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Some experts say sleep deprivation is a contributor to “post-hospital syndrome” — a term for the weakened immune systems, loss of body mass and other impairments that land many people back in a hospital soon after discharge.

Dr. Berg, winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in chemistry, was also troubled by the potential risks of gene manipulation in the early years.

Doctors saw a new mother with anxiety and an alcohol problem. A middle-of-the-night trip to the ER showed that the wrong assumptions had been shaping her care.

Halfway through the pregnancy, a routine ultrasound revealed the fetus had devastating abnormalities, pitching the couple into the uncharted landscape of Florida’s new abortion law.

Over half of children ages 6 to 8 — and nearly 60 percent of U.S. adolescents — have cavities, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts say his chances for a full recovery are very good, especially since he sought out help.

A federal investigation calls for more oversight of institutional review boards, designed to protect the welfare of people participating in research.

The research may yield birth control that men could take just before sex, a new paradigm in the decades-long quest to develop better male contraceptives.

Closely related to Ebola, the Marburg virus was confirmed in at least one death in Equatorial Guinea. Its symptoms include severe hemorrhaging.

Often, there’s no clear reason for itchiness, but natural, age-related changes in your immune system may be the biggest culprit.