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Nurse in Colorado accused of stealing powerful painkiller

A nurse working in Colorado has surrendered to the Summit County sheriff after a powerful painkiller was found in her system and a warrant was issued accusing her of stealing drugs from a hospital.

With cancer in one breast, no survival advantage in removing second one

The proportion of breast cancer patients who removed a healthy breast to prevent future cancers more than tripled over 10 years, but the procedure didn't improve their survival odds, a U.S. study finds.

1 in 10 people have a weather-related phobia- do you?

Wicked weather can unnerve even the calmest people.

12 healthy ways to cope with a chronic illness

In 2007,Tami Stackelhouse, then 35, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic condition that caused pain throughout her body, brain fog and extreme fatigue.

The best teas for sleep, anxiety, bloating, cramps and more

Got a bloated belly?

Lots of people like kinky sex that psychologists call abnormal

Lots of ordinary people are into sex with a dash of voyeurism, fetishism and masochism - all habits classified as deviant in the manual doctors use to diagnose mental health disorders, a survey of Quebec residents suggests.

How to 'Reclaim Your Brain' from mental disease

Many sufferers of mental disease would describe their illness, whether it be post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety, as a loss of control over their mind.

FDA approves UCB's drug to treat epilepsy-related seizures

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Belgian drugmaker UCB SA's drug as an add-on therapy to treat partial seizures caused by epilepsy.

Cocaine use may increase risk of stroke for young people

Adults, even in their 30s and 40s, may raise their risk of stroke by six-fold every time they use cocaine, a recent U.S. study suggests.

Denmark is the world's happiest country, according to UN survey

The happiest country in the world is famous for its butter cookies, Lego bricks and fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen — it's Denmark, according to the 2016 World Happiness Report