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As of early this morning, Washington is the second state, after Colorado, to legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational use.

Despite objections from the American Medical Association, clinicians continue to assist with executions. Sound Medicine's bioethicist Dr. Eric Meslin…

INDIANAPOLIS -- The “Sound Medicine” program for July 13 includes segments about the pressure on doctors to participate in lethal injections; how…

A side effect of the Affordable Care Act has been a trend of jails and prisons signing up inmates for Medicaid, according to a recent New York Times…

According to a 2013 meta-analysis, those with diabetes are 25 percent more likely to become depressed, a well-accepted association. A different…

There's plenty of evidence that playing with a concussion increases the risk of long-term problems. But athletes, coaches and parents can be reluctant to call a halt. Then how can doctors do no harm?

People in heterosexual relationships are about 20 times less likely to pass HIV to their partners than homosexual men. Now scientists have found a clue to why this disparity exists.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the largest and deadliest on record. But many may not understand how the virus works, how painful the symptoms are, and why some victims are able to recover.

Will Lautzenheiser lost all four limbs to an infection. Now, he could regain two limbs in an experimental surgery.

Scientists hoped the baby's apparent cure would lead to similar treatments in infants worldwide. But with the child still HIV-positive, some question the ethics of a large study in other children.