Teachers across the United States report alarmingly high rates of personally experiencing student violence and…
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Looming malpractice: Waiting for claims resolution takes up more than 10 per cent of the average medical career
The average physician will spend more than ten percent of his or her career facing…
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At least one in six stars has an Earth-sized planet, analysis finds
The quest for a twin Earth is heating up. Using NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, astronomers are…
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Exocomets may be as common as exoplanets
Astronomers have found thousands of potential exoplanets and many stars with massive disks of gas…
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More changes in health care needed to fulfill promise of health information technology
Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of…
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Many U.S. physicians often fulfill patient requests for brand-name drugs instead of equivalent generics
More than a third of U.S. physicians responding to a national survey indicated they often…
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HPV-associated cancer incidence rates point to needed efforts to increase HPV vaccination coverage
Despite the decline in cancer death rates in the US, there is an increase in…
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Costly breast cancer screenings don’t add up to better outcomes, study finds
Even though U.S. Medicare spends over $1 billion per year on breast cancer screenings such…
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Black and Hispanic patients less likely to complete substance abuse treatment than white patients, study finds
Roughly half of all black and Hispanic patients who enter publicly funded alcohol treatment programs…
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Red wine could mask testosterone levels, experts warn
Red wine could give athletes and players a boost in the sports arena by increasing…