By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
The cost of health care is a hot-button issue for most Americans, and new research on that topic shows that health insurance premiums for individuals vary widely around the country.
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By Denise Mann
A look back at the tainted-peanut butter salmonella outbreak of 2008-2009 is giving scientists valuable lessons on how to minimize deadly onslaughts of foodborne illness in the future.
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By Maureen Salamon
About three-quarters of U.S. doctors will be sued for malpractice at some point in their careers, though the vast majority will not end up paying any claims, a new study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, especially wine, may lower the risk of dementia, according to a review of previous research.
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By Alan Mozes
In what may be a diagnostic advance, U.S. and Swedish researchers have linked five inherited genetic mutations to the development of a particularly aggressive and deadly form of prostate cancer.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Black women are more likely to have two or more children and are less likely to breast-feed, putting them at greater risk of developing a difficult-to-treat type of breast cancer, according to a new study.
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By Amanda MacMillan
Amanda Santos wanted to send her 5-year-old daughter, Skylar, to a small private school. But after they interviewed, met the teachers, and submitted Skylar’s medical records, they never heard back from the school, despite repeated inquiries.
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By Jenifer Goodwin
Some thyroid cancer patients with early disease may be given radioactive iodine unnecessarily, while others with more advanced tumors who should get the treatment don’t, a new study suggests.
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By Serena Gordon
Almost half of all bladder cancers can be attributed to smoking cigarettes, and the risk of bladder cancer has increased significantly for smokers in the past three decades, a new study finds.
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By Alan Mozes
For some gout patients afflicted with a particularly severe, crippling form of the disease who find standard treatments either intolerable or ineffective, a recently approved alternative appears to afford relief.
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By Amanda Gardner
HIV/AIDS experts gathering in Atlanta this week expressed growing concerns over a rise in rates of HIV infection among the nation’s poor and minorities.
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By Robert Preidt
The risk of deep vein thrombosis — a sometimes deadly blood clot that can form in a deep vein after general surgery — is low when preventive measures such as anti-clotting drugs are used, researchers say.
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By Robert Preidt
Scientists who identified significant differences in male and female metabolism say there’s a need for gender-specific drug therapies for some diseases.
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By Maureen Salamon
The manic episodes experienced by those with bipolar disorder are better controlled by antipsychotic drugs than mood stabilizers, a new, large study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
Many women in the United States continue to use a Chinese weight-loss supplement that’s been recalled due to dangerous ingredients, a new study indicates.
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By Robert Preidt
Limiting the use of expensive drug-eluting (coated) stents does not increase patients’ risk of heart attack or death, but it can save the U.S. health care system hundreds of millions of dollars a year, a new study suggests.
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By Jenifer Goodwin
During a firefight in Afghanistan, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, an Army Ranger, picked up a live grenade and threw it away to save the lives of his fellow soldiers. As he did, the grenade exploded, blowing off his right hand. A bleeding Petry, who&r
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By Robert Preidt
You might want to take a pass on that nightcap, a new study suggests.
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By Alan Mozes
A traditional Chinese herbal treatment may reduce fever from H1N1 (“swine flu”) influenza just as well as the prescription medication Tamiflu, a new study suggests.
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By Robert Preidt
Just 15 minutes of physical activity a day can reduce your risk of death by 14 percent and increase your life expectancy by three years, a new study suggests.
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