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Some Chicago-area hospitals have successfully tackled their central line-associated infections, pushing their numbers close to zero, according to the new edition of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide...

Ten years ago, Dr. Bob Chase would have laughed if someone had told him common infections could be eliminated in hospitals' intensive care units. "I would have said that's ridiculous,...

Some Chicago-area hospitals have successfully tackled their central line-associated infections, pushing their numbers close to zero, according to the new edition of the Illinois Hospital Report Card and Consumer Guide...

In about a dozen states, you can smoke a joint if you have cancer or HIV and meet certain conditions, like having a doctor's note. In California, you can light...

Dr. Mehmet Oz is known as "America's Doctor," and it's not much of a stretch. Though he is a medical specialist — an acclaimed cardiac surgeon — Oz offers health...

Dr. Carlos Pardo was trying to head off trouble. The Johns Hopkins neurologist and his colleagues had autopsied the brains of people with autism who died in accidents and found...