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By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Your chances of being diagnosed with early breast cancer, as well as surviving it, ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Children who play football in middle school don’t appear to have any noticeable short-term brain damage from repeated ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Evidence is insufficient for opioid use in chronic pain, according to a position paper published online Jan. 13 ...

TUESDAY, Jan. 13, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Higher vitamin D levels in patients with advanced colon cancer appear to improve response to chemotherapy and targeted ...

By April Dembosky Dr. Michael Fratkin is getting a ride to work today from a friend. “It’s an old plane. Her name’s ‘Thumper,'” says pilot ...

MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Clinicians are increasingly ordering advanced imaging and referring to other physicians for headache but less often providing counseling, ...

MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 – Physicians News Digest (PND) has launched a new job board on PhysiciansNews.com, now with cutting edge job-matching technology and targeted ...

Medical billing paperwork and insurance-related red tape cost the U.S. economy approximately $471 billion in 2012, 80 percent of which is waste due to the ...

(HealthDay News) — The American Medical Association recently surveyed physicians to find what activities they pursue when not in the exam room. According to the ...

MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The 10 to 20 minutes of a typical well-child visit isn’t enough time to reliably detect a young ...