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One in four Australians know someone who has committed suicide during the past 12 months amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to figures from Suicide Prevention Australia. The group found that ...

Are the antibodies we produce to fight COVID-19 infection causing severe disease? A new paper—so new in fact ...

“I’m not going to arm wrestle with the administration about where to put you,” Dr. C., a highly ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned sales of about 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products on Thursday because of ...

Alexandra Sierra carried boxes of food to her kitchen counter, where her 7-year-old daughter, Rachell, stirred a pitcher ...

The opioid crisis has resulted in more than 500,000 overdose deaths over the past two decades. The federal ...

West Australian Upper House MP Nick Goiran has said that repeated personal attacks and media vilification against opponents ...

Women who both smoke and drink after the first 12 weeks of pregnancy have nearly three times the ...

AstraZeneca said Friday it plans to apply for regulatory approval of an antibody cocktail that a preliminary study ...

Mental health and suicide prevention hotline Lifeline Australia has "smashed" its previous record for the highest volume of ...

Angela Marie Wulbrecht jumped at the first chance to get a COVID-19 vaccine, driving three hours from her ...

Radishes add a welcome crunch to your salads and a healthy boost for your heart. These humble root ...

New research indicates that exposure to pollutants in wildfire smoke may have led to thousands more COVID-19 cases ...

After a young woman we’ll call Jane had her first pelvic exam, her doctor wrote her a prescription ...

By Robin Buckley Imposter syndrome is a debilitating pattern of thinking that inhibits optimal functioning. Not only does ...

When Jaimie Rose and her husband Ryan found out they were expecting their second child in January of ...

The use of statin cholesterol-lowering medications has been on the rise for decades and they are among the ...

People who have recovered from COVID-19 retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease, according to a ...

Research has found that the venom of spiders—occasionally the cause of seizures and even death—could actually be life-saving ...

In the United States, nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who specialize ...

Mental health and suicide prevention service Lifeline Australia has registered its highest volume of calls ever, as Australians ...

The Australian government's push to teach primary school students about consent, relationships, and gender diversity has attracted heavy ...

I had my first colonoscopy when I turned 50. It wasn't fun, but I did what I was ...

At 15, Autumn Fuernisen is dying. She was diagnosed at age 11 with a rare degenerative brain disorder ...

After years of investigation about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, I wrote a book, “Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, ...

Doctors are seeing a surge in eating disorders across the country as people try to cope with the ...

As physicians and health policy experts debate the merits of Aduhelm, the first new drug approved for Alzheimer’s ...