Combining financial incentives and personalized goal-setting with wearable devices may be an effective way of encouraging patients with heart disease
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Why getting the new shingles vaccine is a good idea—even if you got the old one
It’s a good idea for most Canadians 50 and older to get the newest vaccine to prevent shingles—even if they’ve
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Breast cancer prognosis may be worse if diagnosis follows ‘negative’ mammogram
(HealthDay)—About 15 percent of breast cancers are diagnosed in the interval between regularly scheduled mammograms, where the last mammogram showed
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Buprenorphine may be safer than methadone if treatment duration is longer, study suggests
The less commonly prescribed opioid substitute buprenorphine may be safer than methadone for problem opioid users, especially if used during
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Workplace anxiety can be good if you harness it to remain motivated and stay on task
New research on anxiety in the workplace finds that too much worrying about work can hinder an employee’s performance, but
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