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CHICAGO —With one in four American medical students choosing to attend an osteopathic medical school, the American Osteopathic Association reports a record 6,504 new osteopathic physicians ...

On Jan. 1, California joined the majority of states that have laws requiring drivers with drunken-driving convictions to install breathalyzers in vehicles they own or ...

If Friday night’s district court ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional were to be upheld, far more than the law’s most high-profile provisions ...

It’s true, the life of a caregiver can be demanding, difficult and daunting. I spent seven years of my life in that role, keeping an ...

New data suggest that vaping isn’t a passing fad: Teenagers across the country are doing it in record numbers. More than one-third — or 37.3 ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) strongly supports the Surgeon General’s advisory announced today calling for immediate action to address the skyrocketing use of e-cigarettes by ...

With the new year quickly approaching, the American Medical Association (AMA) is offering 10 recommendations to help Americans make the most impactful, long-lasting improvements to ...

Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision is a stunning display of judicial activism. Judicial power does not extend to settling policy disputes or exercising general supervision over ...

The future of the Affordable Care Act is threatened — again — this time by a ruling Friday from a federal district court judge in ...

The American Medical Association (AMA), Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) and Manatt Health today released the first in a series of studies of state responses to ...