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To all the women who’ve heard the frustrating “it’s all in your head” in response to medical maladies, a new study out Friday feels your pain.Research published in the journal Science Immunology shows ...

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The California program that provides the world’s only medical treatment for potentially deadly infant botulism also offers traumatized families hope of a different sort – silly cards on their babies’ ...

Two new studies suggest that routine mammograms could help detect heart disease based on breast arterial calcification. Experts explain the connection.

The idea that MSG is uniquely harmful rests on a single letter and a lot of iffy science.

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Proposals for huge cuts to NIH and CDC budgets have been rejected, to the relief of scientists. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.