFDA Requiring Lower Recommended Dose for certain sleep drugs containing zolpidem
Zolpidem blood levels in some patients may be high in morning
Prescription DrugsDiabetes Rx Go Head-to-Head
Type 2 diabetes treatment with exenatide outperformed insulin detemir treatment
Health NewsDon't Focus on the Pain, Kids
Controlling chronic abdominal pain using the mind can help children in the long run
Health NewsThere's a Gym on Campus?
PE requirements diminishing across US colleges and universities
Clinical TrialsBypass Patients Less Likely to Take Meds
Coronary bypass patients less likely to fill prescriptions than angioplasty recipients
Prescription DrugsDiabetes Rx in Review: Is It Safe?
Canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes closer to approval but may have safety issues
Health NewsFlu Near You: A Website for Flu
Flu Near You tracks flu symptoms near users
Health NewsHow Good is Your Doctor?
Colorectal cancer screeners can tell patients their ADR
Health NewsPap Smears For More Than The Cervix?
Ovarian and uterine cancer screening may be included in the Pap smear eventually
Health NewsLooking Inward at Bipolar Symptoms
Bipolar disorder self monitoring relapse strategy
FeaturesSports for Teens with Spondylitis
Spondylitis patients can play sports and be active too
Health NewsWhooping Cough's Comeback in 2012
CDC says 2012 was the worst year for whooping cough since 1955