Executed this year in Georgia, Andrew Brannan is one of hundreds of US soldiers who serve, come home from battle with mental scars, commit murder and are put to death.
Nov 10, 2015
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New York state will require physicians to complete an educational course before they can authorize medical marijuana for patients—an unusual mandate not applied to other new drugs or seen in other states with medical marijuana ...
Oct 28, 2015
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It's a frustrating fact that most people would live longer if only they could make small changes: stop smoking, eat better, exercise more, practice safe sex. Health messaging is one important way to change behavior on a large ...
Oct 28, 2015
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Women who undergo implant based female sterilization have a significantly heightened risk of reoperation following complications, suggests a large study published in The BMJ this week.
Oct 13, 2015
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There is an emergent and promising field of research on schizophrenia prevention, yet little is known about the potential harm and risks inherent in identifying and labeling young people at risk. A study led by researchers ...
Sep 29, 2015
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Interactions between brain cells hold the key to healthy brain function and cognition, but many of those interactions are notoriously difficult to study.
Sep 18, 2015
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The more a parent smokes, the more their teenage son or daughter will also smoke. Teenagers are much more likely to smoke and be dependent on nicotine if a parent is dependent on nicotine, especially daughters if their mother ...
Sep 17, 2015
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Chain restaurants across New York City may soon be compelled to add a new item to their menus: a salt-warning symbol.
Sep 9, 2015
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The number of people diagnosed with Legionnaires disease has risen to 108 as America's largest city suffers from a record outbreak of the form of pneumonia, authorities said Saturday.
Aug 8, 2015
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State officials are deploying 150 trained workers to test cooling towers in the borough of the Bronx for traces of Legionnaires' disease amid the largest outbreak in New York City's history.
Aug 8, 2015
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