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By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Patients with advanced melanoma may live longer when treated with a combination of the ...
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High Rates of Medical Resident Suicides: “We know how to kill ourselves.”
After recently graduating medical school and impressing hospital staff as a young intern, a New York City physician committed suicide in August. Just a few ...
Read More »Moving Toward Blood Test for Many Cancers
TUESDAY, Nov. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Researchers who identified more than 800 “markers” of cancer in patients’ blood say their findings could potentially lead ...
Read More »Physicians Call for Greater Access to Palliative Care
More than 1.5 million patients received hospice care last year. But palliative care providers are concerned that one-third of those patients died within seven days ...
Read More »Doctor: Surgical Gowns Do Not Protect Against Ebola, As Advertised
A $500 million class action lawsuit has been filed against Kimberly-Clark Corp. for falsely claiming that its surgical gowns protected against diseases including Ebola. According ...
Read More »‘Purpose in Life’ a Boon to Your Health
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Older adults with a strong sense of purpose in life may be particularly likely ...
Read More »Prescribe Blood Thinner Pradaxa With Caution, Study Warns
MONDAY, Nov. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Doctors may want to use caution when prescribing the blood thinner Pradaxa for a common irregular heart beat ...
Read More »Terminally Ill Brittany Maynard Changed The Right-to-Die Conversation
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old woman who moved to Oregon after learning of her terminal illness, died Saturday after taking the lethal drugs that were legally ...
Read More »High School Football Players Aren’t Well-Educated About Concussion
SATURDAY, Nov. 1, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Despite recent efforts to create awareness about concussion among young athletes, a new study found that high school ...
Read More »Physician-Dentist Collaboration Recommended in Diabetes Care
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Dentists are uniquely placed to identify patients with diabetes, and those with diabetes who are at risk for ...
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