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Data from Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative reveals sleeve gastrectomy outpacing gastric bypassIn an analysis of the type of bariatric surgery…

“One of the main barriers to treatment of sepsis is recognizing its early stages, since the symptoms are non-specific and often similar to those of a…

For the first time, there's data on tobacco use by pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries. The news is not too bad. But there's still a need for messages about the risk to an unborn child.

Genetic tests are recommended for women with a family history of breast cancer. One researcher says all women should be screened, but others say there's not enough evidence that they are at risk.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is loosening up its rules so that people will have more ways of disposing of drugs that can be risky to keep around after they're no longer needed.

The health law's ban on pre-existing conditions doesn't mean you can buy a plan after you get sick. Most people have to wait for the open enrollment period.

Fear of the virus has raised worries about travel to Africa — for safaris in Tanzania, for school programs in South Africa. But London is closer to the outbreak's epicenter than Johannesburg is.

Interview highlightsDr. Boris Lushniak: It's really one of those cancers that has been increasing in terms of its number of people affected. We have…

"Dr. Tim Corson explained to Sound Medicine's Jill Ditmire recently that the key to treatment is stopping eye melanoma early before it can metastasize,"…

This week's Health News Headlines, with Jill Ditmire: The CDC is keeping an eye on a rare respiratory virus that has sickened thousands of children in the…