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  Dakota Dishman, a police officer in Huntington, W.Va., searched the belongings of a woman suspected of using heroin in April. The state is among those hard hit by the opioid crisis. Brendan Smialowski / Agence France-Presse — Getty Images … Continue reading →

By Carolyn Y. Johnson December 27, 2016 (Washington Post illustration; iStock) (From Washington Post) American health-care spending, measured in trillions of dollars, boggles the mind. Last year, we spent $3.2 trillion on health care — a number so large that it … Continue reading →

By Dom Phillips and Nick Miroff October 25 at 3:24 PM (original post) Infants born with microcephaly and their family members in Pernambuco state in Brazil. (Felipe Dana/AP) RIO DE JANEIRO — Nearly nine months after Zika was declared a … Continue reading →

Posted by: Bev Bennett (original post) Date: July 19, 2016 Share | Here are eight categories of great foods to eat: Red, yellow and orange peppers, carrots, sweet potatoes and cantaloupe… These are very rich in plant substances called carotenoids. “Research … Continue reading →

Anna Almendrala Senior Healthy Living Editor, The Huffington Post (original post) urfinguss via Getty ImagesZika virus was spread through physical contact in Utah case. Back in July, a 38-year-old Utah man was diagnosed with the Zika virus, even though he hadn’t … Continue reading →

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH September 23, 2016 Election Day is Nov. 8. But the vast majority of the 50 states do not allow voters to register that day. Here’s a rundown of the deadlines to register by state. The “mail” dates refer to … Continue reading →

Head coach Dabo Swinney of the Clemson Tigers (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) | American clergyman and civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) Dear Coach Swinney, I’m a professor at Clemson. We’ve never … Continue reading →

(CNN)There has been a disturbing increase in suicide rates among elementary school-age black children in recent years in the United States, and yet researchers aren’t quite sure why. When compared with early adolescents, younger children who die by suicide are … Continue reading →

David L. Kirp Although it’s been a long time, I vividly recall my reaction when I learned that I had been admitted to Amherst College: The admissions office must have made a terrible mistake. I had graduated from a Long … Continue reading →

Daniele Castellano By SARAH HALLBERG and OSAMA HAMDY September 10, 2016 Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new weight-loss procedure in which a thin tube, implanted in the stomach, ejects food from the body before all the calories can be … Continue reading →