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Organic foods are almost invariably more expensive than their conventionally produced counterparts but they aren't necessarily healthier or more nutritious, recent research suggests. Scientists found no consistent differences in vitamin content between organic and conventional foods and few significant differences...
If you take vitamin and/or herbal supplements, you probably already know that these products can interact--sometimes harmfully-with other supplements and medications....
If you have been diagnosed with a condition—any condition—you might be tempted to hop online and join other patients in...
A bunion—which is an enlargement of the bone or swelling of tissue around the joint at the base of the big...
Americans set a new record in 2012 for the number of cosmetic procedures performed. All told, there were 13.8 million face-lifts,...
Compounding pharmacies have recently received a lot of bad publicity in the wake of a multistate fungal meningitis outbreak. That's...
You might assume that you will get better care when you spend extra time and extra money to see a medical specialist....
You trust your parent's nursing home to Y take care of him or her. Unfortunately, some homes do not deserve...
When you have a doctor's appointment (or go to an emergency department), the diagnosis process starts the moment the physician...
There's a dangerous epidemic out there. It's called overdiagnosis-when you are diagnosed with a condition that will never...
Recently, one of my wife's trusted doctors sold his practice to a local hospital. Now, instead of owning his own...
When you're admitted to a hospital, you probably don't stop and wonder what your chances are of getting...