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Dishonest doctors: Why physicians lie

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:05:18 EST

We all want to think of medicine as an honorable profession and that the people in it work with integrity, but a new survey shows that may not be exactly true.

Skin cancer drug reverses Alzheimer's in mice

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:38:37 EST

Scientists say they "serendipitously" discovered that a drug used to treat a type of cancer quickly reversed Alzheimer's disease in mice.

Outbreak sickens dozens at New Jersey university

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:36:11 EST

About 40 students at a university in New Jersey have been taken to hospitals for treatment after an outbreak of what authorities believe is the norovirus.

California leads in health laws

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:13:29 EST

Beyond skateboards, Silicon Valley and hippies, California has a trendsetting streak of a different kind.

Are depressed kids bully magnets?

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:56:30 EST

Psychologists, not to mention parents, have long observed that kids who seem depressed tend to have trouble being accepted by their peers.

No stress relief for stress writer

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:56:42 EST

"I see here you'll be staying overnight," says the woman at the surgery check-in, fixing me with a soothing beam.