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An after-action review of the Brigham and Women's Hospital emergency radiology response to the Boston Marathon bombings highlights the crucial role medical imaging plays in emergency situations and ways in which radiolog...

China is looking to go electric with energy- and pollution-saving vehicles. The government has announced that by 2016, it wants at least 30 percent of government cars to be running on alternative energy.

Fewer new cases of Alzheimer's, other forms of dementia, seen in developed countries, studies find. Improved overall health and eduction cited as factors.

Yearly analysis looks at the best medical centers for patients with life-threatening or rare conditions. Factors such as patient survival rates, adequate nursing staff, reputation with specialist physicians and patient s...

Researchers say babies are already understanding language differences as young as seven months old. And yes, that annoying exaggerated parent speak can help foster speech development.

Urologists, older ones in particular, tend to give immediate treatments to men with low-risk prostate cancer despite that these are associated with risks and offer no significant advantage compared with careful observati...

The differences in shape, color and size of a drug may appear trivial but researchers found that patients have the tendency to stop taking equally effective medications if these do not have the same appearance as the pil...

Researchers presented studies at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference that reported findings showing decreased odor identification ability by patients that eventually developed Alzheimer's, as well as bui...

Sovaldi could provide revolutionary treatment for millions of people suffering from hepatitis C. Approved for sale in 2013, a senate committee now wants to know why the drug costs $64,000 a treatment.

George Carey, the former head of the Church of England, announced he is now supporting the right to die for terminally ill patients, setting off a firestorm of controversy on the island nation.

The rising demand of organic foods among health buffs finally makes sense, as a new study in the UK says it has more nutritional benefits than the conventionally grown ones.

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