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Generations of parents have swaddled their babies, but a new study concluded that the practice might increase the risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Or does it? Shortly after the study was published in the...

Opioid addiction has become a national problem, but government officials in Massachusetts are being more specific in their observations. They’re using words like “crisis” and “epidemic” when describing the prevalence of opioid abuse in...

If you’re an American, there’s about a one-in-six chance that you smoke cigarettes. And if you are a smoker, there’s a big chance you smoke a lot. Every day, or every other day. You’ve seen...

Although it was first isolated in Africa in 1947, the Zika virus infection – caused by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes – was largely unknown to U.S. residents until recently. But with the World...

The treatment of bone fractures hasn’t significantly changed in years – healing generally takes 6-to-8 weeks – but a Michigan State University veterinary scientist is looking at ways to improve the process, the University...