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Antidepressants Are Overprescribed, Says Doctor

- January 23, 2013

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Cancer Treatment Could Come From Link to Childhood Leukemia

- January 21, 2013

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Hip Implants Can Cause Tissue Damage, Says FDA

- January 18, 2013

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IVF Pregnancies Linked to Higher Blood Clots, Artery Blockage Risks

- January 17, 2013

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Dengue Spreading, But Tropical Diseases Closer to Extinction

- January 16, 2013

CES 2013: HAPIfork Changes How You Eat (And That’s A Good Thing)

Does the very idea of a smart fork amuse you? It sure amused me, but it's a very serious piece of new tech at CES 2013 this...

Cancer Sample Handling Changes Called For By Doctors

In a column appearing this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA...

Cancer Survivors Urged to Make Sperm Bank Follow-ups

New research presented at the Fertility 2013 conference this week in Liverpool, England shows that many male...

Smoking Greatly Affects Heart Surgery Outcome, Shows Study

A new study has shown that changes found in smokers' lungs can linger and affect the outcome of heart surgery even a year af...

Strokes That are “Silent” Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

A new study has found that small strokes, also known as "silent" strokes, can lead to...

Stroke Treatment Reveals Targets For Better Recovery

A new study has identified mechanisms responsible for regenerating blood vessels in the brain. The research could improve r...

Google Health Is Almost Officially Dead

Google launched Google Health in 2008. It was an ambitious project that perhaps got more up close and pe...

Weight Loss Through Aerobics More Effective Than Resistance Training, Shows Study

A new study shows that aerobic exercises are more effective at burning fat than resistance training or a combination of resi...

Diabetes Ignored When Cancer Hits, Says Study

A new study shows that people with type 2 diabetes who are diagnose...

Cholesterol Meds Most Effective With Exercise, Shows Study

A new study shows that cholesterol-lowering drugs have a more significant effect when combined with exercise. Though both the...

Migraines Linked to More Brain Lesions Among Women

A new study shows that women who experience migraines have shown a higher prevalence and greater increase in deep white matt...

Dementia Risk Reduced by Physical Activity, Says Study

A new study shows that older people who regularly engage in physical activity reduce their risk of dementia. The study, published this week in the journal Stroke, showe...

Multiple Sclerosis Drug ‘Reboots’ the Immune System

New trials show that a cancer drug can be an effective treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) by 'rebooting' patients' immune systems. The results of two phase III clinical trials...

Mental Health Visits, Antipsychotics Increase Schizophrenics’ Life Expectancy

Psychiatrists have worried that medications for schizophrenia could improve mental health at the cost of physical health and life expectancy, but new research shows those worries a...

Medicare Rule Could Increase Hospitalization, Shows Study

A new study shows that a medicare rule that blocks some nursing home residents from receiving simultaneous reimbursement for hospice and skilled nursing facility (SNF, a medicare-c...

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