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While the threat to pet owners is low, human symptoms include fever, sweats, headache, joint pain and weakness, the state health department said.

The robopets stimulate conversations and trigger fond memories of pets or past experiences, the study’s lead author said.

Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms can include joint pain or swelling, but 40% of patients have symptoms that don't involve the joints, such as fatigue, fever and loss of appetite.

One researcher offered this theory for why care seemed more complete in the morning: As the day goes on, doctors often fall behind schedule, and may run out of time for cancer screening discussions.

The greater the number of bad childhood experiences, the worse a patient's self-reported lupus activity, depression and overall health, a new study has found.

For every 200 U.S. patients prescribed opioids in 2016, one had a family member who shopped for opioids, the study found.

Parents of kids with autism should wait for more data before trying to treat them with medical marijuana, warned the lead researcher on the study.

It’s estimated that 32 million Americans have food allergies, including 5.6 million children.

As well as identifying the 25 U.S. counties at greatest risk for measles outbreaks, the researchers pinpointed the countries that contribute most to measles risk in the United States: India, China, Mexico, Japan, Ukraine, Philippines and Thailand.

Although 2016 saw two outbreaks of hepatitis A caused by contaminated food, the main reason for outbreaks has been the living conditions of drug addicts and the homeless.

Although two new studies suggest a link between mental health and psoriasis, neither paper can prove that one causes the other, only that the two are associated.

The prices are expected to appear in text toward the end of TV commercials, when potential side effects are being listed. The new policy, which could take effect as early as this summer, covers all brand name drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid, which is nearly all medications.

The study proves an association between appendix removal and the disease, one expert said. “But more research is needed to understand the exact connection between the gut and Parkinson's

Unlike standard weight-loss surgery, endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) requires no incision and no hospital stay.

A Kentucky teen who was banned from school for refusing vaccination against chickenpox has come down with the disease, his lawyer says.

The notion of using viruses to infect and kill bacteria is getting a second look now that some dangerous bacteria are developing resistance to widely used antibiotics.

The study found that for every appointment where a black person received a prescription for the opioid addiction medication buprenorphine, there were 35 such appointments for white patients.

The drop in prescription use reverses a trend that had persisted since the 1990s, the study authors said.

Experts are divided on the need for a measles booster shot by adults who are worried about their measles immunity.

Popular diabetes drugs known as SGLT2 inhibitors are linked with an increased risk of developing a flesh-eating bacteria that attacks the genitals, a rare condition known as Fournier gangrene.