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By Marilynn Marchione ASSOCIATED PRESS Who survives Ebola and why? Health workers treating patients in Sierra Leone, including some who died doing that work, have ...

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, ...

(PND) – As the cost of health care rises, insurance companies don’t want to pay the difference any more than the patients or the providers ...

By Marilynn Marchione AP Chief Medical Writer Starting Monday, millions of people who have avoided colon cancer screening can get a new home test that’s ...

By Alan Lyndon Primary care doctors have a message for all of the potential patients out there: Let us help you! Family Medicine for America’s ...

By Michelle Andrews KAISER HEALTH NEWS Take a break from worrying about Ebola and get a flu shot this fall. While the Ebola virus has ...

By Jonathan Lemire ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor who became New York City’s first Ebola patient was praised for getting treatment immediately ...

By Jimmy Golen, AP BOSTON (AP) — Colleges remain inconsistent in the way they handle athletes’ concussions, according to a Harvard University study that comes ...

By Jordan Rau While Ebola stokes public anxiety, more than one in six hospitals — including some top medical centers — are having trouble stamping out ...

By Brad Broker Concerned about the growing popularity and use of electronic cigarettes, physicians are calling on the entertainment industry to stop glamorizing and endorsing ...