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By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay TUESDAY, April 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Drinkers who smoke marijuana as they imbibe are twice as likely to drive drunk compared with ...

By Tara Haelle, HealthDay MONDAY, April 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Seeing actors drink alcohol in movies seems to increase the likelihood that teens will drink and ...

Last fall’s Mcare settlement requires that $200 million be returned to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers. This includes $139 million in refunds for prior ...

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay  THURSDAY, April 2, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Fish oil supplements, and even certain fish, may hinder the effectiveness of cancer-fighting chemotherapy, a new ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dan Swangard knows what death looks like. As a physician, he has seen patients die in hospitals, hooked to morphine drips and ...

(HealthDay News) — Breast cancer isn’t the same for every woman, even at the cellular level, according to a new statement from four major medical ...

(HealthDay News) — Repeated use of certain antibiotics may increase a person’s risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from ...

(HealthDay News) — Doctors are not telling a majority of their patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s that they have the degenerative brain disease, a new report ...

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplements may slow or prevent low-grade prostate cancer from progressing, a small new study suggests. “Vitamin D decreases ...

By Randy Dotinga, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — A new survey finds that hospital doctors don’t treat patients differently because of race or income level, even though it ...