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Start the Year with a Booze Break By January, many people are saturated with the parties, get-togethers and drinking that comes with the holidays. Odds are at some point in the 2019 holiday season you had a bit of a hangover from too much champagne, egg nog or cocktails. In comes Read More

Keeping Your Teen Safe Behind the Wheel A tragic trio of inexperience, strong emotions and distractions combines to make vehicle crashes the leading cause of death and disability among American teenagers.   Beverly Shirk, a pediatric trauma coordinator at Penn Sta Read More

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