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By Matthew Perrone AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a daily pill that can cure the most common form of ...

By Jeff Cohen, WNPR Dr. Jack Ross is used to seeing potentially lethal viruses, and he is used to putting patients into isolation. Still, Ebola is different. ...

By Brad Broker Most men overestimate the value of early screening for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the number 1 diagnosed cancer in men and ...

By Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer  WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are moving closer to an artificial hand that can feel: Implanted electrodes allowed some amputees ...

By Nomaan Merchant ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS (AP) — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, according ...

By Daniela Hernandez We’ve heard it before — the robots are coming to save the day. But for certain medical procedures, that day may not ...

By Malcolm Ritter ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — How much coffee do you drink every day? One cup in the morning? Or do you ...

By Michael R. Blood ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Voters could make California the first state to require many doctors to submit to random ...

By Anne D’Innocenzio ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart is taking one-stop shopping to another area: health insurance. The world’s largest retailer plans to ...

By Brad Broker Video games are here to stay, so it’s time to embrace them as a viable, legitimate educational tool. No one is suggesting ...