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By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Though it’s never been scientifically confirmed, conventional wisdom has it that winter is the ...
Read More »Researchers Probe Why Colds Are More Likely in Winter
Small Screens, iPods Reduce Quality of Sleep in Kids
Get those screens out of the kids’ bedroom. No matter the size — big, small, television, iPod — having a screen in the bedroom reduces ...
Read More »Cancer Docs Don’t Discuss Herbs, Supplements With Patients
MONDAY, Jan. 5, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Despite concerns about potentially dangerous interactions between cancer treatments and herbs and other supplements, most cancer doctors don’t ...
Read More »The Solo Physician’s Multi-Year Parachute
By Barry M. Schwartz, Esq. A physician who is in practice with one or more partners probably has a reasonable expectation that his or her ...
Read More »Falling Cancer Death Rate Means 1.5 Million Lives Saved Over 20 Years
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Dec. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Progress in the war against cancer has triggered a 22 percent drop in U.S. ...
Read More »Ebola, Obamacare Top U.S. Health News for 2014
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Managing Editor (HealthDay News) — It started as a deadly but little-known outbreak in West Africa, but the lethal and unchecked spread ...
Read More »Surgeon General Still Has Important Role to Play
(HealthDay News) — The Surgeon General has an important role in educating and mobilizing the public and shaping policy on public health issues, according to ...
Read More »Middle-Aged People Worse at Texting While Driving
(HealthDay News) — The risky mix of texting and driving may be more problematic for middle-aged drivers than it is for younger drivers, according to ...
Read More »Preventing Emergency Surgeries Could Save $1 Billion
MONDAY, Dec. 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Strategies to reduce the number of emergency surgeries in the United States could save up to $1 billion ...
Read More »Most Pediatricians Use EHRs, But Lack Meaningful Use Benefits
MONDAY, Dec. 29, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Most pediatricians use electronic health records (EHRs), yet there are unique obstacles that prevent pediatricians from participating in ...
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