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After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a guideline for prescribing opioids to patients experiencing chronic pain in
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Since June, the number of COVID-19 infections started rising again, as the most transmissible omicron variant started picking up delta
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Among oil-rig workers, shipping crews, and other groups of people who work closely together, COVID-19 can spread like wildfire. Yet
Scientists zero in on genetic causes of Parkinson’s
Variants of at least 20 different genes have been closely linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease, but scientists are
New imaging method could lead to diagnosis of early stage Parkinson’s disease
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Long COVID affects 23% of positive cases, causing symptoms in ‘long haulers’ that may last for months
A new USC study finds that 23% of people infected with COVID will become “long haulers,” and identifies predictors of
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Long-term follow-up of patients with shoulder pain who received rotator cuff repair with or without acromioplasty found little difference between