By Maureen Salamon
Undercover research in Illinois reveals that medical specialists refuse appointments to publicly insured children with potentially urgent conditions six times more often than privately insured kids with identical health problems.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Medical advances have enabled roughly 12 million U.S. cancer patients to look beyond survival and plan for the future. But for many of these survivors, the future includes high medical costs, researchers say.
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By Karen Pallarito
Life expectancy in most U.S. counties lags behind that of the world’s healthiest nations, in some cases by 50 years or more, according to a new analysis of government data.
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By Scott Roberts
A genetic test to help doctors evaluate whether women with breast cancer are candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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By Robert Preidt
Daytime sleepiness is associated with an increased craving for carbohydrates among teens, according to new research.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Preschoolers who don’t get enough sleep are more likely than other children to be hyperactive and inattentive by the time they reach kindergarten, according to a new study.
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By Robert Preidt
A new genetic test that helps determine if breast cancer patients are good candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin was approved Tuesday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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By Robert Preidt
Your chances of suffering harm because of a medical error are about the same in a doctor’s office as in a hospital, according to a new study.
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By Scott Roberts
The first ceramic-on-metal total hip replacement system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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By Maureen Salamon
Couch potatoes beware: All those hours in front of the TV may be making you sick, or even killing you.
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By Robert Preidt
Patients with early-stage chronic kidney disease are more likely to die if they have elevated levels of a certain hormone, a new study says.
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By Robert Preidt
Sufficient sleep improves college students’ ability to learn, a new study finds.
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By Amanda Gardner
No one ever claimed that watching TV was healthy, but doctors are only now discovering just how bad it can be. Evidence from a spate of recent studies suggests that the more TV you watch, the more likely you are to develop a host of health problems
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By Alan Mozes
Certain surgeries that typically require the use of general anesthesia could be safely performed with localized anesthesia in combination with hypnosis, Belgian researchers suggest.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Scheduling classes later in the day provides college students with more time to sleep in the morning, but it may also encourage them to stay up later drinking, new research suggests.
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By Mary Elizabeth Dallas
Some people may lose sleep over the pressure to be thin — especially young white girls who are being pushed by female friends to lose weight or stay skinny, according to a new study.
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By Steven Reinberg
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will require new labeling for sunscreens to identify products that are best for reducing the risk of skin cancer, early skin aging and helping to prevent sunburn.
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By Robert Preidt
A mist inhaler with the drug Spiriva is associated with a 52 percent increased risk of death among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a new review shows.
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By Steven Reinberg
For pregnant women, reducing the risk for stillbirth may be as simple as sleeping on their left side, New Zealand researchers suggest.
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By Robert Preidt
Spending on medications for Americans with the eye disease glaucoma has increased overall and especially among certain groups of patients, a new study finds.
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