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Combined MRI Might Help Predict Brain Damage in Boxers 08/02/2017 07:00 PM EDT Pro fighters, like football players, are at risk of mental impairment Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: MRI Scans, Sports Injuries Is Infant Drug Withdrawal Likelier When Opioids Used with Psychiatric Drugs? 08/02/2017 07:00 PM EDT Prescribing practices called into question by new study Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Opioid Abuse and Addiction, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Substance Abuse Doctors May Be Over-Prescribing Seizure Drugs to Treat Pain 08/02/2017 05:00 PM EDT Designed to treat epilepsy, these 'opioid alternatives' dampen some types of pain, but not all Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Health Statistics, Opioid Abuse and Addiction, Pain Relievers Novel Procedure Improves Kidney Transplant Success 08/02/2017 05:00 PM EDT May allow more patients to get donor organ, study finds Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Kidney Diseases, Kidney Transplantation, Organ Transplantation Geneticists Repair Mutation in Human Embryo 08/02/2017 02:00 PM EDT In 'first-of-its kind' procedure, scientists converted to normal a mutant gene involved in heart threat Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Genes and Gene Therapy Scientists Gain Insight into Allergies 08/02/2017 02:00 PM EDT Screening for certain immune cells might help doctors assess reactions to treatment, researchers say Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Allergy 2 of 3 U.S. Patients Keep Unused Painkillers After Surgery 08/02/2017 12:00 PM EDT Saving leftover pills, and not storing them correctly, could lead to opioid misuse or abuse, researchers warn Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Pain Relievers, Surgery Know the Signs of Concussion 08/02/2017 09:00 AM EDT This serious health threat affects kids as well as adults Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Concussion   Follow MedlinePlus on Twitter This is a free service provided by MedlinePlus and the U.S. National Library of Medicine, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health. U.S. National Library of Medicine · 8600 Rockville Pike · Bethesda, MD 20894 · 888-346-3656