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Some doctors leave the healing arts altogether and become fulltime prescription writers.

Sometimes having too many choices leads to bad decision-making. As political candidates and policymakers toy with the idea of "consumer-driven" health care, it's worthwhile to look at a body of research in behavioral economics. Multiple choices may lead to confusion and poor choices....

A healthcare reporting position at Politico Pro, writing about diseases for the Centers for Disease Control, and more from our weekly listings.

The Boy Scouts of America are in trouble – to say the least. But, do the boy scouts who were molested and abused have even more far reaching troubles?  After all, according to files released by the organization, many of the child abusers were not prosecuted, their misdeeds covered up for years.  The

When I was growing up, I feared radon....

We don’t know for certain how many people are dying from different types of strokes in the United States, in part because nobody is checking. And that's bad for our health.

If it's attention Chicago Sun-Times execs wanted by hiring the celebrity Jenny McCarthy as a columnist and blogger, they certainly got it. Perhaps not the kind they wanted.

Saying someone died of a stroke is only a little more specific than saying that they died from old age. Here's what you need to know.

Johns Hopkins Medicine is looking for a new editor for their flagship publication, plus more jobs and opportunities!