With two flu-related deaths in Western Washington as of the first week of October, county health officials and medical experts are warning of a much earlier flu

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Keeping in touch with friends can be hard, but often worth the effort, research shows. A friendship expert recommends these three practices for connection.

Vicky Titcomb didn't think anything was wrong. Then a routine heart scan showed an early sign of a deadly disease.

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A Stanford scientist’s award-winning research into narcolepsy began with dogs — like Watson, a narcoleptic Chihuahua who became his unlikely companion.

The increasingly common habit is bad for multiple systems in our body.

Scant data about serious adverse effects makes it harder to answer scientific and legal questions about how often the drugs might cause serious harm like blindness or pancreatitis.