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A national campaign for electronic health records is driving business for at least 20 companies with thousands of workers ready to help stressed doctors log ...

All kids should be screened for high cholesterol, depression and HIV, with some tests starting as early as age 9, a leading group of U.S. ...

Researchers say they’re zeroing in on factors that may increase the risk of leukemia after breast cancer treatment. The findings are a step forward in ...

More people who are overweight or obese may get screened for diabetes under new guidelines released this week by a panel of prevention experts. Those whose blood ...

Mass shootings and the accompanying carnage have now become a regular part of life in America. And mental health experts warn that this steady drumbeat ...

While relatively few cases of flu have surfaced so far in the United States, health officials say the holiday season will likely change that, so ...

National Football League football players may not be the only ones who can develop a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated concussions during decades of ...

News reports on the downsides of statins may push some people to stop taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, a new study hints. The findings, published Dec. ...