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An international team of scientists is experimenting with a potential drug to block the production of a protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Patients are more satisfied with their care when doctors share their medical notes. But letting patients see what doctors put in medical records has long been taboo. That's starting to change.

In his new memoir, Doctored, Sandeep Jauhar describes a growing discontent among doctors and how it's affecting patients. He says rushed doctors are often practicing "defensive medicine."

Dr. Joanne Liu of Doctors Without Borders says fear and a lack of sense of urgency has kept the international community in their home countries rather than stepping up to the plate in West Africa.

The type of Ebola erupting in West Africa is closely related to one found 2,500 miles away — the distance between Boston and San Francisco. How did the virus spread so far without anyone noticing?

Mice missing two important proteins of the vascular system develop normally and appear healthy in adulthood, as long as they don’t become injured. If they…

“Many of the world’s AID researchers gathered in Melbourne, Australia, for their twentieth annual symposium. The event was overshadowed this year by the…

Our "Sound Medicine" program for Aug. 24 includesDo unvaccinated children put others at risk? The importance of school nurses for health of childrenThe…

“Two conversations now about how medical care can careen out of control and what’s being done to change that. First, a case study that might sound…

The "Sound Medicine" program for September 7, 2014 includesFlorida cuts drug overdosesLiving with hemophiliaFor poison ivy, try dish soap, says IU…