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With more states legalizing recreational marijuana, parents are facing the question of whether they should smoke pot around their children. "I have never…

The sizable jump in Americans with insurance, due in large part to the implementation of the federal health law, is unprecedented since the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago.

In many ways, Violet Hall is an average 9-year-old. She’s goofy, smart, artistic.But there’s something that makes Violet unique: she was born without her…

"We've reported on this program before about fecal transplants. They’ve been shown to be an effective but complicated way to treat a stubborn infection…

Immigrants make up an estimated 40 percent of the U.S. meat processing workforce. Last year’s wave of COVID outbreaks at meatpacking plants exposed many vulnerabilities among the industry’s diverse workforce.

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/112413_5.mp3Each year, hundreds of people undergo a colostomy or “ostomy," as a result of their bowel being…

As many as 5 million Americans have hepatitis C, and new drugs can cure almost all of them. But patients worry they won't get these expensive treatments in time.

For many mothers giving birth during the pandemic, pregnancy has not gone as planned. To learn about these experiences, a pair of researchers is…

It’s a Friday evening and a dozen or so people -- men, women, teenagers, little kids -- are gathered at TITLE Boxing Club. It’s an upscale boxing studio…

“The American Academy of Pediatrics has come out with a recommendation for sexually active teenage girls. The organization says the first choice should be…