By Brad Broker Brittany Maynard, the terminally-ill woman who moved to Oregon to legally take her own life under the state’s Death with Dignity Act, ...
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As Halloween approaches, so does encouraging news regarding memory loss and chocolate. A small study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience has found that natural memory loss ...
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By Brad Broker A physician who recently returned to New York City from a humanitarian trip in Guinea has tested positive for Ebola. The New ...
Read More »Aspiring Doctors Should Prepare For The New MCAT
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Read More »Limiting Malpractice Claims May Not Curb Costly Medical Tests
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 15, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Malpractice reform may not keep physicians from ordering unnecessary and expensive tests, a practice known ...
Read More »Doctor: Take The Fight To Ebola
By Karen Rizzo, MD Many of us suspected that there would be a day when Ebola would arrive in the United States and indeed it ...
Read More »Smoking Leads to 14 Million Major Medical Conditions in U.S.
By Brad Broker Smoking cigarettes is sort of like launching a nuclear bomb inside your body. “Cigarette smoking has been found to harm nearly every ...
Read More »Low Vitamin D May Lead to Aggressive Prostate Cancer
By Alan Lyndon A new study finds that low levels of vitamin D can lead to aggressive forms of prostate cancer. “This study adds to ...
Read More »New once-a-day pill for hepatitis C wins FDA OK
By Matthew Perrone AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a daily pill that can cure the most common form of ...
Read More »How Should Men Decide About Testing For Prostate Cancer?
By Brad Broker Most men overestimate the value of early screening for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the number 1 diagnosed cancer in men and ...
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