For anyone who has struggled to schedule a specialist appointment or sift through a mountain of insurance paperwork, the ...

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The journey of pasteurization is one of science's most significant public health triumphs, and few know that it was ...

There were unforgiveable shortcomings in management, which included critical information not reaching senior officials as ...

We've slapped a tax on sugary drinks, watched prices rise, and people bought less soda — but their waistlines didn’t seem to ...

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The medical journal The Lancet recently published a detailed consensus statement classifying obesity as a disease. The ...

The fluoride controversy, where advocates and opponents argue in the media, is a distraction because the views of real and ...

Pseudoscience has recently been reemerging in the US. While much of it concerns vaccines, an "oldie" is again making the ...

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