More Americans are now dying of drug overdose each year than car accidents. And the biggest killer among those accidental deaths is prescribed opioids, according …
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All hands on deck: Doctor answers call to work on largest Ebola epidemic in history
In the nearly 70-year history of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only three disasters called for an “all hands on deck,” Level …
Podcast explores Americans’ use of complementary medicine
Do you do yoga, take probiotics, see a chiropractor, or follow a special diet? If so, you're not alone; roughly 34 percent of Americans make …
Image of the week: Bedbug
The news just keeps getting worse on the bedbug front. Above, a digitally-colored scanning electron micrograph of Cimex lectularius shows the insect's six jointed legs …