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With a rising prevalence of gastrointestinal issues among Americans, Live It Up broke down the five most common conditions.

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The rise of Val Lawson as president of the Rhode Island Senate put questions of conflict of interest front and center at the ...

If you think federal regulators care about data-driven, evidence-based policymaking, a case currently before the U.S. Court ...

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Finding common cause: The early years A Depression-era protest by members of the Teachers Union, an early UFT precursor. Teachers Guild President and later first UFT President Charles Cogen addresses ...

But negative emotions can be a result of chronic pain as well as a cause. "If you had always been an active person and then you developed chronic pain, you might become depressed," says Roger Chou ...

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