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By Alan Lyndon Someone is mixing together a cocktail of heroin and the cancer painkiller fentanyl, selling it on the street under the name “Theraflu,” ...

A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that 20 children are hospitalized every day due to firearm injuries. Among young children in the ...

A new survey shows that doctors have no idea what’s going on with Obamacare. QuantiaMD, a social learning network for physicians, recently polled its members ...

Karen Oberg was diagnosed nine months ago with Stage 4 lung cancer.  For the last seven months, Karen had been receiving treatment at the University ...

Study shows EHRs take too much of doc’s attention away from patient Healthcare professionals were slow to adopt computers in the exam room but they’re ...

By Alan Lyndon Medical schools like them for the traditional drama of the graduation ceremony. Patients like them for a level of confidence they display ...

Results from a new Medscape survey show that doctors may not practice what they preach, which can lead to a disconnected patient-physician relationship. Medscape’s 2014 ...

By Alan Lyndon Now it’s official — having access to a gun significantly increases the risk of homicide and suicide. Guns are more prevalent in ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Hospital charges for labor and delivery vary so widely from one California medical center to another that some facilities charge women ...

By Jay Goss There’s a popular Norman Rockwell painting in many physician offices today of a kindly MD with a stethoscope on the heart of ...