After reaching historic lows in the mid-2010s, gun violence rates in America have gone up in recent years, and they remain higher than in some other parts of the developed world. There are hundreds of ...

Clinical trials are the foundation of medical innovation, enabling life sciences companies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of new treatments. However, traditional study designs face increasing ...

As misinformation about women's health spreads faster than ever, doctors say new research on the risks of hormonal birth control underscores the challenge of communicating nuance in the social media ...

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Researchers found hormonal contraception remains safe overall, but nuances about its risk to breast cancer underscore the challenges of communicating in the social media age.