The United States spends twice as much on health care per person than any other affluent democracy. But that spending
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Mental illness is not to blame for mass shootings, experts say
Mental illness and video games are not to blame for mass shootings: it’s access to deadly weapons, experts say 31%
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European experts sound alarm as mosquito- and tick-borne diseases set to flourish in warmer climate
New research presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April)
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Experts call for emergency declaration on Congo’s Ebola
An international group of public health experts have called on The World Health Organization to convene an emergency committee and
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Parkinson’s disease experts devise a roadmap
A recently discovered protein, alpha-synuclein, has become one of the most attractive targets for developing new drugs with the potential
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Severely unsettled one-year-olds risk poor mental health, experts caution
Severely unsettled babies with sleeping, crying and feeding problems at the age of one are ten times more likely to
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Penn and Drexel experts see hope for better lives with dementia
It’s hard to argue that hearing you have dementia is not deeply depressing. After all, most forms of dementia are
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Experts address loss of the national guideline clearinghouse
(HealthDay)—The demise of the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) in July 2018 is likely to impact evidence-based health care around the
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AHA: With Hurricane Season Underway, Health Experts Urge More Support for the Vulnerable
FRIDAY, Aug. 10, 2018 (American Heart Association) — When Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico last fall, José Maldonado was heartbroken.
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Eat spicy chilli or soup to keep cool in the heatwave, say experts
Eat spicy chilli, tikka masala, a Thai curry or soup to keep cool in the heatwave, say experts A hot
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