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Australian researchers have found that a drug made using venom from ocean-dwelling cone snails may be hundreds of times more powerful than morphine, without the addictive properties of other pain...

Sixteen-month-old Garrett Peterson was near death before one biomedical engineer designed a plastic stint to keep his windpipe from collapsing. After an emergency waiver from the Food and Drug...

When a Maryland hospital faced a difficult and rare diagnosis this spring, doctors turned to a critical care doctor 125 miles away monitoring the patient’s health via voice, video and high-speed...

For teens, texting is such a fundamental part of communication that counseling groups have begun to offer texting hotlines, with mixed results. Texting may be an attractive option for young...

While some health care costs decline, the cost of emergency care for the mentally ill has risen 28 percent over the past four years. That has some hospitals looking at ways to improve care for...

The use of surgical robots has grown rapidly since it was first approved by the FDA in 2000. But a study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality found that 245 surgical-robot-related...

After a decade of work, the Food and Drug Administration announced it has reached the final stage of the chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) inhaler phaseout.  All inhalers that use CFC propellants will be...

Gov. Jerry Brown is weighing whether to sign state Sen. Jerry Hill’s SB598, which would restrict the use of drugs known as biosimilars by requiring pharmacies to notify doctors and...

At Veterans Affairs hospitals, the death rate from overdoses of powerful pain medication is twice the national average. But data shows the VA continues to prescribe increasing amounts of these...