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Leading medical organizations on Friday recommended major changes in cardiovascular disease prevention, saying people as young as 30 — down from age 40 — should consider statins or other measures to manage

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Many tobacco researchers and policy experts think e-cigarettes have potential as a tool to help people quit smoking. But they also want to prevent teenagers from taking up the habit and getting

WASHINGTON — White House officials are steering the Trump administration away from vaccine reform, fearing the political consequences of emphasizing a relatively unpopular issue in a key election year. But the Make

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The early 1990s were a watershed moment for female health. In 1990, the Office of Research on Women’s Health was founded within the National Institutes of Health to ensure women were included

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In the breakup between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham, the sides have decided to go with conscious uncoupling rather than an acrimonious divorce. At least for now. In a joint email

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a drug to treat a rare brain disorder that resembles autism, while pulling back from previous statements made by top health officials that “hundreds

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