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A family of five is exposed to the flu virus, but only two of them get sick. A lifelong chain-smoker lives 100 years, while a professional athlete in their prime dies of an unexpected heart attack. A drug fails a ...Read more

Unregulated peptides for weight loss, muscle building, longevity and more are a roaring wellness fad – even though these substances have not been proved safe and effective and have not been approved by the U.S. Food ...Read more

“This whole experience has me wondering (keeping me up at night, actually): Can we ever afford to have another child?”

— Grace Griffin, Calumet, Michigan

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Grace and Daniel Griffin, both 26, knew money would be...Read more

Earlier this year, Madison Harden-Stein and her colleagues at the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms posed as consumers interested in buying insurance as part of a secret shopper study.

They found ...Read more

Stomach cancer, also called gastric cancer, begins when cells grow abnormally in the stomach. More than 30,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with stomach cancer each year.

When stomach cancer is found early and has not...Read more

You may feel happy that your blood pressure (BP) was healthy at your last doctor's appointment, but that could be misleading. For more than 10% of folks over age 50, that's not a good measure of their BP as they go about ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: My adult daughter wants to confide (complain) to me about her husband -- his quirky behavior, things he does that she doesn't like, etc. -- nothing heavy or abusive. I have told her that I think it's ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 70-year-old male who's active and healthy, and I eat a varied diet. I take the minimum dosages of levothyroxine and atorvastatin. Recently, I had a gastrointestinal bleed that was located in my ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I attended a funeral recently and heard Psalm 23 recited. It had been years. I remember learning about David while in Vacation Bible School 20 years ago and that he was a ...Read more

The Center for Disease Control released its yearly Antimicrobial Threats Report in October, detailing illnesses that are becoming resistant to treatment. It listed four drug-resistant illnesses as urgent public health ...Read more

Imagine sitting down with your family at a restaurant. Conversations at your table overlap with those of patrons seated nearby. Utensils clink on plates. Waitstaff weave between tables. Music plays overhead.

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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why do farts smell so bad? – Daisy, age 7, New York, ...Read more

Cancer isn’t the leading cause of death in the United States; heart disease ranks first in that regard. But it’s cancer that strikes fear into the hearts of many Americans.

Cancer can take an excruciating ...Read more

BOSTON — Boston’s Archbishop Richard Henning and other local Catholic leaders denounced Gov. Maura Healey’s emergency declaration on abortions, saying that abortions aren’t healthcare.

“Having read the Governor�...Read more

MIAMI — More people are getting influenza earlier in the season this year than in previous years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But you can still get vaccinated as the numbers pick up.

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My doctor says I have a pituitary tumor. What is the pituitary gland, where is it located, and what does this diagnosis mean?

ANSWER: The pituitary gland is a small, pea-sized gland located behind the ...Read more

As a parent, I know all too well the feeling of working hard on creating a meal that you think your children will enjoy, only to be let down by their refusal to eat more than a bite or two. With Thanksgiving being one of ...Read more

In the U.S., 31.6 million people have eczema, about 8 million people have psoriasis and 5 million contend with hyperpigmentation. Many want to find an affordable over-the-counter solution and turn to skin creams that ...Read more

DEAR ABBY: I'm a 44-year-old man, and as I reflect on my life, there's no way to describe it except as a failure. As a teenager, I didn't apply myself in school for a number of reasons, partly due to being the target of ...Read more

DEAR DR. ROACH: For several years, I've been dealing with lower back pain (lumbar facet arthritis, disc degeneration and spinal stenosis, as well as right-sided lumbar radiculopathy) and feet pain (plantar fasciitis in ...Read more