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There was no doctor on-site when a patient arrived in early June at the emergency room in the small hospital at the ...

A large national study of Medicare beneficiaries who died from advanced cancers found that although use of specialty palliative care has increased in recent years, most older adults still don’t ...

Chinese authorities have taken measures this week to try to curb the spread of chikungunya, a virus that often causes fever ...

A regulatory hat will be the latest of many worn by medical directors at nursing homes. They are expected to play an integral ...

Patients who prefer a “set and forget” approach can opt for pellets as an alternative to injections. Smaller than a grain of rice, these tiny pellets are inserted into the upper hip by 4Ever Young’s ...

As more hospitals have gobbled up private physician practices, costs for childbirth and other services have gone up, ...