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Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ As increasing numbers of parents keep their children from playing tackle football for safety reasons, the National Football League and other groups have sought to reassure them [...]

As increasing numbers of parents keep their children from playing tackle football for safety reasons, the National Football League and other groups have sought to reassure them that the game [...]

They are among war's invisible wounds: the emotional and cognitive problems that many troops experience years after combat explosions sent huge shock waves through their brains. Whereas the link between [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ, WALT BOGDANICH and JACQUELINE WILLIAMS The National Football League was on the clock. With several of its marquee players retiring early after a cascade of frightening concussions, [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ, WALT BOGDANICH and JACQUELINE WILLIAMS The National Football League was on the clock. With several of its marquee players retiring early after a cascade of frightening concussions, [...]

Byline: KEN BELSON and ALAN SCHWARZ Perhaps no one will remember the setting, a hearing room for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, or the person who asked the question, [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDPerhaps no one will remember the setting, a hearing room for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, or the person who asked the question, a member of the House [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Three shaky months into recovery from heroin addiction, Dariya Pankova found something to ease her withdrawal. A local nonalcoholic bar sold a brewed [...]

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Three shaky months into recovery from heroin addiction, Dariya Pankova found something to ease her withdrawal. A local nonalcoholic bar sold a brewed beverage that soothed [...]

Five years ago, Adrianna Vorderbruggen was forced to keep her relationship with another woman secret. Only after the repeal of the military's ''Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy in 2011 could [...]

A new federal report suggests that misuse of prescription painkillers among teenagers is decreasing, news that heartened officials who remained concerned at the steady numbers regarding marijuana and e-cigarette use. [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ Andrew Rios's seizures began when he was 5 months old and only got worse. At 18 months, when an epilepsy medication resulted in violent behavior, he was [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDOKLAHOMA CITY -- Jannie Ligons stood at a news conference microphone on Friday and described her horror and defenselessness as an Oklahoma City police officer sexually assaulted her in [...]

Andrew Rios's seizures began when he was 5 months old and only got worse. At 18 months, when an epilepsy medication resulted in violent behavior, he was prescribed the antipsychotic [...]

CORRECTION APPENDEDWhen the Drug Enforcement Administration announced last year that pharmacies nationwide could accept and destroy customers' unwanted prescription drugs, experts in substance abuse called it a significant step toward [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Rudolph Norris walked out of Morgantown federal prison two weeks ago carrying a duffel bag like no other. First, he had spent six months hand-stitching it himself [...]

Anthony DiTullio would pop a painkiller in his mouth but not just swallow it, as intended. He would chew it for 30 minutes, grinding through its protective coating and waxy [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ MILWAUKEE -- Scores of travelers streamed through Los Angeles International Airport in March, just off a flight from China. But one passenger, a 33-year-old Chinese chemist, never [...]

MILWAUKEE -- Scores of travelers streamed through Los Angeles International Airport in March, just off a flight from China. But one passenger, a 33-year-old Chinese chemist, never reached baggage claim. [...]

Seven doctors and 41 others in four Southern states were arrested Wednesday in raids by Drug Enforcement Administration agents, officials said, part of what the agency called its largest operation [...]

BALTIMORE -- Six recovering substance abusers sat in an inner-city treatment center, sharing their stories. When Michael's turn came around, he spoke of his former drug of choice, alcohol, and [...]

A sharp rise in visits to emergency rooms and calls to poison control centers nationwide has some health officials fearing that more potent and dangerous variations of a popular drug [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ Fading fast at 11 p.m., Elizabeth texted her dealer and waited just 30 minutes for him to reach her third-floor New York apartment. She handed him a [...]

Fading fast at 11 p.m., Elizabeth texted her dealer and waited just 30 minutes for him to reach her third-floor New York apartment. She handed him a wad of twenties [...]

A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order the removal of marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration's list of the most harmful and addictive drugs, disappointing those who had hoped [...]

An outbreak of H.I.V. in southeastern Indiana prompted the governor on Thursday to declare a public health emergency as officials worked to stop the spread of the virus that causes [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ As gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses, an argument is taking shape: Arming female students will help reduce sexual assaults. Support for so-called [...]

Byline: ALAN SCHWARZ As gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses, an argument is taking shape: Arming female students will help reduce sexual assaults. Support for so-called [...]

As gun rights advocates push to legalize firearms on college campuses, an argument is taking shape: Arming female students will help reduce sexual assaults. Support for so-called campus carry laws [...]

High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts' concern about the [...]