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New research challenges previous findings that imply that these alternatives to sugar promote weight loss.
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Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Fought the HIV and Hep C Outbreak in Indiana

At first, Jerome Adams was reluctant to support needle exchange programs. Now he champions them.

New Treatment Works Well for Women With Advanced Breast Cancer

A new type of treatment can slow disease progression in women with advanced breast cancer (ASCO)

Why Do African Americans Suffer Higher Rates of Alzheimer’s?

New studies shed light on why African Americans are twice as likely as whites to develop the most common form of dementia.

GOP’s Health Care “Repeal and Delay” Plan Would Wreak Havoc

32 million Americans would lose coverage. Individual premiums would double.

Does Hepatitis B Treatment Lower the Risk of Liver Cancer?

Treatment with Viread and Baraclude led to a decline in liver cancer in Europe but not in South Korea.

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How the Senate GOP’s Revised Health Care Bill Is Even Worse

Deep cuts to Medicaid remain, and health insurers could deny coverage to people with preexisting conditions.
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Arson Destroys HIV Testing Clinic and LGBT Center

Here’s how you can help rebuild the site, located in a mostly Black neighborhood of Dallas.

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The right amount of the sunshine vitamin may reduce painful problems from excessive sunlight exposure.
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FDA Committee Recommends New Gene Therapy for Leukemia in Children

CAR-T therapy CTL019 trains immune system to recognize and fight cancer cells.

Can a Risk Calculator Predict Bipolar Disorder in Kids?

The tool may determine whether children whose parents have bipolar disorder might develop the condition.

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Is Trump’s Pick for CDC Director Too Good to Be True?

Ob-gyn Brenda Fitzgerald was the commissioner of Georgia’s Department of Public Health. Watch her TEDx Talk from 2014 [VIDEO].
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Who do you think will win the upcoming boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor?

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Gonorrhea Is Now Harder to Treat

With three identified cases, in Japan, France and Spain, proving untreatable, the World Health Organization has issued a call to action
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80 Arrested in DC Protesting GOP Health Care Bill [VIDEO]

AIDS activists were among the 100 protesters, but no senators were present during the demonstrations.
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