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Debbie Reynolds Syndrome? Should We Rename The Illness?

Over the years, doctors have documented numerous cases of pairs of husbands and wives and parents and children dying shortly after one another. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy may be partly to blame.

New Rules Give Nursing Home Residents More Power

About 1.4 million people living in nursing homes across the country can now be more involved in their care under the most wide-ranging revision of federal rules for such facilities in 25 years.

2017 Brings More Access To Nurse Practitioners, PAs And Telemedicine

Americans are poised in 2017 to gain even more access to nurse practitioners, physician assistants and health professionals via smartphones, apps and related digital health technology.

Experts Now Recommend Introducing Peanuts To Babies At High Risk For Allergies

For millions of children who have peanut allergies, mealtimes can be deadly. And for years, doctors have advised parents to keep peanut products away from children thought to be at high risk.

6 Ways Your Diet Is Damaging Your Skin

Because there’s more to great skin than a crackerjack nighttime routine. Your diet can cause acne if...

12 States Ban Sale of Cough Medicine To Minors

Children under the age of 18 in Florida are now banned from purchasing over-the-counter cough syrup that contains the active ingredient dextromethorphan, according to a new law that went into effect January 1.

Pick The Right Graduate Degree In Nursing

Graduate education is an investment of time as much as money. For nurses looking to move up in the profession, whether to earn a master's degree, or MSN, rather than a Doctorate of Nursing Practice, is a decision about both.