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More Genes Found with Link to Addictions Many human diseases, such as tobacco and alcohol addictions, are heritable. Until now, little has been known about what genetic factors contribute to these addictions, and if they put people at risk of inheriting other medical conditions. Read More

Avoid Problems from High Blood Pressure A third of adults ages 40 to 59 have high blood pressure, or hypertension. So do nearly two-thirds of the population age 60 and older. That makes high blood pressure among the most common medical conditions in the United States.   It Read More

Causes, Cures of Hiccups Remain Elusive Everyone gets hiccups. And nearly everyone has a theory about the cause and the cure. “We don’t know for sure what causes them,” said Dr. Stacey Milunic, a family medicine physician at Penn State Health. “It’s not well understood.” What Read More