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Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new study published in the journal Sleep Medicine analyzed existing data about sound levels of white noise machines and concluded that many devices can p...

Westend61/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A new report by the World Health Organization, which looked broadly at global substance use for people 15 years and older, shows over three million people died from...

Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- Multivitamin supplements have become a routine addition to many Americans' diets, with as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults consuming them regularly, but are these daily dos...

Getty Images - STOCK(LANCASTER, Texas) -- A Texas hospital is reportedly the first in the United States to be using a technology that allows doctors to visit patients via hologram.Crescent Regional Ho...

FDA(NEW YORK) -- A major ice cream producer has recalled products sold by multiple brands due to potential listeria contamination, the Food and Drug Administration said.The manufacturer -- Totally Coo...

Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, issued a new advisory on Tuesday declaring gun violence a public health crisis.In his announcement, Murthy...

Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Middle-age and older adults with long-term loneliness are at higher risk of stroke than those who do not report being lonely, according to a new study pu...

The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- An upcoming report by the American Heart Association estimates that closing gaps in women's heart health could add 1.6 million years of quality of life and b...

seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Infant mortality increased by 12.9% from 2021 to 2022 in Texas after Texas' near-total ban on abortion was enacted, according to a new study published to...

Science Photo Library - KTSDESIGN/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health care groups and advocates have long warned that the overturn of Roe v. Wade could pose wider threats to reproductive healthcare and t...