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Patients suffered no extra harm when doctors training to be surgeons were allowed to work longer shifts, a study released Tuesday concludes, adding to a push to ...

Local health officials in Texas have confirmed a case of Zika virus infection that was transmitted by sex, and not by the bite of a ...

Americans are 10 times more likely to be killed by guns than people in other developed countries, a new study finds. Compared to 22 other ...

When patients with chronic diseases get text reminders from their doctor’s office to take their medicines, it doubles the chances they will take those drugs ...

Some clinical departments tend to undertreat when prescribing statins, according to a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics. ...

People who smoke marijuana as young adults may have a slightly harder time remembering words by the time they reach middle age, a new study ...

Heart surgery patients who receive home visits from physician’s assistants are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital, a new study finds. They also ...

New guidelines, published online Jan. 22 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, have been developed for assessing the appropriateness of imaging for patients ...