Measles is still a risk for travelers, regardless of destination, and vaccination remains the best way to prevent it, according…
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Novel plan to curb drug costs seeks candidates’ attention
Consumer-friendly ratings of the benefits of new drugs. Limits on what patients pay. Requiring drug companies to disclose how much…
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Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes may breathe fewer toxins
Smokers who switch to e-cigarettes – even if it’s only some of the time – may dramatically reduce their exposure…
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How much do home births actually cost?
Choosing to have your baby at home is a deeply personal decision, one often rooted in moral beliefs and weighed…
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Doctors’ lapse may explain some minority lag in colon cancer screens
Racial minorities may be more likely to forego colon cancer screening than whites because their healthcare providers don’t recommend the…
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Global cancer drug spending hits $100 billion in 2014, report says
Worldwide spending on cancer medicines reached $100 billion in 2014, an increase of 10.3 percent from 2013 and up from…
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Cruz rallies conservatives against ObamaCare ahead of White House talks
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz rallied conservatives to keep up the fight to unravel ObamaCare, ahead of a White House meeting…
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Stethoscopes tend to be more contaminated than the palms of physicians’ hands, new research shows. In a recent Swiss study,…
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U.S. hospitals make fewer serious errors; 50,000 lives saved
About 50,000 people are alive today because U.S. hospitals committed 17 percent fewer medical errors in 2013 than in 2010,…
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Price of coming forward: 37 VA whistle-blowers claim retaliation
Dozens of Veterans Affairs workers who have come forward with stories of mismanagement and patient abuse say they have faced…
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