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1 in 5 Hospital Docs Reports 'Unsafe' Workloads: Study
1/3 of Docs Often Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs Over Generics: Study
2-Year Period After Parent's Suicide Try Most Risky for Children: Study
3-D Imaging Might Make Some Surgeries Safer
9 in 10 Blacks With High Blood Pressure Have Early Heart Disease
A Cheap, Old Heart Drug May Help Elderly Heart Failure Patients
Accidental Awareness During Anesthesia Is Rare, Study Finds
Acute Kidney Injuries Up Sharply in U.S.
Adding More Neurosurgeons Could Cut Traffic Deaths: Study
Adding Patient Photos to X-Rays May Cut Identification Errors
Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug May Help at Earlier Stage
After Hospital Discharge, Other Ills May Land Seniors Back in Again
After Tonsillectomy, Steroids May Not Increase Bleeding
Aging Boomers' Mental Health Woes Will Swamp Health System: Report
Alzheimer's Patients May Face Looming Shortage of Neurologists
America Awaits Supreme Court's Ruling on Health Care Reform
Anesthesia Before Age 3 May Raise Risk of Learning Delays: Study
Angioplasty Safe in Hospitals Without On-Site Heart Surgery Services
Antibiotics Don't Ease Coughs in Kids With Common Cold: Study
Antidepressants May Hasten Bypass Recovery, Study Finds
Antihistamine Meds May Raise Risk for Diarrheal Illness
Antiseptic Products Can Be Contaminated: Study
Antiviral Therapy May Cut Recurrence of Hepatitis B-Linked Liver Cancer
As Doctors Go High-Tech, Staff Injuries May Rise
As Economy Rebounds, More Folks Try Turning Back Hands of Time
At-Home Drug Errors Common for Kids With Cancer, Research Shows
Autism Often Not Diagnosed Until Age 5 or Older: U.S. Report
Avoid Pregnancy for a Year After Weight-Loss Surgery: Review
Better Vision Tied to Health Plans That Cover Eye Exams
Better Work Environment May Cut Hospital Readmission Rates
Black Children Less Likely to Get Antibiotics: Study
Black Men Often Face Delays in Prostate Cancer Care: Study
Black Patients More Apt to Have Voice Box Removed When Cancer Strikes
Blacks More Likely to Get Amputations Due to Blocked Blood Flow: Study
Blacks With Kidney Disease Should Watch for Blood Pressure Shifts: Study
Blood Infections in ICU Cut With Simple Measures: Study
Blood Test May Catch Deadly Fungal Infection Quickly
Blood Test Plus Targeted Care May Stop Heart Failure Before It Starts
Boomers Zero In on Health at Age 50 and 65, Study Says
Bottle-Feeding May Raise Baby's Risk for Intestinal Trouble
Brain Scan Study Suggests Docs 'Feel' Your Pain
Brain Surgery Eases Compulsive Eating in 10-Year-Old Girl
Breast Reconstruction Using Women's Own Tissue Appears Safe: Study
Bridging the Doctor-Patient Gap
Burnt-Out Nurses Linked to More Hospital Infections
Buying Testosterone Supplements Online Can Be Risky
Bypass Beats Stents for Diabetic Heart Patients: Study
Bypass Patients Fare Equally Well With or Without Heart-Lung Machine
Cancer Docs Often Deal With Own Grief, Doubts When Patients Die
Cancer Patients May Be Unintended Victims of Budget Cuts
Cancer Patients Share Web Info With Docs for Insight, Advice
Cancer Survivors Prefer to Stay With Cancer Doctors: Study
Cancer-Related Fatigue Often Overlooked, Study Finds
Car Crashes Common for Sleepy Doctors in Training: Study
Cartoons May Ease Anxiety for Kids Facing Surgery
Cataract Patients Relax to a Soothing Beat, Study Says
Cataract Surgery May Cut Risk of Hip Fracture
CDC Guidelines Could Cut Bloodstream Infections From Dialysis
Certain Arthritis Patients Fare Worse After Joint Replacement: Study
Certain Parents Less Likely to Follow Doctors' Advice: Poll
Changes to Psychiatry's 'Bible' Could Widen Definition of ADHD
Child Abuse Injuries Have Risen, Study Finds
Circumcision Benefits Are Significant, Pediatricians Say
Closed Windows in Hospital Rooms May Raise Infection Risk
Clot Buster Safe for Stroke Patients on Blood Thinners: Study
Clot Buster Seems to Help Up to 6 Hours After Stroke
Codeine Risky for Kids After Certain Surgeries, FDA Says
Coffee May Speed Up Bowel Recovery From Colon Surgery
