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CHICAGO – It has been six decades since doctors concluded that addiction was a disease that could be treated, but today the condition still dwells on the fringes of the medical community.

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Health Law Could Overwhelm Addiction Services

NEW YORK – They look intently at the camera, some impassively, some with smiles, all of them aware that they've just shared with an online audience a most personal story: Why they tried to kill themselves.

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We've all heard by now that pets can boost our emotional and physical health. But what if your furry friends put on too many pounds

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A protein long believed to have a minor role in type 2 diabetes is in fact a central player in the development of the condition that affects nearly 26 million people in the United States alone and counts as one of the leading causes of heart disease, stroke, and kidney, eye, and nerve damage. That's the discovery of scientists at Johns Hopkins, who published their study in the journal Diabetes.