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Radiation should follow a mastectomy for advanced cancer, but often doesn't
Radiation after a mastectomy for advanced breast cancer is part of the standard treatment guidelines. But more than a...
Second person denied AZ transplant coverage dies
A second transplant candidate denied coverage because of state budget cuts has died, and hospital officials say the...
Web Exclusive: CA Reports Preventable Hospitalizations
In an effort to identify gaps in care, California has released a report comparing county-by-county rates of avoidable...
Online Tool Takes the 'Wait' Out of Waiting Rooms
A physician has developed an online service that uses color-coded updates to signal current wait times at a physician...
Web Exclusive: 12 Hospitals Fined for 'Immediate Jeopardy' Violations in CA
Under laws that are the nation's toughest, California has announced 14 penalties against a dozen hospitals where...
Telemedicine leads to better stroke treatment decisions
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center say that a study of a telemedicine program which...
Carnegie Mellon University computer program reads human mind
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are training a computer to decode the human mind. Their computer...
Researchers to examine video games and health
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced it will give a dozen research teams up to $200,000 each for projects...
Mayo Clinic and IBM establish medical imaging research center
Mayo Clinic and IBM have created the Medical Imaging Informatics Innovation Center, a collaborative research facility...
Saliva tests used to detect cancers of the head and neck
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore are developing a saliva test that could spot diseases...