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February 13, 2023 — It’s not often that a high school brawl with gang members sets you down a path to becoming a Harvard-trained doctor. But that’s exactly how Alister Martin’s life unfolded.

February 12, 2023 — The rising national suicide rate is being driven by increases among younger people and among people of color, according to a new report. Significant increases in suicide occurred among Native American, Black and Hispanic people, with a startling rise among young Black people.

February 10, 2023 — Every state has found bird flu in wild birds and 47 states have found it in poultry flocks, including 18 states in the last 30 days, the USDA said.

February 10, 2023 — There were 225 norovirus outbreaks reported to the CDC between Aug. 1, 2022, and Jan. 8, 2023, compared to 172 outbreaks during the same period the previous season, according to CDC data.

February 7, 2023 — Black and Hispanic people on dialysis have higher rates of staph bloodstream infections than White people, with Hispanic patients having a 40% higher risk of staph bloodstream infections, a report released by the CDC said.

February 6, 2023 — A pill that could change the way postpartum depression is treated has been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for priority review, pharmaceutical companies Sage Therapeutics and Biogen announced.

February 4, 2023 — Scientific evidence suggests “dangerous fungal infections are on the rise.” As temperatures have risen, some fungi are adapting to higher heat, including within people, the newspaper wrote.

February 3, 2023 — If you thought AI was remarkable, just wait until you see these.

February 3, 2023 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its counterpart in the United Kingdom say the bird flu has been detected in mammals such as raccoons, foxes, bears, skunks, and even a cat in France.

February 1, 2023 — Childhood stress can change the brain negatively, according to a new study that says Black children are affected more because they experience more poverty and adversity.

January 31, 2023 — The U.S. spends dramatically more on health care than other high-income nations but has the worst health outcomes on nearly every metric, a new report shows. Despite the high health care spending rate, affordability of health care was the top reason Americans gave for skipping or delaying care.

January 31, 2023 — In How Medicine Works and When It Doesn't, F. Perry Wilson, MD, guides readers through the murky and often treacherous landscape of modern medicine.

January 31, 2023 — Teenagers used marijuana less in the first year of the pandemic, a new study shows, while adult use of cannabis, illegal drugs and alcohol stayed the same or increased.

January 30, 2023 — Gut microbiome appears to play a big role in regulating body temperature, both in long-term health and during life-threatening medical situations such as sepsis, according to a study from the University of Michigan.

January 30, 2023 — The combination of polyphenols and amino acids was seen to be twice as effective at fighting inflammation as polyphenol alone, in preliminary research suggesting that coffee with milk could be an anti-inflammatory.

January 29, 2023 — The FDA has proposed updating blood donor screening questions to be gender-inclusive, in a long-sought move away from uniform exclusions for gay men and men who have sex with men.

January 27, 2023 — The federal government denied three citizen petitions for guidance on the use of CBD in food and supplements.

January 25, 2023 — VEXAS syndrome, which causes multiple symptoms, may affect tens of thousands of U.S. men

January 17, 2023 — Freshwater fish caught in the nation’s rivers and the Great Lakes had dangerous levels of a toxic additive -- PFOs -- that has leached into the nation’s drinking water, a new study says.

January 15, 2023 — Veterans in suicidal crisis can get free emergency health care at any facility, including private, non-Veterans Administration sites, even if they are not enrolled in the VA system.

January 12, 2023 — Nearly 1 in 4 people admitted to the hospital experience an adverse event during their stay, and the events were less likely to happen at smaller hospitals compared to large ones, a new study shows.

January 11, 2023 — Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin was released from the hospital Wednesday, more than a week after he suffered cardiac arrest and was resuscitated during a National Football League game.

January 10, 2023 — A growing number of homeless and underserved people are spending their last days alone. Meet the people who are trying to change that.

January 10, 2023 — Anti-inflammatory diets such as the Mediterranean Diet, increase conception chances by boosting fertility in men and women, according to a review of research at Monash University, the University of the Sunshine Coast, and the University of South Australia (UniSA).

January 9, 2023 — About a third of Americans have used medical marijuana to deal with chronic pain, a new study says. The study says 31% of respondents reported using medical marijuana to relieve chronic pain at some point in their life.

January 7, 2023 — Pro football player Damar Hamlin was “awake and breathing,” his doctors said Thursday, but they still do not know if he will fully recover from his on-field cardiac arrest or return to the NFL.

January 4, 2023 — Snow shoveling can be dangerous: One study found it’s responsible for 11,500 serious injuries and almost 100 deaths annually. So before you reach for your shovel, or even your snow blower, familiarize yourself with the risks and take precautions.

December 1, 2022 — AI and machine learning remain technologies that add to human know-how. For example, AI can help track a patient over time better than a health care professional relying on memory alone, can speed up image analysis, and is very good at prediction.

November 30, 2022 — Second in a series examining the impact and potential of artificial intelligence in health care.

November 29, 2022 — A first in a series examining the impact and potential of artificial intelligence in health care.

June 22, 2012 — Los investigadores informan que casi el doble de las personas con problemas de sueño confesó tener miedo a la oscuridad en comparación con quienes duermen bien

June 22, 2012 — Cerca de un 8% de los alumnos de 3o han participado en auto-lesiones