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A sip of soda will become more expensive next year in Philadelphia, which recently became the second city in the United States to pass a ...
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Doctors Get Creative To Distract Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery
By Jenny Gold, Kaiser Health News Surgery can make anyone anxious, but it is especially hard for young children. Kids going into surgery may be ...
Read More »What Should Doctors Do When They Know Patients Are Seeking Pain Meds?
Steve Diaz, an emergency medicine doctor at Augusta’s MaineGeneral Health, says he knows what patients want when they come to him in pain. Drugs. And ...
Read More »New Documentary Spotlight’s Latin American Medical Scholarship Program
Community Doctors — new documentary focusing on Cuba’s ELAM (Latin American School of Medicine) scholarship program — has just been released online. Students in the program ...
Read More »Can Doctors Learn To Perform Abortions Without Actually Doing One?
By Carrie Feibel Abortion is one of the more common procedures performed in the U.S., more common even than appendectomy. But as clinics in Texas close, finding a place ...
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