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You’ve probably heard it for years, every time you get a prescription for antibiotics: “Make sure to take all the pills.”

Traditionally, clinicians have given two reasons for these strict instructions: So ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My mother gets headaches from time to time, but recently she's been reading that some headaches can be signs of serious medical problems. What's the difference between a headache that's just a nuisance ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: Twenty-six years ago, I began what was supposed to be an affair with my current girlfriend, "Lacey." I was married at the time, and when my then-wife caught me, I was told we needed only to figure out who got ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm 78 years old and in pretty good health. I walk 3 miles four times a week, bike 8 miles once a week, and lift weights twice a week. Besides eye drops for glaucoma, the only medication I take is 20 mg ...Read more

Obesity rates in the U.S. are falling as the use of GLP-1s is increasing. More than one in 10 folks report taking one of the medications currently available (tirzepatide, semaglutide, liraglutide, dulaglutide, exenatide, ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Facebook has been my friend for the past few years. My followers have grown and I’ve become a sort of expert in the realm of social media. I have bragging rights to gain so ...Read more

A major produce lobby group asked U.S. health officials to change how they communicate about a parasite outbreak that’s sickened thousands, citing battered consumer confidence and sagging sales of fruit and vegetables.

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DETROIT — Michigan's worst outbreak of cyclosporiasis has slowed, with fewer than 200 new cases reported this week, according to numbers released Thursday by the state.

The Department of Health and Human Services ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Pope Leo XIV is significantly more popular among Pennsylvania Democrats than Republicans in the state, according to an Inquirer/New York Times/Siena University poll released this week.

While 75% of ...Read more

A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal.

Within about 30 minutes, his heart rate had ...Read more

Latino Americans are 1.5 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than white Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

In Colorado, nearly a quarter of the overall population identifies as...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- During Operation Metro Surge, Anoka United Church of Christ became a hub for neighbors helping neighbors.

Six months after the surge in immigration enforcement spurred fresh civic engagement in Minnesota, ...Read more

Tammy Chalala, a retired dietitian in New York, was thrilled with the results of her cataract surgeries, which left her with close to 20/20 vision.

She said she paid nearly $4,000 out-of-pocket for her two surgeries last ...Read more

Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues.

“I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, ...Read more

Connecting people with clinical trials is complicated — even if people identify a promising match, there’s a slew of potentially thorny factors, including geographic incompatibility, and financial and time ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia Veterans Affairs doctor is leading a national trial testing whether GLP-1 drugs could help patients with alcohol use disorder.

The treatments, which work by mimicking a natural hormone in ...Read more

Q: Dear Rabbi Gellman, you have spoken in the past of original sin and Christianity. I am an Orthodox Christian and I want you to know that not all Christians accept the Augustinian view of original sin. The Orthodox ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I got permission from my estranged brother to invite his 17-year-old daughter, "Ella," to spend a month with my family this summer. We live on the East Coast, and she lives on the West Coast.

Ella is about to ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: You have commented on gabapentin before. This seems to be a miracle drug that they're giving out to everyone for everything. However, I'm absolutely convinced that this drug made both of my parents crazy....Read more