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Licensed For Life: 87-Year-Old Doctor Accused Of Marketing Pot To Patients

What's an 87-year-old doctor to do when he's banned from performing surgery but still allowed to practice medicine? Prescribe medical marijuana in a dubious clinic.

Rethinking Healthy Aging

There was a time when menopausal hormone therapy was seen as a near-panacea for the ills of the aging woman. That was before Marcia Stefanick and her Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) colleagues put the theory to the test and upended the medical world.

Health Media Jobs and Opportunities: Reporting for Medical Colleges

Are you interested in writing about medical education, research and clinical care? Or are you a student looking for a paid summer internship? We've got options for you.

Daily Briefing: Whooping Cough Outbreaks Across the U.S.

Meaning as medicine, infant formula, Medicare fraud, osteoporosis and more from our Daily Briefing.

Licensed for Life: Botched Abortions Lead To $6.2 Million Payout

An aging doctor has been ordered to pay part of a $6.2 million judgment for negligence in performing two abortions. Why is he still practicing?

American Diabetes Association is MIA in W.Va.

Three years ago, when West Virginia was leading the nation in diabetes, the American Diabetes Association shut down its West Virginia office.

Now, officials have decided to bring the organization back to West Virginia.

Giving To Get: Could Organ and Tissue Donors Become Less Selfless?

The long held belief that we should not be allowed to buy or sell pieces of our own bodies is changing. What does that mean for the future of organ donation?

In South L.A., 'food deserts' impact health of HIV/AIDS patients

For people living with HIV or AIDS, nutrition is a key component of any treatment plan. But living in neighborhoods where healthy food options are few and far between can make it difficult to eat healthy.

Q&A with Dr. William Norcross, Part 2: Aging Physicians May Not Know They Are Impaired

Aging doctors may not know when they're too old to practice safely. In the name of patient safety, should we be monitoring doctors as they get older?

Healthcare Hashtags: Monitoring Health Conversations in the Twitterverse

How do you sort through the cacophony of health conversations taking place on Twitter? Healthcare hashtags can help.

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