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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated a webpage about vaccines and autism, changing lan ...

In Black adults, computed tomography colonography (CTC) is cost-effective for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening, accor ...

Population-based age- and sex-specific percentiles for 30-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk have been developed b ...

For cesarean delivery, regional anesthesia is associated with slightly higher Apgar scores and less frequent need for ...

A new gene-editing strategy may one day help many people with rare genetic diseases.In a new study published Wednesday ...

For older adults, development of geriatric syndrome (GS) after a major surgical procedure is associated with adverse s ...

Three times as many lung cancer deaths could be prevented if everyone eligible for screening got a chest CT scan, a new ...

Common health problems of old age — dehydration, delirium, malnutrition or falls — can become catastrophic if they occu ...

Diet or exercise — which actually works best for weight loss?A new study says the real power comes from doing ...

Health officials are warning parents that recalled ByHeart baby formula is still showing up on store shelves, even as l ...

The benefits of metformin outweigh the risks for young people with bipolar spectrum disorder who have overweight or ob ...