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The past 15 years have seen a drop in deaths and hospitalizations among Medicare patients — people 65 and older. Teasing out why is tricky, but it seems a good trend for the 50-year-old program.

Next year, the military will officially lift restrictions on women in combat, the end of a process that may open up as many as 245,000 jobs that have been…

Young people with health problems left un-cared for in adolescence face higher risks of leading unhealthy lives as adults, a new study finds.A study of…

What we're reading this weekVox reporter Julia Belluz points out that since the drug's earlier rejections by the FDA, it remains ineffective for most…

What We're Reading This Week Precision medicine, a new model of healthcare in which physicians use information about a patient’s particular genetic makeup…

E-cigarettes may set young people on the path to smoking regular cigarettes, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics.Between 2012 and 2013,…

With South Florida emergency rooms overflowing and body counts rising, the only way to halt an epidemic of abuse of the designer drug Flakka is education…

AnneMarie Zagari found her teenage son unresponsive on the couch after he took too many opioid painkillers in 2011. She began pounding his chest and…

Obesity has leveled off in most states but it's still a major problem, with over 30 percent of Americans struggling with bulging waistlines and associated…

The Indiana Department of Child Services says asphyxiation was the leading cause of child neglect deaths in fiscal year 2015. And, according to DCS data,…