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SHARON BEGLEY

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Preventive Medicine Saves Money, Right? Guess Again

Posted: 1/29/2013 10:51:00 AM

It seems like a no-brainer. Since about 75 percent of healthcare spending in the United States is for largely preventable chronic illnesses such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, providin…

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Flu Reaches Epidemic Level, Says CDC

Posted: 1/11/2013 2:58:00 PM

Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventio…

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High Price of Bad Medicine: One Surgeon Speaks Up

Posted: 9/30/2012 12:12:00 AM

When Dr. Marty Makary was a medical student, staffers at the Boston hospital where he was training had a nickname for one of its most popular surgeons: Dr. Hodad. "Hodad" is an acronym for "h…

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TODAY’S BELTWAY BLAST

We've hit the debt ceiling again, and the U.S. is on life support. Are we headed for another blowout?