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Patients with mental illness are being detained in emergency rooms, often for weeks at a time. Now some states are

More Than A Name Change At Stake In Group Health-Kaiser Deal

If Kaiser Permanente wins approval to acquire Group Health, it will mark more than the loss of another Seattle institution.

“Get me the best cardiologist” is our natural response to any heart problem. Unfortunately, it is probably wrong. Surprisingly, the

Thanks to the ADA, the places that comprise our shared American life — schools, workplaces, movie theaters, courthouses, buses, baseball

On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed legislation to establish Medicare for the elderly and Medicaid for low-income adults, children,

Medicare may begin paying doctors to discuss end-of-life care with U.S. patients, under rules proposed Wednesday by the Obama administration.

Exposure to air pollution may hasten brain aging, a new study has found. Researchers studied 1,403 women without dementia who