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(HealthDay News) — Breast cancer isn’t the same for every woman, even at the cellular level, according to a new statement from four major medical ...

By Amy Norton, HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, March 30, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Random drug testing in schools may sound like a good way to keep kids off ...

(HealthDay News) — More isn’t necessarily better for teens when it comes to homework, a new study finds. About an hour a day is ideal, ...

By Laura Little The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the payment rates for physician groups participating in the first round of ...

(HealthDay News) — Repeated use of certain antibiotics may increase a person’s risk for type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests. Researchers analyzed data from ...

(HealthDay News) — Doctors are not telling a majority of their patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s that they have the degenerative brain disease, a new report ...

By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — Nearly all emergency room doctors surveyed order pricey MRIs or CT scans their patients may not need, mainly because ...

  Women outnumber men in the nursing profession by more than 10 to 1. But men still earn more, a new study finds. The report in this ...

HARRISBURG, PA – While many states have pushed for new laws to legalize the use of marijuana for medical reasons, there are few well-controlled studies ...

By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Vitamin D supplements may slow or prevent low-grade prostate cancer from progressing, a small new study suggests. “Vitamin D decreases ...