By RONI CARYN RABIN
Women using birth control pills and I.U.D.s that release hormones face a higher risk than those using methods without hormones, scientists in Denmark reported.
Published: December 5, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON
The purchase of DaVita Medical Group moves UnitedHealth more into the role of doctor as it buys nearly 300 clinics across six states.
Published: December 5, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By ABBY GOODNOUGH and ROBERT PEAR
A children’s health insurance program popular with both Republicans and Democrats is in limbo because of partisan rancor that has stymied legislative action in Washington.
Published: December 4, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By REED ABELSON and KATIE THOMAS
The two major health players promise better care and lower costs, but skeptics question whether they can deliver.
Published: December 3, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Uganda has a strategy for giving scarce morphine to patients in pain. But many poor nations won’t emulate its effort because officials fear an opioid epidemic.
Published: December 3, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By NICHOLAS BAKALAR
The conditions played a role in nearly 800,000 cases of cancer worldwide in 2012, researchers reported.
Published: December 3, 2017 at 07:00PM
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By DENISE GRADY
A woman born without a uterus had one transplanted from a live donor, and gave birth to a healthy son, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas.
Published: December 1, 2017 at 07:00PM
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