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NEW YORK, N.Y. - U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being overused, a new government study finds.

In a provocative new study, scientists reported Wednesday that they were able to "see" pain on brain scans and, for the first time, measure its intensity and tell whether a drug was relieving it.

TORONTO - Women who may have taken birth control pills from packs that may have been faulty should use a backup form of contraception for the time being, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ suggested Wednesday.

TORONTO - A new study suggest airport screening for disease control rarely makes sense, but if it's undertaken it should be done at the source of the outbreak.

TORONTO - Most family doctors say they receive little or no information about harmful effects of medications when visited by drug company sales representatives promoting their products, a survey of Canadian, U.S. and French physicians has found.

Dear Dr. Roach: My brother-in-law has been diagnosed with Charcot Joint disease. It was discovered when he broke a bone in his foot and had a soft cast. He is diabetic.

CALGARY - An Alberta Health Services executive is defending a plan to phase out a program that provides discounted parking to military veterans at Calgary hospitals.

CHICAGO - Robotic surgery is being done more and more often for a variety of operations. But experts say there's a lack of strong evidence that it's any better than standard surgery in most cases — and it's usually costlier.

WASHINGTON - Talk about a comeback: A treatment pulled off the market 30 years ago has won Food and Drug Administration approval again as the only drug specifically designated to treat morning sickness.

DENVER - Lake Annabelle Hall wouldn't be alive today if doctors at Children's Hospital of Colorado hadn't operated on a cyst on her left lung before she was born.