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Prescription medications can help people with opioid use disorder avoid the risks of relapse and overdose. But stigma based on misperceptions about addiction limits their use.
Despite an abundance of research on strep, there is still a great deal of debate in the scientific community over whether and when people should get tested and treated for it.
The law requires medical test results be made available to patients even before a clinician has reviewed them.
Without supportive parents, children already under stress may experience a shrinkage in brain volume in an area of the brain that is important for learning and memory.
Tuberculosis is a preventable and curable disease, yet before the pandemic, it killed more people than any other infectious disease.
Many processed foods strip carbs of their natural fibers. Eating foods with an ideal total carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio can help with weight management and improve overall health.
After recent cases in Florida and Texas, authorities are advising the public to drain standing water sources to keep mosquitoes from multiplying.
An aggressive, antifungal-resistant form of tinea, a contagious ringworm fungal infection, has appeared in the US, likely driven by overuse and misuse of antifungal medications.
No matter their age, gender, ethnicity or locale, kids undergoing this therapy can make real progress in recovering from the most devastating traumas.
Overreliance on BMI as a measure of weight and health has deepened inequities and led to inaccuracies and overgeneralizations.
The health coverage program’s enrollment soared during the three years after March 2020 due to temporary policies adopted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health coverage.
Letting go of what could have been is a critical step in handling ambiguous loss.
Abortion bans and restrictions have numerous downstream effects on health care. For instance, medical students in states where those laws exist will not receive training for some standard procedures.
A new report lays out steps communities can take to help their residents survive heat waves as the risk of dangerous temperatures rises.
Hospital ethics committees and consultants do not make decisions for others, but their input can help support doctors and patients navigate difficult dilemmas.
Research is clear that what we eat can drive our test preferences as early as 2 years of age.
For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.
Native Americans sent to government-funded schools now experience significantly higher rates of mental and physical health problems than those who did not.
So much pollution goes into the air today that even without wildfire smoke, 99% of the global population breathes unhealthy air.
Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
The rainbow Pride flags flying this month obscure the ongoing legislative attacks threatening the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary people and their families.
An anthropology course explores how peoples and cultures around the world use nature-based medicines to heal.