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Black patients conferred better outcomes; organ pool increase cut wait time to transplant

Stillbirths, infant deaths caused one in 10 docs to consider giving up practice, survey says

Not all homes are the same, but common sense measures can reduce the risk, expert says

Amount that may be beneficial for men is not good for women, study says

Catheter procedure keeps heart tissue alive, benefits other organs, study finds

"When we think about mental illness, we can't just think about the individual - we have to think about them in context," argues Dr. Insel.

“In this day and age a depressed person can get help, which wasn't true not too long ago. And that's the hard part, to go out and find the help. That's the big trick."

A new test makes life easier for heart transplant patients.

Cleaning the blood may help treat a failing heart.

Hearing aids don't always help and devices like cochlear (coke-lee-ur) implants are only reserved for the worst cases...until now! A new twist on an old device may give some people their lives back.