Several companies have recalled kratom, a plant-derived powder that is promoted as a natural pain reliever. Las Vegas–based Triangle Pharmanaturals “refused to cooperate with FDA,” the agency said.
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Loperamide, which is a drug found in over-the-counter anti-diarrheal medications, can produce an opioid effect in high doses.
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People in the Chicago area have been hospitalized because they were coughing up blood or had severe nosebleeds, blood in the urine, or bleeding gums.
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"All our differences are a part of who we are but they don’t define us!"
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"Barefoot Is Legal" is a growing community on social media hoping to destigmatize being barefoot everywhere. Its members have their facts and memes. And they're ready to recruit.
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Amy Bright had her son at Naval Hospital Jacksonville in 2003, which is when she says the needle was left in her body.
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A journal just retracted a study supporting the “Gut Makeover” diet, one of countless ventures to seize on microbiome hype.
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Tag your lying parents.
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First discovered in 2003, this tiny skeleton — only six inches long — has been speculated to be a mummified fetus, the remains of a human child with dwarfism, a monkey, or even, ahem, an alien.
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The shaved female head is having a cultural moment. But for me it’s always been associated with the BRCA1 gene and the carnage cancer has strewn across my family tree.
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Robert Redfield's decades of scientific work is "peerless," said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in a statement released Wednesday. But others point to his checkered past, including allegations of scientific misconduct.
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On World Water Day, let's travel the world to see the disturbing effects of pollution on Earth's most valuable resource.
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Bee sting acupuncture is a type of apitherapy, or bee-related treatment, where nonmedical practitioners use pollen, royal jelly, and yes, sometimes venom, to treat health problems.
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Drug use and violence are a problem in the US — but they are killing more Americans in some parts of the country than others.
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Angel Taylor was in labor for four days and needed an emergency C-section, but her son, Sullivan, looked chill and happy when he arrived.
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It started with a cold, then progressed to severe headaches and other symptoms that prompted several trips to the emergency room.
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It's green, minty, (debatably) delicious, and absolutely not health food.
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