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Conversations about end-of-life care are difficult. But even though most people now take some steps to communicate their wishes, many may still receive more intensive ...

TUESDAY, July 21, 2015 — Women with mild thinking and memory problems — known as mild cognitive impairment — deteriorate twice as fast mentally as ...

The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease is set to skyrocket in the United States due to the aging of the baby-boom generation, and the ...

Sallyann Johnson considers herself a pretty savvy health care consumer. When she fell and injured her hands and wrists, she didn’t head for an expensive ...

Here’s yet another reason not to overuse antibiotics: Children treated with the antibacterial drugs may face a greater risk for developing juvenile arthritis, new research ...

IN FEBRUARY 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in central Florida for what should have been a routine surgery. The bubbly ...

Which hospital parents pick to deliver their baby can have serious cost consequences, according to a new study. Hospital costs for women who had no maternal ...

Sunburns are painful and potentially cancer-causing, but that hasn’t stopped them from becoming an increasingly popular means of artistic expression. Experts are now speaking out ...

We are approaching the one year anniversary of the Ice Bucket Challenge, the monster viral fundraising campaign that not only broke the Internet but, more ...

California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from ...