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Author Julie Salamon spent a year exploring the inner workings of a New York hospital.
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Discover possible causes of your symptoms.
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On National Bike to Work Day, consider that cycling to the office is safer and easier than you think.
A tax law enables husband-and-wife ventures to protect both workers in the event of incapacitation.
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Drug prices are climbing along with those for food and gas. Here are a few ways to save.
New study hints that biomarkers are predictive, but the key to prevention is healthful living
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Pot may raise cardiovascular risk; the government is concerned about the drug's psychiatric effects.
Friends often aren't right about the facts; experts hosted an anonymous online chat.
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In women with dense breasts, mammograms alone do a lousy job of finding cancer.
The first step is to calculate how much you can eat. Here's how.
Book cover of "Like, Whatever" (Courtesy of Capital Books)
A new book offers an optimistic look at handling the drinking, drugs, sex, and discipline.
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Learn why chemotherapy often plays a large part in cancer treatment.
If you learn how to alleviate the symptoms, having herpes does not mean the end of a satisfying sex life.
Dr. Bernadine Healy
Dr. Bernadine Healy: Patients are needed to bring costs down.
Deborah Kotz: Women's health issues get attention with National Women's Health Week.
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Katherine Hobson: The first step is to calculate how much you can eat. Here's how.
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Michelle Andrews: A tax law enables husband-and-wife ventures to protect both workers.
Heart surgeon Charles Fraser with Rachel Parrish, 9, at Texas Children's Hospital. He operated on Rachel in 1997, 1998, and 2001 to treat her for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. (Kevin Horan/Aurora for USN&WR)
Out of 5,189 hospitals only 3 percent are ranked in one or more specialty. Johns Hopkins tops the Honor Roll.
New England is home to many of the best health plans in the country. U.S. News and NCQA review 684 plans.
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