If medical error were considered a disease, a new study has found, it would be the third leading cause of death in the United States.
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Well: Select Drugs Cause Most Childhood Poisonings
Twelve active ingredients were involved in almost half of hospitalizations of children for prescription drug poisoning, a new study found.
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Can Exercise Cause A.L.S.?
Physical activity, whether at work, in sports or during exercise, did not increase people’s risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — unless there was a history of multiple hits to the head.
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Well: Drug Shows Promise for Common Cause of Infertility
Researchers have found a more effective treatment for infertility caused by polycystic ovarian syndrome.
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Douglas L. Coleman, 82, Dies; Found a Genetic Cause of Obesity
Dr. Coleman upset scientific dogma by discovering that genes — not willpower, eating habits or other behaviors — could cause obesity in some people.
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Barefoot Running Can Cause Injuries, Too
Does going barefoot solve running injuries? Or does it just create new ones?
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No Consensus on a Common Cause of Foot Pain
The mysteries of the heel and arch pain of plantar fasciitis underscore how little is understood, medically, about overuse sports injuries in general and why they remain so insidiously difficult to treat.
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