Colonoscopy Screening May Have Cut Colon Cancer Rates
Common Heart Meds May Boost Recovery From Non-Cardiac Surgeries
Common Sense Approaches May Stem ICU Delirium
Comparison of Obesity Surgeries Turns Up Surprising Results
Complications From Kidney Stone Surgery Rising, Study Finds
Complications More Common Than Thought for Type of Hip Surgery
Congress Nears Deal on 'Fiscal Cliff,' Obama Says
Cosmetic Procedures for Arms on the Rise, Plastic Surgeons Say
Costs of ER Visits Vary in U.S., Study Finds
C-Section Rates Vary Widely at U.S. Hospitals
C-Section, Formula May Disrupt 'Good' Gut Bacteria in Babies
CT Scans of Kids in ER With Stomach Pain Skyrockets
Dental Anesthesia May Interrupt Wisdom Teeth Growth
Diabetes Can Make a Comeback After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
Diabetes Doesn't Seem to Raise Risks After Knee Replacement
Discontinued Meds May Still Get Dispensed
Docs Aren't Coaching Overweight Kids on How to Slim Down: Study
Docs' 'Cultural Competence' May Boost HIV Care
Docs Make Push to Lower Kids' Pain, Stress in ER
Docs Often Use Social Media on the Job: Survey
Docs' Sensitivity to Patients' Feelings Tied to Good Outcomes
Docs Should Ask Heart Patients About Quality of Life
Docs' Theories on Obesity May Affect Their Weight-Loss Advice
Docs, Families May Underestimate Patients' Odds After Some Strokes: Study
Doctor-Patient Communication Key to Sticking With Meds
Doctors Biased Against Drug Company Research, Study Finds
Doctors Don't Ask About End-of-Life Plans, Study Finds
Doctors Feel Less Connected to Obese Patients, Study Suggests
Doctors' Insight Into Patients' Lives May Boost Care, Study Finds
Doctors' Intuition May Be Key to Spotting Infections in Kids
Doctors Need Better Ways to Spot, Treat Concussion in Kids
Doctors Often Misinterpret Patients' Wishes, Study Says
Doctors Often Miss Signs of Problem Drinking in Patients, Study Finds
Doctors Order Fewer Lab Tests When They Know the Cost
Doctors' Pay Increases Lag Other Health Professionals
Doctors Reluctant to Expand Nurse Practitioners' Role: Survey
Doctors Should Screen Adults for Alcohol Misuse, U.S. Panel Says
Doctors Spar Over Cholesterol Screening in Kids
Doctors Speak Out on Health Care Waste in U.S.
Doctors' Spouses, Partners Say They're Satisfied
Doctors Tend to Share Patients With Similar Colleagues
Doctors to Parents: No Trampolines
Doctors Too Pap-Happy, Survey Suggests
Doctors Urged to Refrain from Social Media Contacts With Patients
Doctors Who 'Self-Refer' to Radiation Clinics Add to Patients' Burden: Study
Doctors With More Experience May Have Lower Care Costs
Does Weight-Loss Surgery Work for Teens? Yes, Study Says
Don't Give ADHD Meds to Undiagnosed Kids, Experts Urge
Don't Overlook Eating Issues Tied to Autism, Study Warns
Dramatic Rise in Kids Hospitalized With High Blood Pressure: Study
Drug Company Reps Don't Tell Docs Enough About Side Effects: Survey
Drug Users Are 'Super-Spreaders' of Hepatitis C, Study Finds
Drug-Resistant 'Superbug' May Spread Among Patients, Study Finds
Drugs Can Cut Breast Cancer Risk for Some, Task Force Finds
Dutch Euthanasia Rates Unchanged After Legalization
Early Ovary Removal May Be Tied to Lapses in Memory, Thinking
Early Parkinson's Patients May Suffer Some Symptoms in Silence
Early Surgery May Benefit Some With Heart Infection
Ectopic Pregnancy Treatments Have Similar Effects on Fertility
Efforts to Prevent Hospital-Based Infection Falling Short, Survey Finds
Egg Freezing as Viable as 'Fresh' Eggs, Fertility Experts Say
Electrolyte Problem Raises Post-Op Death Risk: Study
Electronic Health Records Aid Diabetes Control
Electronic Records Do Aid Patient Care, Study Finds
'E-Medicine' May Not Be Cost Saver After All, Study Says
ER Admissions Over Holidays Linked to Higher Death Rates
ER Study Shows Drop in Deaths After Trauma Injury
ER Visits Linked to ADHD Meds Up Sharply
ER Visits Linked to Energy Drinks Double: Report
ER Visits Tied to Ambien on the Rise
ER Workers Often Fail to Ask Suicidal Patients About Access to Guns
E-Records Linked to Fewer Malpractice Claims
