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In a new study, researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) showed that partnering with doulas and midwives to ...

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A simple ultrasound of a patient's thigh or shoulder muscle may detect insulin resistance before it progresses to type 2 ...

People who have metabolic and bariatric surgery are significantly less likely to develop psychiatric disorders compared to ...

New research published today shows that female teenagers—especially those from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds—and ...

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If you've been on social media lately—perhaps scrolling in the middle of the night, when you know you shouldn't but you just ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a new computational tool that helps scientists pinpoint ...

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