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Patients bear brunt as cancer care spending hits $90 billion
The cost of cancer treatment is skyrocketing both for individual patients and the nation, a new analysis shows. From...
Web Exclusive: Healthcare Adds 12,000 New Jobs in February
The healthcare sector created 12,000 new jobs in February, even as overall employment from all business sectors saw...
Healthcare hiring continues
The latest unemployment rate reported by the government found unemployment at 9.7% in January, down from 10% the...
Web Exclusive: Healthcare Created 14,500 New Jobs in January
The healthcare sector created 14,500 new jobs in January and overall employment from all business sectors fell by...
Web Exclusive: Insurer Survey Projects Double-Digit Health Plan Cost Increases in 2010
A survey of insurers projects the cost of employer-provided health plans will increase at a "double-digit"...
Physicians develop new techniques and equipment to keep up with athletes
Professional athletes are often at the forefront of sports medicine, presenting injuries and special circumstances that...
Hey, it's still me in here
Plastic surgery has become mainstream--almost 11 million procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2006, up 7 percent...
Scientists can't get their minds around Alzheimer's
Scientists blamed Alzheimer's on misfolded proteins, broken neural pathways, misprinted gene maps, and much more. For...
Alabama’s drug database helps spot patients, doctors misusing prescriptions
Alabama is making it easier for pharmacists, doctors and law enforcement to monitor prescription drug sales and spot...
7 medical myths even doctors believe
In the British Medical Journal, researchers looked into several common misconceptions, from the belief that a person...