ERs Not Doing Enough to Educate Parents on Car-Seat Safety: Study
Exercise May Stave Off Depression in Severely Obese
Exercise Program Boosts Health After Lung Transplant: Study
Expensive, Drug-Emitting Stents May Be Overused: Study
Experimental Staph Vaccine Fails to Work, Study Finds
Expert Panel Suggests PSA Test May Benefit Some Men
Experts Dispute Value of Checking Kids' Blood Pressure
Eye Docs Must Do More to Spot Unsafe Older Drivers: Study
Eye-Tracking Tool Might Quickly Spot Stroke
Family's Questions About Alzheimer's Patients Can Put Nurses in a Bind
FDA Warns About Misleading Advertising for Some Laser Eye Surgeries
Female Doctors Earn Less Than Male Counterparts: Study
Few Doctors Discuss Exercise With Cancer Patients: Study
Few Patients Should Get Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants, FDA Panel Says
Fewer Medicare Patients Being 'Admitted' to Hospitals: Study
Fewer U.S. Patients Getting Weight Counseling From Doctors
First Stem Cell Vein Implant Helps Young Girl
Fiscal Standoff Could Cause Financial Pain for Health Care
Fish Oil Won't Prevent Irregular Heartbeat After Cardiac Surgery: Study
Flu Cases Rise Across U.S., Severe Season Feared
Flu Tightens Its Grip on U.S.
Flu Vaccine Fell Short for Seniors This Season: CDC
Fluorescent Tracer 'Lights Up' Brain Tumor for Surgery
Follow-Up Care After Chest Pain Called Crucial
For Early Cancer, Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy for Survival: Study
For Hospitals, Lowered Death Rates May Not Mean More Readmissions
For Some Seniors With Skin Cancer, Surgery Not Always Best Choice
For Texas Man, Bariatric Surgery Led to Diabetes-Free Life
Fraudulent Data May Have Led to Use of Risky Treatment in ICUs
Freezing Treatment May Help Destroy Lung Tumors: Study
Frequent MRI Scanner Exposure Might Affect Memory: Study
Fresh Blood as Good as Older Blood for Preemie Transfusions: Study
Gaps in Care Found for Sickle Cell Disease Patients
Gattex Approved for Short Bowel Syndrome
Gene Test May Help Predict Success of Weight-Loss Surgery
General Anesthesia Not Linked to Raised Risk for Dementia
Genes May Influence Reactions to Painkillers
GI Bleeding Deaths Drop in U.S., Study Finds
Give Teens Access to Emergency Contraception, Pediatricians Say
Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study
Gout Management Is Focus of New Guidelines
Guidelines Issued for When Docs Should Order Vascular Testing
Gut Bacteria May Be Key to Gastric Bypass' Effects: Study
Half of Heart Patients Make Mistakes With Their Meds: Study
Health Tip: Before You See a Podiatrist
Health Tip: Help Avoid a Lupus Flare
Health, Social Life Improve After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds
Heavier Pregnant Women May Face Higher C-Section Risk
Hemorrhoids Are Common, Preventable and Treatable
High Blood Pressure Often Missed in Young Adults: Study
High Blood Sugar May Make Pneumonia Deadlier
Higher Indoor Humidity Levels Might Slow Flu's Spread
High-Risk Heterosexuals Should Take HIV Prevention Pill, Too
High-Tech CT Scan May Get People With Chest Pain Home Faster
Hip Resurfacing More Likely to Fail Than Hip Replacement: Study
Hip Surgery Increases Stroke Risk in Older Patients: Study
Hormone Pills in Menopause May Carry Gallstone Side Effects
Hospital Bills Can Vary Widely, Even in Same Cities
Hospital Observation Units Could Save Billions in Health Costs, Study Says
Hospital Readmissions All Too Common, U.S. Studies Find
Hospital Type Linked to Racial Disparities in Kids With Appendicitis Complication
Hospitalization May Be 'Tipping Point' for Alzheimer's Decline
Hospitalization OK for Psych Patients Can Take Hours
Hospitals Enact Policies to Curb Early Childbirth
Hospitals for Poor May Struggle Further Under Health Care Reform
Hospitals Often Not Alerted About Incoming Stroke Patients
Hospitals Should Test More Teen Girls for Pregnancy, Study Suggests
Hospitals Work to Reduce Unnecessary Early Births
House Joins Senate to OK Bill That Avoids Fiscal Cliff
House Joins Senate to OK Bill to Avoid Fiscal Cliff
How Healthy Is Your County?
