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In addition to a slight and temporary risk for blood sugar imbalance, smoking cessation is associated with reduced risks for all-cause mortality and for macro- and microangiopathic complications.

With a new report, the CDC is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the severe versus milder ends of the spectrum.

A study by the CDC published in the Public Health Reports journal found that 26.7% of kids with autism have "profound autism."

Eric Peck, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, says the Alpha Vac system can cut heart patients' recovery time from months to hours.

If you have unused medications laying around, you can anonymously drop them off at various collection sites around town. National Drug Take Back Day is happening April 22.

Scientists may have discovered why hair turns gray. A study by the New York University Grossman School of Medicine suggests that stem cells may lose the ability to maintain color.

Study explores the incidence of birth defects in children born to mothers residing within 10 km of fracking sites.

New data suggests that poverty in the United States is getting worse. An analysis published by JAMA Network found that poverty kills more Americans than murder, diabetes, and obesity.

An American software engineer, tired of not getting a girlfriend got two painful lengthening exercises done to increase his height by about 12.7 centimeters. Gibson said he was so depressed because of his “short frame” that he tried all sorts of ways to find solace but in vain. Doctors now say he will be 5 foot 10 inches by June. However, Gibson is a happy and content man now and has a girlfriend now. , Health News, Times Now

The FDA is adding new safety warnings to opioid pain medications making all opioid drugs include a warning about increased sensitivity to pain and the risk of overdose.