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Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.
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Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao was removed from an English class at the public school. PEN America says it's part of a trend of scrubbing literature dealing with uncomfortable topics. -
At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of Herat. -
Easier than a blood test, saliva tests have the potential to detect cavities, infections and even cancer. But a lack of insurance coverage and other obstacles stand in the way of wider use. -
A study published this week in the Journal of American College Health found that more than half of U.S. college students report feeling lonely. -
President Trump's big domestic policy agenda makes cuts to Medicaid. According to a health policy research nonprofit, rural areas are expected to lose around $140 billion. But the law also will send states $50 billion over 5 years to transform rural health.
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Addiction specialist Dr. Mark S. Gold says GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic and Wegovy prompting "a reconceptualization of addiction itself" and could help doctors treat alcohol and drug addiction. -
Who says serious athletes are always serious? Akwasi Frimpong, who's competed for Ghana, is a world-class wisecracker as he reflects on being a Black African athlete in the white world of winter sports. -
Researchers found a tiny bottle from ancient Rome that contained fecal residue and traces of aromatics, offering evidence that poop was used medicinally more than 2,000 years ago. -
The billionaire tech mogul's testimony was part of a landmark social media addiction trial in Los Angeles. The jury's verdict in the case could shape how some 1,600 other pending cases from families and school districts are resolved. -
The Food and Drug Administration's about-face comes a little more than a week after the agency refused to consider the company's application to market the new kind of influenza vaccine. -
The rare progressive neurodegenerative disorder led to the death this week of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson.
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Nearly 1,000 people in South Carolina have been infected in a measles outbreak that started in a largely unvaccinated community in October.
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