How One N.Y. Family Met the Challenge of an Oral Birth Defect
How Weight-Loss Surgery Improves Diabetes Control
Implantable Defibrillators Linked to Decline in Cardiac Arrests
Improved Developmental Screening Urged for Hispanic Kids
In Hospitals, Daily Antiseptic Bath May Prevent Dangerous Infections
In Seriously Ill Kids, Obesity May Be Tied to Higher Death Risk: Study
In Short Term, Weight-Loss Surgery Doesn't Raise Fracture Risk
Income May Influence Outcome of Knee Replacement Surgery: Study
Insomnia Hints at Future Hospitalization
Interns' Schedules Shortchange Patients, Study Suggests
Is Court's Health-Care Ruling a Wise Decision? It Depends...
Is Too Much E-Communication Swamping Doctors?
Joint Replacement Boosts Heart Attack Risk Right After Surgery: Study
Joint Replacement May Reinvigorate Sex Life
Juggling a Hospital Job and Family Can Be Painful
Just How Severe Is This Flu Season?
Keep Tots' Milk to 2 Cups a Day: Study
Kidneys Sometimes Removed Needlessly in Patients With Rare Genetic Disorder
Kids on Medicaid May Face Barriers to Eczema Treatment
Kids With Autism Common Users of ERs, Study Says
Kids With Autism Face Health Care Disparities, Study Finds
Kids With HIV at Risk of Heart Disease, Study Says
Kids With Knee ACL Injuries Require Special Care
Knee, Hip Replacements Don't Help People Lose Weight: Study
Lab-Grown Blood Vessels May Improve Heart Bypass
Language Barrier Blocks Epidural Use in Childbirth: Study
Large Breasts Can Take Mental, Physical Toll on Teens
Late-Preterm Babies Needing ICU Catch Up With Other Preemies: Study
Later End-of-Life Discussions May Mean More Aggressive Treatment
Less Invasive Surgery Safe for Harvesting Bypass Veins: Study
Less Mental Decline Seen in Older Blacks Who Went Hungry as Kids
Lifestyle Affects Outcome of Peripheral Artery Procedure: Study
Liposuction Might Have 'Boomerang' Effect
Long Waits in the ER May Raise PTSD Risk for Heart Patients
Longer Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest May Be Warranted, Study Suggests
Looking Away As You Get Needle Does Lower Pain, Study Shows
Low-Income Patients Often Have Trouble Reaching Doctor Via Email
Lullabies Soothe Preemies, Parents Alike
Magnetic Implant May Ease Chronic Acid Reflux
Major Bleeds After Heart Procedures May Raise Death Risk: Study
Mammo Rates Unchanged Despite Controversial Guidelines
Many Hospitalized Children Experience Severe Pain: Report
Many Hospitalized Kids Struggle With Pain
Many Kids Who Undergo Stem Cell Transplants Must Return to Hospital
Many Lacked Preventive Care Before Health Reform Law: U.S. Report
Many Lesbians Not Screened for Cervical Cancer, Study Finds
Many More Doctors Using Electronic Health Records
Many Ovarian Cancer Patients Denied By-the-Book Care, Study Says
Many Parents of Kids With Autism Don't Put Faith in Pediatricians
Many People Underestimate How Long a Cough Should Last
Many Primary Care Docs Don't Know Long-Term Effects of Chemo: Survey
Many Primary-Care Doctors Want Help Treating Obesity
Many Skiers Who Tear ACLs Can Avoid Surgery, Expert Says
Many Stroke Patients Don't Call 911, Study Finds
Many Suffer Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery, Study Finds
Many Suffer Leg, Lung Clots While Hospitalized: CDC
Many Surgical Complications Occur After Patients Go Home
Many Terminal Cancer Patients Put False Hope in Chemo, Study Finds
Many Test Results Left Unread as Patients Leave Hospital: Study
Many U.S. Doctors Have Symptoms of Burnout: Survey
Many Women Victims of 'Contraceptive Sabotage,' Experts Say
Med School Enrollment on Rise in 2012
Med School Students Still Get Gifts From Drug Companies: Survey
Medical Group Notes Key Elements of Well-Woman Exams
Medical Marijuana: Voodoo or Legitimate Therapeutic Choice?
