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Brigham and Women's Hospital's TIMI Study Group reports that in patients with prior ischemic stroke, very low achieved ...

Affordable health care was the primary point of contention in the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which hit 43 ...

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Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have identified an early step in a cellular process that leads to inflammation in fat ...

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A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai helps explain why some people with multiple myeloma, a type of ...

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The weeks leading up to a major surgery can be a time of uncertainty and worry for patients, many of whom anticipate the need ...