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All health care reporters deal with the medical system outside of work. But not many of them have dealt with it like Alexandra Glorioso has in recent months. Glorioso is a reporter for Politico. She's based in Tallahassee, Fla., and she writes…

If you're worried about your memory, maybe you shouldn't be. If your wife or husband is worried about your memory, that's another story. A study from Penn Medicine, which was presented last week at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in…

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a gene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy, a rare muscle-wasting disease that, in its most severe form, kills many babies before they turn 2. The price will be $2.1 million, believed to be…

A hospital that gets a five-star or 'A' rating in one scoring system may get a poor grade in another, a USA TODAY analysis finds, which could confuse patients seeking the best care. Some hospitals that got mediocre or worse grades in the non-profit…

Millions of people covered by employer-sponsored health plans are spending more than 10 percent of their income on health care as the growth in health care costs outpaces wage growth, according to a new study by the Commonwealth Fund.

Does anything you do as a parent matter? This is a question that surely most parents have asked themselves, as they push through some of the harder parts of raising children — sleepless nights, tantrums, vomiting illnesses, harassing…

The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr. BIOGRAPHY | The scholar-in-residence at the History Channel approaches his subject not just as a historian but as a longtime friend of JFK Jr.'s. That should yield uncommon insight into a man who continues to…

“We didn't know what we were doing,” Brown said. “We threw it together with our best guesses.” The boats have become ubiquitous symbols of Boston's sporting dominance this century, joyous for New Englanders and sickening…

Given an improbable choice, which golden hoop child would you prefer: Kevin Durant or Kawhi Leonard? Like an eclipse of the moon, the N.B.A. playoffs this season offer an unusual crossing of shadows. Two of the league's five best players will…