Medical School Ethics Policies May Affect How Doctors Prescribe
Medicare/Medicaid Policy Shift Didn't Budge Hospital Infection Rates: Study
Men Can Still Ask for PSA Test, and Some Should, Doctors Say
Methadone for Pain Relief Leading Cause of Fatal Overdoses: CDC
Microbiology and Genome Experts Quell Deadly Bacteria Outbreak
'Micro-Stents' May Hold Potential to Treat Glaucoma
Misdiagnosis Common for Rare Brain Disease: Study
'Misdiagnosis' Leading Cause of U.S. Malpractice Payouts: Study
Missed Diagnoses in ICU Often Have Deadly Results: Review
More Antibiotic Use Tied to Rise in Diarrheal Infections in Hospitals: Study
More Health Care Professionals Abusing Anesthesia Drug: Study
More Kids Taking Antipsychotics for ADHD: Study
More Than Half of Resident Docs Have Worked While Sick: Study
More U.S. Children Diagnosed With ADHD
Most Docs Don't Follow ADHD Treatment Guidelines for Preschoolers: Study
Most Doctors Don't Help Lung Cancer Patients Quit Smoking: Survey
Most Forehead Lift Patients Recommend Procedure: Survey
Most Men Don't Need PSA Tests, Doctors' Group Says
Most New Mothers Skip Sex for at Least 6 Weeks After Childbirth
Most Women Who Choose Double Mastectomy Don't Need To, Study Shows
Mouse Study Sheds New Light on How Memories Are Stored
Moveable Magnets Used to Forge Gastric Bypass in Pigs
MRSA 'Super Bug' Prevalent in Nursing Homes, Study Finds
Multiple C-Sections Linked to Raised Complication Risks: Study
Mussels' Stickiness Inspires Surgical Adhesive
Nationwide Study Examines Common Heart Procedures
Neurology Group Lists Procedures That May Be Unneeded
New Device May Reduce Repeat Breast Cancer Surgeries
New Guidelines for Doctors Treating Low Back Pain
New Guidelines Issued for Biopsy Use in Melanoma Patients
New Guidelines Say Doctors Should Screen All Adults for 'Risky' Drinking
New Guidelines Seek to Streamline Care for Worst Heart Attacks
New Guidelines Urge Limiting Endoscopy for GERD
New Method Quickly Spots Kidney Damage After Surgery
New Procedure May Shrink Enlarged Prostate Without Surgery
New Stroke Guidelines Stress Treatment Within One Hour of Arrival in ER
Newborn Screening May Miss Adrenal-Gland Disorder
Night Staffing With Critical Care Docs May Lower ICU Death Rates
'Nightmare' Bacteria Spreading in U.S. Hospitals, Nursing Homes: CDC
No Health Risk When Jehovah's Witnesses Refuse Blood: Study
Noisy Operating Rooms May Jeopardize Patient Safety
Noisy Wards Could Threaten Hospital Patients' Health
Nurses' Long Shifts May Have Downside: Study
Nursing Shortage May Harm Infants in Intensive Care, Study Says
Nutrient Therapy Won't Help ICU Patients: Study
Obese Patients May Have Less Success With Back Surgery
Obese Patients Urged to Lose Weight Before Kidney Transplant
Obesity Complicates Lung Cancer Surgery: Study
Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer, Study Finds
Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says
Obesity, Diabetes May Raise Complications After Joint Replacement
Ob-Gyn Group Lists Procedures That May Not Be Needed
'Off-Label' Use of Meds Routine in Pediatric ICU
Older Adults' Posture May Predict Future Disability
Older Americans See Better Today, Study Finds
