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By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Long-term use of prescription opioids for chronic pain is more common among people who are overweight or obese, a new study finds. As a group, these individuals are more likely to use...

(Reuters) – Online pharmacy Valisure reported that it found a new cancer-causing impurity in some versions of widely prescribed blood pressure medicine valsartan, but U.S. regulators said on Tuesday that the amount in the...

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – More patients are bringing pictures of their skin problems to their dermatologists, which helps the doctors better observe the progression and potentially diagnose the condition,...

By Linda Carroll For nearly a decade, suicide rates have been climbing among U.S. teens, with an especially pronounced increase in boys recently, a new study suggests. Rates among teens began to increase in 2007, with an even...

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam has culled more than 2.5 million pigs to contain the spread of an African swine fever outbreak that is in danger of infecting every province of the country, an agriculture ministry official said...

By Anne Harding (Reuters Health) – A class of medications used for nerve and muscle pain, including the popular drug Lyrica, increases users’ risks for suicidal behavior, unintentional overdoses, injuries and car...

By Saumya Joseph (Reuters Health) – Preventing falls among elderly patients who’ve just left the hospital is an important part of keeping them safe, a large U.S. study shows. When elderly patients are discharged, one...

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – Researchers have harnessed the power of social media to build a genetic database, according to a new report. The “Genes for Good” project, which turned to Facebook to recruit...

By Linda Carroll For several decades, certain cancer centers have been allowed by the U.S. government to charge more for the care they give. A new study finds the care given at these centers isn’t very different from that...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Zebra Medical Vision, an Israel medical imaging analytics company, said on Monday it received its third clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its alert for intracranial hemorrhage,...