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FILE - This April 16, 2019, file photo, shows a Juul vape pen in Vancouver, Wash. New research released on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, shows U.S. teens who use electronic cigarettes prefer those made by Juul Labs, and mint is the favorite flavor for many of them, suggesting a shift after the company stopped selling fruit and dessert flavors in stores. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

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US teens prefer Juul, mint as vaping numbers climb

by Lindsey Tanner Associated PressNovember 5, 2019

Workers at the Electric Time Co. in Medfield test a 20-foot-high clock, built for the new train station in Bangkok, Thailand, prior to packing and shipment, July 25. The clock features a “9” in Thai number script.

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Research turns up health effects of daylight saving time

by Lindsey Tanner Associated PressOctober 31, 2019

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 15, 2015 file photo, a lesbian couple holds hands in Salt Lake City. Released on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, the largest study of its kind found new evidence that genes contribute to same-sex sexual behavior, echoing research that says there is no single “gay gene.” (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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Study: No specific gay genes

by Lindsey Tanner Associated PressAugust 29, 2019

FILE - In this July 10, 2018 file photo, bottles of prescription medicines ride on a conveyor belt at a pharmacy warehouse in Florence, N.J. According to a report released on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018, annual spending by the U.S. health industry on ads and promotions has reached $30 billion. That includes advertisements for prescription drugs that were shown 5 million times on TV and elsewhere in 2016. That’s a huge increase in 20 years and just part of broad health industry efforts to...

US medical marketing reaches $30B; drug ads top surge

by Lindsey Tanner AP Medical WriterJanuary 9, 2019

FILE - This March 1, 2018 file photo shows a display of various models of semi-automatic rifles at a store in Pennsylvania. Research published Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows active shooters with semi-automatic rifles wound and kill twice as many people as those using non-automatic weapons. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

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Active shooter study: Semi-automatics deadlier

by Lindsey Tanner AP Medical WriterSeptember 12, 2018

Newly transplanted cannabis cuttings grow in pots at a medical marijuana cultivation facility in Massachusetts in July.

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Study examines marijuana, nursing moms

by Lindsey Tanner AP Medical WriterAugust 28, 2018

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Panel’s final guidance: Prostate screening up to men, their doctors

by Lindsey Tanner AP Medical WriterMay 8, 2018

In this Nov. 6, 2006 file photo, pediatrician Dr. T. Berry Brazelton smiles following an interview at the University Club in Chicago. Brazelton, one of the world’s most well-known pediatricians and child development experts whose influential work helped explain what makes kids tick, has died. He was 99.

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Dr. Brazelton, 99, renowned pediatrician dies

by Lindsey Tanner Associated PressMarch 15, 2018

In this Aug. 5, 2010, photo, a pharmacy technician poses for a picture with hydrocodone and acetaminophen tablets, also known as Vicodin, at the Oklahoma Hospital Discount Pharmacy in Edmond, Oklahoma. Opioids including Vicodin and fentanyl patches worked no better than Tylenol and other over-the-counter pills at relieving chronic back pain and hip and knee arthritis in a year-long study of mostly men at Minneapolis VA clinics. Both groups had slight improvement.

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Prescription opioids fail rigorous new test for chronic pain

by Lindsey Tanner AP Medical WriterMarch 6, 2018

FILE - In a Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 file photo, students hold their hands in the air as they are evacuated by police from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla, after a shooter opened fire on the campus. Frustration is mounting in the medical community as the Trump administration again points to mental illness in response to yet another mass shooting. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, File)

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Trump focus on mental health after school shooting denounced

by Lindsey Tanner AP Medical WriterFebruary 19, 2018