One in 10 U.S. Kids Diagnosed With ADHD: Report
One-Fifth of Nursing Home Residents Fall in First Month
Only 1 in 4 Americans With HIV Has Virus Under Control: CDC
Only a Third of U.S. Moms Who Plan to Breast-Feed Meet Goals
Ovarian Transplants May Preserve Fertility in Young Cancer Survivors
Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years
Overweight? You Can Scale Back Weight Gain in Pregnancy
Oxygen Treatment May Improve the Odds for Extreme Preemies
Paralyzed Patient Moves Prosthetic Arm With Her Mind
Parents' Religious Beliefs Can Complicate Kids' End-of-Life Care
Parents Will Push for Medication, Even If Doc Says Not Needed
Partisanship Guides Americans' Attitudes on Health-Care Reform Law: Poll
Patient Wishes Should Guide End-of-Life Care, Researchers Say
Patients Balk at Asking Health Care Workers to Wash Hands
Patients Gain When Hospitals Work Together on Infection Control
Patients' Health Care Costs Unaffected by Doctors' Sex: Study
Patients May Receive Too Much Acetaminophen in Hospital
Patients More Likely to Survive In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Today: Study
Patients Often Ill-Informed on Impact of Heart Device
Patients Often Kept in Dark About 'Off-Label' Drug Use: Study
Patients Urged to Watch for Trouble After Colon Surgery
Pediatrician Group Issues Home Birth Policy Statement
Pediatrics Group Issues New Ear Infection Guidelines
People Can Emit Flu Germs in Air Up to 6 Feet Away, Study Finds
People May Skip Generic Pills if Color Differs From Brand-Name Drug
Personalized Blood Pressure Therapy May Help Diabetics
Physically Fit Docs More Likely to Prescribe Exercise, Study Finds
Physician-Assisted Suicide Program Rarely Used, Study Finds
Plans to Penalize Non-Emergency Use of ERs Flawed: Study
Plastics Chemical BPA Common in 'Preemie' ICU: Study
Pneumonia May Lead to Serious Aftereffects for Seniors
Poor 'Health Literacy' Keeps Patients From Taking Meds
Popular Cinnamon Stunt Can Have Serious Lung Effects
Popularity of 'Walk-In' Retail Health Clinics Growing: Poll
Possible Affordable Care Act Glitch: Too Few Doctors
Post-Op Delirium's Toll on Mental Function May Linger: Study
Postoperative Program Prevents Respiratory Complications: Study
Prepared for Trauma, Overwhelmed by Carnage
Preventable Surgical Errors Continue to Occur: Study
Primary Care Docs Shouldn't Screen All Patients for Oral Cancer: Experts
Primary Care Doctors Can Make the Wrong Call
Primary Care Doctors Meet Needs of Diabetics, Study Says
Procedure for Incontinence in Women May Lose Effectiveness With Time
Procedure Lowers 'Hunger Hormone' to Help Obese Lose Weight
Procedure Might Ease Pain of Female Genital Mutilation
Program to Spot Painkiller ODs Saves Lives: Study
Prolonged CPR May Boost Chances for Cardiac Arrest Victims
'Protected Power Naps' Could Help Keep Medical Interns Alert: Study
Psychiatric Drugs More Often Prescribed in the South
Psychiatry Gets Revised Diagnostic Manual
Quick Survey May Pick Up Ovarian Cancer Warnings: Study
Quitting Smoking Before Cancer Surgery Best, Study Finds
Race May Affect Quality of Prostate Cancer Surgical Care
Race Might Play Role in Success of Weight-Loss Surgery
Race, Income Tied to Breast Cancer Treatment Delays, Reduced Survival
