By Brenda Goodman
Analysis Suggests Lingering Side Effects of Drugs That Shrink Prostate and Treat Baldness
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By PAM BELLUCK
A federal panel will meet on Thursday to evaluate growing concerns about whether anesthesia in young children, used in millions of surgical procedures, can in some cases lead to cognitive problems or learning disabilities.
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By ANDREW POLLACK
The first new drug to treat lupus in more than half a century won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, offering a new option for people with lupus, an often-debilitating immune system disease.
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Forgetting the Gift 2011-03-09
By CELIA WATSON SEUPEL
When I got up, Mom was already awake. I could hear her rummaging in the kitchen. Through the glass doors in the living room, sunlight flared so brightly off the hillocks of snow that I had to shield my eyes.
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By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
I usually go through the tedious process of shelling and skinning fava beans to make this robust stew. But if fava beans aren’t available in local markets, use frozen skinned favas instead.
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By SHERISSE PHAM
Following a recent post on the rising levels of credit card debt among the elderly, several readers raised an important question: What happens when borrowers die? Do they take their credit card balances to the grave, or are those left behind respons
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By ANDREW POLLACK
7:51 p.m. | Updated The first new drug to treat lupus in more than half a century won approval from the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday, offering a new option for people with the often debilitating immune system disease.
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By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
First, do no harm? For some doctors that may not be the case, at least when money is involved. A new study of thousands of doctors found that just 8 of 10 strongly agreed that they should put patient welfare before their own financial intere
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By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN
Use wheat berries or spelt for this hearty, nutrient-dense winter dish. The squash will fall apart as it simmers with the wheat berries, adding a sweet flavor to the mildly spicy broth.
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By ROBERT PEAR
The Justice Department filed notice on Tuesday that it was appealing a decision by a federal judge in Florida who struck down the new health care law, saying it was unconstitutional for the federal government to require Americans to obtain health in
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By The Wall Street Journal
A.M. Vitals: FDA Approves Glaxo, Human Genome Sciences Lupus Drug
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By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Recently, researchers in Britain set out to study the heart health of a group of dauntingly fit older athletes. Uninterested in sluggards, the scientists recruited only men who had been part of a British national or Olympic team in distance running
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By TARA PARKER-POPE
Last night’s “Glee” TV episode tackled sex education among high school students — or the lack of it.
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By TARA PARKER-POPE
Millions of people who have been told they are on the path to hypertension may never develop life-threatening problems, according to new research that suggests it’s time to redefine “normal” blood pressure.
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By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D.
One evening during my residency, I found a friend, another doctor in training, standing at the foot of his patient’s bed in the intensive care unit, shaking his head. The middle-aged patient was well known to many doctors and nurses in the hos
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By madonna behen
But it's the behavior, not the medication, that's to blame, researchers say
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By Kevin Pho, MD
Are medical students and new doctors overly reliant on tests and technology to make diagnoses?
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By Michelle Pflumm
With the jury still out on the connection between XMRV and human disease, experts this week called for more research into the potential risk that the retrovirus poses to blood banks.
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By ANDREW POLLACK
Should consumers be able to order genetic tests on their own, without a doctor’s involvement? Are the genetic tests being offered directly to consumers in increasing numbers reliable? Should these tests be more thoroughly regulated?
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By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
For many doctors and health care experts, the future of medicine lies in transforming primary care practices into something else entirely: centers where every patient’s care is team-based, preventive and comprehensive.
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