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Prescription opioid use could have a negative effect on cognitive function in older adults, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

LOS ANGELES — With the COVID-19 state of emergency a thing of the past, California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers.

The S&P 500 isn't as cheap as it was — it's up 3.6% this year after all. But analysts still spot relatively bargain-priced stocks due to rally.

Sick children overwhelmed hospitals this past fall and winter, exposing vulnerabilities in the nation's ability to care for its youngest during a crisis.

There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living with dementia and their caregivers.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — As Republican lawmakers continue advancing bills that regulate the treatment of and deny health care to transgender youth in Kentucky, medical experts are sounding the alarm on a worsened “LGBTQ+ mental health crisis” that is sure to follow the passage of such measures.

The basics of middle-class life are too expensive. But more subsidies won't help.

An acute change in mood that persists for weeks should not be ignored.

Unearthed document from the 1840s reveals how much patients were paying for their mental health care at the Royal Edinburgh Asylum - and it's a real eye-opener.

The news that Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 15, 2023, to be treated for clinical depression sparked a national discussion around the need for openness about mental health struggles. This comes after Fetterman suffered a near-fatal stroke in…

Having recently returned from sitting bedside with a surgical patient at a local hospital for two straight weeks, I can faithfully attest to some basic truths about modern medicine. First, it’s not Club Med. In many ways, it’s like having an inquisitive, yet psychotic, toddler armed with a blood pressure…