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Pain medicine group cancels doctor training about marijuana

Request to cancel came from a federal agency

DATE: Jun 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

New evidence that viruses may play a role in Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON – Viruses that sneak into the brain just might play a role in Alzheimer’s, scientists reported Thursday in a provocative study that promises to re-ignite some long-debated theorie...

DATE: Jun 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Smoking hits new low; about 14 percent of U.S. adults light up

NEW YORK – Smoking in the U.S. has hit another all-time low. About 14 percent of U.S adults were smokers last year, down from about 16 percent the year before, government figures ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem

GENEVA – Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too ...

DATE: Jun 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

NIH ends alcohol study, citing funding, credibility problems

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government is shutting down a study that was supposed to show if a single drink a day could prevent heart attacks, saying ethical problems with how the research was pla...

DATE: Jun 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Prescription drug use may increase risk of depression, study says

More than a third of American adults at potential risk

DATE: Jun 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Fewer U.S. teens smoking, doing drugs – and drinking milk

NEW YORK – Fewer U.S. teens are smoking, having sex and doing drugs these days. Oh, and they’re drinking less milk, too. Less than one-third of high school students drink a glass ...

DATE: Jun 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Research comes to surprising conclusion about marathon runners and arthritis

A new study comes to the somewhat counterintuitive conclusion that marathon runners have less arthritis than non-runners. The study Most people would assume that serious runners f...

DATE: Jun 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence

CHICAGO – With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teac...

DATE: Jun 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Flu season was one of the deadliest for U.S. children

NEW YORK – The past flu season was the deadliest for U.S. children in nearly a decade, health officials said Friday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they...

DATE: Jun 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

Celebrity suicides highlight troubling trend in midlife

CHICAGO – The deaths of celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain and fashion designer Kate Spade highlight a troubling trend – rising suicides among middle-aged Americans. Mental health pr...

DATE: Jun 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health