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Swimming is just as good as walking in relieving the symptoms of fibromyalgia, a new study in Brazil suggests. The findings offer patients another alternative in treating the condition.

The skyrocketing cost of the EpiPen has made it difficult for allergy sufferers to buy them. What is behind the price increase and are there cheaper alternatives to this epinephrine injector?

HPV shots have been shown to be effective but many parents are still apprehensive about getting their children vaccinated. What happens when you opt out of getting HPV vaccines?

Researchers have developed a machine-learning algorithm that can identify depression by analyzing Instagram photos. The system can be used for early and effective depression diagnosis.

(American Sociological Association) For older adults, having more or closer family members in one's social network decreases his or her likelihood of death, but having a larger or closer group of friends does not, finds ...

(American Sociological Association) For heterosexual couples, most Americans still believe in the traditional division of household labor between husbands and wives, while for same-sex couples, they think the 'more mascu...

(American Sociological Association) To everything there is a season -- even divorce, new research from University of Washington sociologists concludes.

(Tania Ewing and Associates) Why is there a global allergy epidemic? Three of the world's experts in allergy present new data at the International Congress of Immunology including why children who grow up on dairy farms ...

(Wiley) A new study questions the effectiveness of using pictogram message on the labels of anxiety and sleep medications that interfere with driving -- an approach this is currently implemented across France. The Britis...