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NEW YORK – Sweatworking, the growing practice of meeting clients for a walk, a run or a fitness class, is…
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Raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 or 25 years old would significantly reduce their use and…
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An ad for Huggies showing a blind soon-to-be-mother “meeting” her unborn son Murilo for the first time has gone viral.…
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Opiate prescriptions and overdoses in the U.S. have declined since the debut of an abuse-resistant version of the painkiller OxyContin…
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AKRON, Ohio – Pregnant smokers in one northeast Ohio county can get free diapers in exchange for permanently kicking the…
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Global cancer drug spending hits $100 billion in 2014, report says
Worldwide spending on cancer medicines reached $100 billion in 2014, an increase of 10.3 percent from 2013 and up from…
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Only 34 countries have national plans to fight the global threat of antibiotic resistance, meaning few are prepared to tackle…
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Amsterdam warns tourists white heroin being sold as cocaine
Authorities in Amsterdam warned Friday that potentially lethal white heroin is being sold as cocaine in the city after three…
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