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Among primary care doctors who were trained and currently providing abortion care, 60% said they didn't offer abortion pill prescriptions as part of their family practice, but only at specialized repr

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While Kamal Patel was probing through the reams of user data on examine.com – a website that calls itself “the internet’s largest database of nutrition and supplement research” – before a planned reva

Inflammation has often been cast as a villain in medicine — and has long been tied to the sensation of pain and to painful diseases like arthritis. However, a new study of patients with low back pain

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Two young Utah children may be part of the mysterious hepatitis outbreak that has puzzled public health officials globally. The Utah Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday said health c

The World Health Organization on Tuesday reported that the monkeypox outbreak, while “not normal,” is still “containable.” "We encourage you all to increase the surveillance of monkeypox to see whe

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TUESDAY, May 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Add a lower risk of Crohn's disease to the many benefits of having a dog during childhood, a new study suggests. Sorry, cat lovers, researchers didn't find a

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The United States is once again watching coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rise as summertime nears. Nearly half of Americans – 45 percent – are living in communities with medium or high communit

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WHO Member States today re-elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve a second five-year term as Director-General of the world’s leading public health agency. Dr Tedros was first elected in 2017.

Doctors caring for cancer patients at the main hospital in Tigray say they have only two chemotherapy drugs left in date and are treating terminally ill people with expired medication and paracetamol.

A Scots mum whose daughter's urine turned brown before doctors discovered she had hepatitis feared she would need a liver transplant. Little Madison, of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, was diagnosed with

Maria Stant breastfed her first three children, but she found nursing her babies was a challenge once she went back to work. She worked as a server at a pizza place and then at another restaurant, and

When Melissa Boughton complained to her OB-GYN about dull pelvic pain, the doctor responded by asking about her diet and exercise habits. The question seemed irrelevant, considering the type of pain

By Dr Greggory Pinto A belated Mother's Day gift for women in the Bahamas: a ray of hope for women who suffer from recurrent urinary tract infections. Many women are plagued with the pain and tremend

(CNN) The United States is responding to a request for the release of monkeypox vaccine from the nation's Strategic National Stockpile as a global outbreak of cases is under investigation. There is o

Five Americans are likely infected with monkeypox, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday, warning that people might first mistake the infection for a sexually transmitted disease.

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Scientists have injected the first human patient with a new cancer-killing virus. The virus, known as Vaxinia, has seen successful tests in animals. However, the true test of its efficacy begins with

It is over an hour before the emergency dental clinic is due to open, but Jodie Manning is taking no chances. She hasn’t been able to eat for four days – “I can’t physically bite down any more” – and

© Mark Henle/The Republic A portrait of Melanie Street, February 24, 2022, outside of her apartment, Flagstaff, Arizona. PHOENIX – Melanie Street calls COVID-19 “a lion inside of my body.” When she

Breakthrough COVID-19 cases resulting in infections, hospitalizations and deaths are significantly more likely in cancer and Alzheimer’s patients, according to two new studies from researchers at the

Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cases acr

Right now, two and a half years into the pandemic, there are still many questions without answers. How will we navigate a world with so much Covid spreading, if this is something like our steady state

Those living in warmer climates lose more sleep per degree of temperature rise The elderly, women, and residents of lower-income countries are impacted most Insufficient sleep is a risk factor for s

CDC Investigates As Child Hepatitis Outbreak Spreads To 36 States About 180 children have been affected over the past seven months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In Mexico, the

LONDON (AP) — A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained b

Monkeypox is mostly found in tropical rainforests in Central and West Africa, although outbreaks have recently appeared in other regions of the world. Fever, rash, and enlarged lymph nodes are all sym

© Joseph Prezioso / AFP A group of doctors and medical workers join protesters gathering in front of the State House to show support and rally for abortion rights in Boston, Massachusetts on May 3. I