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By Alan Lyndon Someone is mixing together a cocktail of heroin and the cancer painkiller fentanyl, selling it on the street under the name “Theraflu,” ...

By Michael McKenna, MD Under health care reform, every hospital and health system is under the gun to deliver care more efficiently and cost-effectively. While ...

By Harvey B. Lefton, MD With the senseless violence at the Sandy Hook elementary school we are once again plunged into a period of national ...

By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News As the health care overhaul moves ahead, the nation’s health insurers are scrambling to reinvent themselves, hoping to boost ...

By Michelle Andrews With the passage of a ballot initiative this month, Massachusetts became the latest state to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes, joining 17 others and ...

By Shefali S. Kulkarni The game of football isn’t played without its share of injuries. Look at just one of yesterday’s marquee games: The contest ...

By Michael Calahan Teaching hospitals and health care entities with faculty practices that host residency programs have long attempted to balance proficient, high quality resident ...

By Jay Hancock The highest court in the country upheld most of the Affordable Care Act in June. But everybody knew it was only an ...

By Mary Agnes Carey On the presidential campaign trail, Republican Mitt Romney has repeatedly called for repeal of the 2010 health law and President Barack ...

By Alan Lyndon The Presidential election got derailed for a few days during the impact of Hurricane Sandy, but it’s time to remember that in ...