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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 ...

Perhaps nothing triggers frustration and hope in patients like prescription drugs. Consider the hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, infamous for its $84,000 retail price tag for a ...

Doctors facing death are less likely to demand aggressive care that might squeeze out a bit more extra time of life, two new studies show. ...