By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
Giving the correct dose of an over-the-counter pediatric medicine is critical, but the package labeling and dosing information can be virtually incomprehensible. And an overdose can be deadly.
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By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix announced on Tuesday that St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center could no longer identify itself as Roman Catholic because it violated church teachings by ending a woman’s pregnancy in 2009. Hospital
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By RONI CARYN RABIN
Dr. Marisa Weiss scheduled her mammogram this spring, just as she does every year. She had just turned 51, and after having annual scans for a decade, she knew what to expect: her dense breast tissue made reading the films difficult — “l
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By ANDREW JACOBS
Thirty years after it introduced some of the world’s most sweeping population-control measures, the Chinese government continues to use a variety of coercive family planning tactics, from financial penalties for households that violate the res
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Five years ago, Bill Gates made an extraordinary offer: he invited the world’s scientists to submit ideas for tackling the biggest problems in global health, including the lack of vaccines for AIDS and malaria, the fact that most vaccines must
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By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
For a generation, medical schools in the Caribbean have attracted thousands of American students to their tiny island havens by promising that during their third and fourth years, the students would get crucial training in United States hospitals, e
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By DANIELLE OFRI, M.D.
A young, healthy patient called me recently requesting a CT scan of his head because of his headaches. He described his symptoms, and they sounded to me like migraines. His clinical picture was not suggestive of a brain tumor and I told him so, but
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By JOSHUA SPARROW, M.D.
Dr. Joshua D. Sparrow, a child psychiatrist, recently took reader questions on children, stress and the holidays. Here, Dr. Sparrow responds to a recent widow concerned about helping her 5-year-old daughter cope with their first Christmas without he
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By SINDYA N. BHANOO
Six years ago, I took a hard fall while playing soccer and tore a ligament in my knee. As I weighed my treatment options in confusion, I searched on the Internet for images and videos to help me better understand how the knee works.
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By Bill Hendrick
FDA Says Faulty Strips Could Give Diabetes Patients Inaccurate Reading of Glucose Levels
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By Daniel J. DeNoon
HPV Vaccine Prevents Anal Cancer in Women and Men
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By Denise Mann
Researchers Shed Light on What Makes Breast Milk Unique
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By Bill Hendrick
Frying Process Negates Some Health Benefits of Fish
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By Brenda Goodman
1 in 4 Glioblastomas May Have Newly Discovered Fault in Gene
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By Charlene Laino
Children With Epilepsy Have Higher-Than-Expected Risk of Death in Adulthood
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By Salynn Boyles
Study Shows Demanding Relationship With a Partner May Have an Impact on Heart Health
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By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Last year, an influential study examined whether breast cancer survivors with lymphedema could safely lift weights. Lymphedema, a painful and even disabling swelling of the arm, is a dreaded complication of breast-cancer surgery, especially if a wom
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By NATASHA SINGER
Updated Speculation about disappearing tampons started surfacing last September.
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By KAREN BARROW
Poor vision can lead to job loss, social difficulties and the pain and cost of falls and accidents. And though routine eye exams can help to detect the early signs of vision loss and prevent the progression of some eye diseases, few adults make thei
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By JEN A. MILLER
My butt, unfortunately, is dead. “Dead butt syndrome,” the sports medicine doctor said to me after making me go through a series of circus-act contortions that involved swiveling my hip in all directions. His voice was very
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