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THURSDAY, Jan. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Half of young drivers who died in crashes in nine states were under the influence of alcohol, marijuana ...

THURSDAY, Jan. 15, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Asian and Hispanic lupus patients in the United States have lower death rates than whites, blacks or Native ...

By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Your chances of being diagnosed with early breast cancer, as well as surviving it, ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Higher vitamin D levels in patients with advanced colon cancer appear to improve response to chemotherapy and targeted ...

MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many U.S. cancer survivors have unresolved physical and mental health issues long after being cured, a new study ...

THURSDAY, Jan. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The potential health hazards of e-cigarettes remain unclear, and more regulation on their use is needed, say two ...

By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — For some women with early breast tumors, lower-dose chemotherapy and the drug Herceptin may help ward off a ...

It’s not unheard of to require medical students to watch a television show and discuss it the following day in class.  It is unique, however, ...

By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Though it’s never been scientifically confirmed, conventional wisdom has it that winter is the ...

Get those screens out of the kids’ bedroom.  No matter the size — big, small, television, iPod — having a screen in the bedroom reduces ...