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Pregnancy is often a time of sweet anticipation. But the ongoing pressure to make the right decisions for the health...

The FDA recently received requests to approve a second COVID booster. At the same, it is unsealing documents that were...

It spreads efficiently and quickly, it generally causes milder disease than previous variants and it may confer strong protection against...

We obsess over clinical efficiency, to where the strategy of healthcare has taken over the art of medicine. But the...

Researchers are discovering that “springing ahead” each March is connected with serious negative health effects.

Researchers have been steadily gathering important insights into the effects of COVID-19 on the body and brain. Two years into...

Misinformation abounds in healthcare, as we saw during the pandemic. This is not a problem in healthcare, but a feature...

People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also “talks” to...

Obesity is notoriously difficult to treat. We introduce food logs and recommend diet and exercise, with varying results. Instead, we...

Although the medical establishment is now recognizing that sex is not binary, society as a whole has been slow to...

Clinical studies have a way of reaching conclusions that do not reflect individual patient experiences. One such study concludes that...

We have found that FDA drug warnings can sometimes prevent life-threatening adverse effects, but that unintended consequences are common.