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Social media users extol—and health experts decry—a 25-year-old study from Jamaica suggesting cannabis use poses no harm to fetal development-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Our aggressive, expensive approach to cancer is doing more harm than good -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, like penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Despite vaccination and treatment efforts, the epidemic in Central Africa has resulted in 1,700 deaths and counting-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

But strong regulation is a must to protect patient safety-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The bacteria are not a major threat, but they could transfer their resistance to more dangerous pathogens-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

A surprising resurgence of psychedelic research has produced its first FDA-approved treatment, with more likely on the way-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

The drug-resistant form of the virus has been detected at unacceptable levels across Africa, Asia and the Americas-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

(University of Bristol) A University of Bristol academic has succeeded where countless cryptographers, linguistics scholars and computer programs have failed - by cracking the code of the 'world's most mysterious text', the Voynich man...

(American Academy of Family Physicians) A widely cited statistic suggests that health care services account for only a small percentage of the variation in American life expectancy. However, the methodology supporting the finding has been challenged.