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The push for paperless prescriptions is about to get a boost: Starting in January, doctors who e-prescribe can get bonus pay from Medicare.
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The FDA has turned down a tentative registration of a handgun as a medical device.
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TV suicide wife: Why I want the world to watch my husband's death. The first televised assisted suicide.
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Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts said in a report released Tuesday
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A driver's seat view of how a code blue can and does work, apart from what you see on television or what your taught in class.
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Do you get nostalgic during the holidays? This nurse does. Read how she makes it through the holiday shift.
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Sedentary overweight children who start exercising after school become more fit — and may also be less likely to slam doors, hit other children, and express their anger in other aggressive ways, researchers report.
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A maker of over-the-counter cold and flu remedies released a program this week for the T-Mobile G1, also known as the "Google phone," that warns the user how many people in an area are sneezing and shaking with winter viruses.
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When 'everything is normal' is NOT the correct diagnosis?
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Patient social networks are generally either diverse, all purpose communities, such as HealthCentral, MedHelp and RevolutionHealth or disease focused, such as Patients Like Me (neuro-degenerative diseases and mood disorders), Relief Insite (chronic pain), DiabetesMine (diabetes), and I’m Too Young..
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