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Screening and Prevention: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

In the last month, the Obama administration announced programs to reduce racial…

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Health Care Buzz Today

Quit Smoking Drug Linked to Cardiovascular Risk. Users of the smoking-cessation drug…

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Patients Pick Hospitals for their Social Media Presence. In a survey, 57%…

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Social Media Shows Promise for Clinical Trials. Social media can be used…

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HHS Serves Up Prevention ‘Lite’

In the 1993 film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a TV weatherman…

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Who Pays On A Date Depends On Your Looks. A new study…

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Next Virus Victim: Your Doctor’s Or Nurse’s iPad? Networked devices used by…

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Medtronic, Infuse and the Senate Finance Committee

Spinal fusions jumped 1,500% among Medicare patients between 2002 and 2007. The…

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Surge in EHR Purchases Predicted. Half of more than 1,300 physician group…

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Mobile Phone-Brain Cancer Link Bewilders Epidemiologists

Some of the greatest discoveries in the history of modern medicine came…

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