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(MedPage Today) -- Deaths caused by overdoses of prescription opioid painkillers more than tripled over a decade, to nearly 15,000, CDC researchers reported.

Women who take the Pill for 10 years almost halve their risk of ovarian cancer, according to a study.

(University of Sheffield) An ambitious project led by researchers at the University of Sheffield is set to tackle the grand challenge of Europe's aging population over the next 10 years.

New research shows that smokers tend to have strokes close to one full decade earlier than nonsmokers.

“X” may really mark the spot when it comes to why women live about five to 10 years longer than men and are less likely to develop certain diseases.

One in five patients who received implants for breast augmentation will need them removed within 10 years. The numbers are higher for women with breast reconstruction.

The UN Programme on HIV/Aids calls for more money to treat people with HIV early, as a report shows infection rates fell by 25% in 10 years.

(MedPage Today) -- People with HIV saw their risk of stroke increase 60% over the decade from 1997 through 2006, according to an analysis of hospital discharge records.

The American Psychiatric Association has released new guidelines on the treatment of depression, the first update in 10 years.

An NHS hospital has begun decoding all the genes of individual patients, 10 years after the first human genome sequence was published.