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A large new study found that a blood-thinning drug (search) already available in Europe and Asia improves the chances of surviving a heart attack, while a simple, sugar-based solution that once looked promising does nothing to help victims. The mixed results involve two low-tech treatments that researchers have hoped could …

Hospitals should use computers to order drugs for patients, work harder at coordinating treatment and educate patients to help care for themselves, physicians groups said Tuesday in an effort to reduce medical errors. Doctors who treat disorders of the hormone systems — such as diabetes — issued the proposals after …

NEW YORK – Coming just two days after George W. Bush’s inauguration, Saturday’s anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion is dominated by the hopes of one side — and fears of the other — that the president will try to overturn Roe v. Wade (search) through appointments …