Racial Disparities Still Seen in Use of Breast Cancer Treatments
Radiation Therapy May Raise Future Death Risk From Heart Surgery
Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study
Recession Drove Down Doctor Visits, Study Says
Regional Systems to Treat Severe Heart Attack Increasing
Report Details Steps to Boost Patient Safety
Researchers Propose Plan for Managing Drug Shortages
Residents as Good as Fully Trained Docs if Properly Supervised: Study
Return-to-Work Rate High After Knee Replacement, Study Finds
Reused Vials, Unsafe Injections Threatening Patients: CDC
Rich/Poor Divide Linked to Hospital Readmissions in Study
Rising Eye Injury Rates Seen With Robotic Prostate Surgery
Robotic Surgery for Hysterectomy Often Not Best Option, Ob/Gyn Group Says
Routine Checkups Don't Cut Cancer, Heart Deaths: Study
Safety Eyewear Can Prevent Sports Injuries in Kids
School Debt, Income Gap Push Med Students Away From Primary Care
Screen All Adults for Obesity: U.S. Panel
Secret of Anesthesia Revealed, Study Says
Senate Votes to Avoid Fiscal Cliff, House Decision Expected Tuesday
Seniors Who Fell Recently May Fare Worse After Surgery
Service That Speeds Up Breast Cancer Diagnosis Pays Off: Study
Severe Anemia Linked to Higher Death Risk After Heart Surgery
Severely Obese Have More Complications With Spinal Surgery
Sharing Notes With Patients Empowers Them: Study
Sharp Rise Seen in Robotically Assisted Hysterectomies
'Sharps' Injuries Pose Serious Hazard for Surgeons, O.R. Staff
Shift to Hospice Care Often Comes Too Late, Study Finds
Shootings at Hospitals a Rarity, Study Finds
Shorter Hospital Stays Don't Compromise Care, Study Finds
Shorter Shifts for Medical Interns May Not Boost Patient Safety
Should Short Boys Take Growth Hormone?
Side Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments Similar in Long Run: Study
Simple Breath Test Might Diagnose Heart Failure
Skin Cell Transplant May Offer New Hope to Vitiligo Patients
Skipping Aspirin Before Artery Procedure May Boost Death Rates
Sleep Apnea Treated Successfully in Non-Specialty Centers
Sleeping Pill Linked to Hospital Falls, Researchers Say
'Sling' Implant May Cut Risk of Incontinence After Prolapse Surgery
Smaller Aortic Aneurysms May Require Less Frequent Monitoring
Smokers Have Higher Surgical Costs, More Complications: Study
Smoking Bans Reduce Hospitalizations: Study
Soaring U.S. Spinal Care Spending Due to Specialists: Study
Some Antidepressants Linked to Bleeding Risk With Surgery
Some Antidepressants May Raise Risk for Gastro Infection
Some Docs Would Order Cancer Screening for Very Sick Elderly
Some Face Transplant Patients May Regain Sensory, Motor Function
Some May Drink More After Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
Some Patients May Be Shortchanged During Hospital Shift Changes
Some Slightly Obese May Gain From Weight-Loss Surgery, Guidelines Say
Some Smokers Light Up Even When in the Hospital
Startling Differences in New-Hip Estimates: Study
State Regulations Tied to Drop in Common Heart Procedure
Statewide Program Improved Heart-Attack Survival: Study
Steady Rise in Heart Valve Infections Noted in U.S.
Stem Cells to Relieve Low Back Pain?
