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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released findings from the 2010 National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS).

Isabel is a grandmother in Mozambique who cares for her 6 months old granddaughter whose mother died of an AIDS-related illness

Babies sleeping with their parents risk death, according to an ad campaign by the Milwaukee Health Department.

Lisa Micheals, 27, is pictured with two of her five children she started having at age 16. She decided to have a tubal ligation after her most recent one

Many people affected by the post-election violence in 2007-2008 have not been treated for trauma

Scientists say they have solved in mice the mystery of how an unusual bacterium can trigger the common dental condition periodontitis while residing in low numbers in the space between tooth and gum.

Representative iPSC-derived neurons from Timothy Syndrome patient (bottom) shows increased numbers of neurons that produce the chemical messengers norepinephrine and dopamine, compared to those from a control subject (top). Source: Ricardo Dolmetsch, Ph.D., Stanford University

Swimming is one form of exercise that can help prevent arthritis from getting worse, doctors say.

內湖館 林鈺珊 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/28/142663907/got-arthritis-exerc...

In the Packard Pediatric Weight Control Program, kids learn that some foods, like cookies, cupcakes and soda, are "red lights" and shouldn't be eaten frequently.

內湖館 林鈺珊 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/28/142672879/fighting-childhood-...

Awareness of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the nation’s third leading killer, continues to rise in the United States, according to the results of a Web-based survey released today by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.

內湖館 林鈺珊 http://www.nih.gov/news/health/nov2011/nhlbi-21.htm