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Lung cancer CT scans: Just for older heavy smokers
New lung cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
Lung-cancer scans advised for older heavy smokers
New lung-cancer screening guidelines from three medical groups recommend annual scans but only for an older group of current or former heavy smokers.
Idaho case shows midwife tension with hospitals
Midwives and doctors are longtime rivals in the politics governing where women should give birth: Home or hospital.
U.S. infants in drug withdrawal triples
New research indicates that the number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in a decade because of a surge in pregnant women's use of legal and illegal narcotics.
Number of U.S. newborns with drug withdrawal triples
Disturbing new research says the number of U.S. babies born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal has tripled in a decade because of a surge in pregnant women's use of legal and illegal narcotics, including Vicodin, OxyContin and heroin, researchers say.
Number of US newborns with drug withdrawal triples
Less than a month old, Savannah Dannelley scrunches her tiny face into a scowl as a nurse gently squirts a dose of methadone into her mouth.
FDA may let patients buy drugs without prescriptions
In a move that could help the government trim its burgeoning health care costs, the Food and Drug Administration may soon permit Americans to obtain some drugs used to treat conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes without obtaining a prescription.
Study: Tax deadline day can be deadly on US roads
The two certainties in life _ death and taxes _ may be more intertwined than Ben Franklin ever imagined: A study found that deadly auto accidents increase on Tax Day.
ORIENT: Undertrained doctors or well-programmed robots?
More education is the usual prescription for our problems - but health care reformers urge the opposite.
BUCSHON, BOUSTANY, and DesJARIAIS: Health care access denied
With the debate about the constitutionality of Obamacare on full display in front of the Supreme Court, the unintended consequences of this overreaching law have often taken a back seat to the constitutional questions. Never before in our nation's history has the federal government advocated for the power to compel Americans to purchase products.
WOLF: Obamacare: It's a big, disastrous deal
Joe Biden may not always have complete command of the facts. Franklin D. Roosevelt did not hold his fireside chats on television. The word 'jobs' does not have three letters. And you do not need a slight Indian accent to shop at 7-Eleven or Dunkin' Donuts. But give the vice president credit - his description of Obamacare is spot-on: "This is a big [expletive] deal."
Docs ask out patients online; some get reported
New research suggests doctors are contacting patients on Internet dating sites and engaging in other unprofessional online behavior _ and sometimes getting caught.
Docs ask out patients online; some get reported
New research suggests doctors are contacting patients on Internet dating sites and engaging in other unprofessional online behavior _ and sometimes getting caught.
Out of bed! Hospitals aim to keep elderly strong
Bob Landorf walked miles during his hospital stay, dragging his IV pole along, too, on a mission to upend disturbing statistics for patients his age.
ORIENT: Is the payment board a death panel?
The curtain seems to be rising on Act 2 in the saga of piecemeal repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. The first part to fall was the financially unsustainable long-term care portion, the Class Act. The next target is the Independent Payment Advisory Board.