Steroid Shots Disappoint in Back Pain Study
Stored Donor Blood May Have Shorter Shelf Life Than Thought
Stress Disorder May Be Common Among ICU Patients on Ventilators
Stroke Patients Hospitalized on Weekends Don't Seem to Do As Well
Study Examines Combo Chin, Nose Plastic Surgery
Study Foresees Shortage of Primary-Care Doctors
Study Gives First Evidence That Adult Human Lungs Can Regrow
Study Links Antibiotic to Slight Rise in Heart Patients' Death Risk
Study Links Timing of ER Visit to Prostate Cancer Survival Odds
Study Probes Use of Filter Device to Stop Deadly Blood Clots
Study Questions Advice Given to Obese Pregnant Women
Study Questions Value of PSA Test for Older Men
Study Supports Broader Access to Lap-Band Weight-Loss Surgery
Study Supports Use of 'Brain Stents' for Certain Stroke Patients
Study: Electronic Prescribing Cuts Medication Errors
Study: No Long-Term Heart Risks From Breast Radiation
Summertime Is Tonsillectomy Time
Supreme Court Backs Much of Controversial Health Reform Law
Supreme Court to Rule Thursday on Health Care Reform
Supreme Court's Ruling on Health Care Reform Could Come Monday
Surgery May Not Be Needed for Ruptured Achilles Tendon
Surgery May Spur Rise in Heart Deaths After Cancer Diagnosis: Study
Surgery Not Best Option for Early Stage Prostate Cancers: Study
Surgical Delivery of Drug Shows Promise Against 'Bleeding' Stroke
Surgical Residents Often Fatigued, Study Confirms
Survival After General Anesthesia Vastly Improved: Study
Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study
Survival Tripled for Hospitalized U.S. Kids With Cardiac Arrest
Swallowed Toothpicks Can Lead to Big Trouble, Experts Warn
Swallowing Nasal Sprays, Eye Drops Can Harm Kids, FDA Warns
'Synthetic Pot' Sending Thousands of Young People to ER: Report
Tainted Steroid Injections May Affect Those Treated for Joint Pain
Teach Prescribers About Dangers of Long-Acting Pain Meds: FDA
Technique IDs Deadliest Whooping Cough Cases
Teen Boys With Enlarged Breasts Show Emotional Effects
Teens Who Self-Harm Need Adult Influences, Professional Help: Expert
Telling Patients When They're Unfit to Drive Cuts Crashes: Study
Test Baby Boomers for Hepatitis C, Says CDC
The 'Nocebo' Effect: If You Think You'll Get Sick, You Will
Therapy as Good as Surgery for Some With Torn Knee Cartilage
Third of Hospital Staff Say Hand-Washing Reminders Unwelcome
Thousands of U.S. Babies Born With Cleft Lip, Palate Each Year
Tight Blood Sugar Control Won't Help Babies After Heart Surgery
Time Spent on Malpractice Suits May Take Toll on Doctors
Tips to Avoid Return Trip to the Hospital
Tonsillectomy Might Be Worth It for Some Adults
Too Few Americans Pass Last Days in Hospice Care: CDC
Trained Beagle Sniffs Out Troublesome Hospital Infection
TV Ads for Statins May Drive Overtreatment
Tylenol Overdose Can Be Deadly for a Child
U.S. Antibiotic Prescribing Rates Highest in South: Study
U.S. Blood Supply at Dangerously Low Levels: Red Cross
U.S. Children's Hospitals Treating More Complex, Expensive Conditions
U.S. Doctors Embracing Electronic Health Records: Survey
U.S. Doctors Slow To Adopt Electronic Health Records
U.S. Efforts to Boost Number of Primary Care Doctors Have Failed
U.S. Heart Failure Costs Could Skyrocket: Report
U.S. Kids Exposed to 4 Hours of Background TV Daily: Study
U.S. Med Students May Be Undereducated on Obesity
U.S. Sees a Run on New Knees Since 1990s
U.S. Task Force Backs HIV Screening for All 15 to 65
U.S. Task Force Urges Docs to Counsel Kids Against Smoking
Unneeded Antibiotics May Lead to Diarrheal Illness, Study Finds
Urban Hospitals May Act as Breeding Ground for MRSA
Very Obese Teens See Heart Gains From Weight-Loss Surgery: Study
Viagra, Aliskiren Not Helpful for Heart Failure After All: Studies
Vision Loss, Depression May Be Linked, Study Finds
Websites Touting 'Designer Vagina' Surgeries Often Inaccurate, Study Finds
Weekends More Fatal for Older Patients With Head Injury: Study
Weight Gain a Risk After Knee Replacement, Study Finds
Weight-Loss Surgery Cuts Heart Risk 7 Years Later: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Is New Diabetes Foe
Weight-Loss Surgery May Affect Fat-Related Genes
Weight-Loss Surgery May Boost Risk for Alcohol, Drug Abuse: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery May Help Prevent Type 2 Diabetes
Weight-Loss Surgery May Improve Diabetes-Related Kidney Damage
Weight-Loss Surgery May Not Cut Medical Costs: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Tied to Drop in Heart Risk Factors
Weight-Loss Surgery Won't Cut Obesity-Related Medical Costs: Study
What Doctors Don't Know About Treating Kids With Epilepsy
What Makes the End-of-Life Experience Peaceful?
What's That Symptom? Experts Warn of Self-Diagnosis Via the Web
When Breast Cancer Spreads to Lungs, Surgery May Increase Survival
When It Comes to Spine Surgery, There Is No 'July Effect': Study
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