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Primary-care physicians seem to have both the best and worst of the U.S. health-care system wrapped up in their job descriptions. As general internists, family doctors or pediatricians, they can lead fulfilling careers helping patients with a wide...
The amount of influenza activity including both swine flu and seasonal flu strains in the U.S. declined slightly in the last week but overall is still higher than peak activity in many years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
The long-standing recommendation that women age 40 and older at average risk of breast cancer get annual mammograms and the notion that women benefit from doing breast self-examination at home is being turned on its head. In a nod to the risks of false...
In the world of food and health, it’s excess that often gets people worked up. But beyond the rising toll of obesity and its related chronic medical conditions is an equally disturbing flip side: A jump in the number of Americans facing the prospect of...
Most of the attention on medical malpractice reform has been focused on the relatively old idea of imposing a cap on non-economic damages, the kind that don’t have to do with medical expenses or lost income, in order to hold down costs. But a newer...
