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In working through the Winter case files, I often felt pinpricks of déjà vu: an exact turn of phrase, an absurdly specific ...

Sleep is essential for our survival—just like food and water. Yet, almost two out of three people in the US don’t get enough ...

We spoke to the first author of a new study that could challenge much of what we thought we knew about Alzheimer’s disease.

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As the Trump administration dismantles federal environmental protections and strips the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its capacity to do its job, local governments are emerging as frontline ...

As record wildfires erupt across Canada this year, with health-threatening smoke drifting into the U.S. and as far away as ...

Is summer the time to boost your child's well-being? Some psychology experts would say yes, and here are three ways to get you started.