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(HealthDay News) — Already-strong public support for right-to-die legislation has grown even stronger in the days since the planned death of 29-year-old brain cancer patient ...
Read More »Most Americans Agree With Right-to-Die Movement
Distrust of Police Increases Latino Risk for Cardiac Arrest
Given recent events in Missouri and New York, it’s safe to say that there remains a distrust between minorities and law enforcement. Unfortunately for minorities, ...
Read More »New U.S. Kidney Transplant Rules Take Effect
THURSDAY, Dec. 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) — New rules intended to create a more level playing field for those awaiting kidney transplants in the United ...
Read More »Study Links Running to Lower Alzheimer’s Death Risk
(HealthDay News) — Running more than 15 miles a week may reduce the risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. Walking can help, ...
Read More »Lower Use of Cancer-Related Imaging in VA Health System
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Cancer-related imaging use is lower in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system than in fee-for-service ...
Read More »Common Knee Surgery May Boost Arthritis Risk
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A common type of knee surgery may increase the chances of arthritis, a new study suggests. The procedure ...
Read More »Obamacare Could Unravel If Supreme Court Strikes Subsidies
Exactly what would happen to the Affordable Care Act if the Supreme Court invalidates tax credits in the three dozen states where the federal government runs ...
Read More »Doctors Must Immediately Urge Congress to Permanently Repeal SGR
The elections are over and Congress is back in Washington to finish remaining legislative business for the year. Urge Congress to stop enacting temporary patches and ...
Read More »CDC Endorses Circumcision for Health Reasons
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) — U.S. health officials are poised to endorse circumcision as a means of preventing HIV ...
Read More »The Salk Polio Vaccine: ‘Greatest Public Health Experiment in History’
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter Part two of a two-part series TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A nationwide trial of an experimental vaccine using ...
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