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FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

by Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health News In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde as a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively...

Treatment can do more harm than good for prostate cancer − why active surveillance may be a better option for some

by Jinping Xu, Wayne State University Although about 1 in 8 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime, only...

County’s top health post, vacant for a year, ‘vital’ to Innamorato administration

Kim Meacham, a lifelong resident of Clairton, shares her plea for solutions to air pollution in her city during public comment at the Allegheny...

Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care

Medicine is as much about the human experience as it is about biology. Jonathan Knowles/Stone via Getty Images by Irène Mathieu, University of Virginia While there is...

Why do some men commit domestic violence?

Domestic violence is experienced unevenly across the U.S. kieferpix/iStock via Getty Images Plus  Trauma and social isolation may play a role   by Laura Voith, Case Western Reserve University Support...

Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations

by Negar Fani, Emory University and Nathaniel Harnett, Harvard Medical School The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic,...

Reality of kidney disease in Black America

Kidney disease, a shadowed giant within Black America, has long lurked in the background of public health discussions, its significance often underestimated in the...

Who is still getting HIV in America?

Access to life-saving HIV prevention medications varies by race and other sociodemographic factors. David Talukdar/Moment via Getty Images Medication is only half the fight – homing...

CDC says America is at a crossroads with HIV/AIDS

On the eve of World AIDS Day, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a call for urgency and a collective...

Trans-inclusive fertility clinic to open in Pittsburgh within a year

Parade marchers carrying Pride flags walk across the Andy Warhol Bridge toward Allegheny Commons to continue the Pittsburgh Pride Revolution celebration on June 3,...

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