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These Countries in Europe Have the Strictest Abortion Laws 05/23/2018 08:00pm • While Ireland holds a referendum on Friday to vote for a change on its laws governing abortion, other European countries still embrace legislation that doesn't allow the procedure, or permit it under very specific circumstances. Malta, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Poland, the Vatican, Monaco and Ando How to Find Top Anesthesiology Med School Programs 05/23/2018 08:00pm • When sick patients need major surgeries, their survival depends on the competence of their doctors, including not only the surgeons who perform their operations, but also the anesthesiologists who monitor their vital signs. Dr. Karen Sibert, the president of the California Society of Anesthesiologi What You Don't Know About Dry Eyes 05/22/2018 08:00pm • It's no secret that your eyes often become increasingly dry during the winter when they're exposed to cold temperatures and dry indoor heat. But they can become parched during warmer months, too, especially as you get older. This is partly because after age 40, the glands lining the upper and lower How to Protect Yourself From Medical Identity Theft 05/21/2018 08:00pm • Your medical information is a goldmine for fraudsters. By stealing your electronic health records and other forms, thieves can discover everything from your Social Security number to previous diagnoses and current prescriptions. "Your medical file is about the most complete file someone could get on Accessing the Mental Health Benefits of Music Therapy 05/21/2018 08:00pm • Perhaps it was a song that struck an emotional chord with you at a particularly dark moment -- or a wave of rhythm and sound that swept you up and raised your spirits. Maybe picking up a six-string or beating the drums helps you clarify some things and cut through the noise outside and inside your The hCG Diet May Help You Lose Weight, But at What Cost? 05/20/2018 08:00pm • Is the hCG diet a safe, healthy and effective way to drop pounds? Or is it a gimmicky, unhealthy and even unsafe regimen that doesn't help its followers achieve long-term weight loss? Many experts think poorly of the hCG diet -- which combines an extremely low daily calorie intake with ingestion of 7 Signs You're Tired Other Than Yawning 05/20/2018 08:00pm • A foggy mirrorAre you tired? It's a simple question, but your ability to answer it may be flawed, says Roy Raymann, the vice president of sleep science at SleepScore Labs, which makes technologies to improve sleep. "The brain is actually fooling you," he says, just like it can fool you into driving How One Patient Protected Himself Again Stroke After TAVR 05/20/2018 08:00pm • I was one of the estimated 2.5 million Americans over the age of 75 with aortic stenosis, or AS, a hardening and narrowing of the aortic valve -- the primary valve that helps deliver blood through the body. AS is a progressive disease, and I learned that without treatment, a patient with symptomati 4 Overlooked Causes of Vitamin B12 Deficiency 05/20/2018 08:00pm • As vitamins go, vitamin B12 is a pretty important one. It's one of the "essential nutrients" that we humans can't make on our own, so we must obtain it from our diets instead. Vitamin B12 has a broad range of roles in our body -- from helping to make DNA and transport iron throughout our systems to How International Doctors Can Help American Patients 05/20/2018 08:00pm • If you've noticed that a lot of doctors have names and accents that seem to have originated in places beyond the shores of these United States, you're not alone. According to 2017 data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, 24.3 percent of all doctors practicing in the United States wer DC man arrested, charged with murder after 1-year-old killed 05/20/2018 06:41pm • WASHINGTON — A man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder Sunday following the killing of a 1-year-old last week. Carter Sanders, 1, of Southeast D.C., was found unconscious and unresponsive Wednesday when D.C. police arrived to the 4700 block of Benning Road in Southeast D.C ju Reston doctor charged with assaulting patient 05/20/2018 04:34am • WASHINGTON — A doctor who worked in Reston, Virginia, has been charged with two counts of assault after a police investigation determined he had "inappropriate contact" with an adult male patient. Fairfax County police said 63-year-old Dr. Ticoni Barte, of Herndon, Virginia, turned himself in o DC police investigate killing of 1-year-old boy 05/18/2018 03:00pm • WASHINGTON — The D.C. police are searching for answers in the killing of a 1-year-old boy in his home Wednesday night. Officers went to a home on Benning Road, in Southeast, Wednesday evening after they were called about an unconscious child. They found Carter Sanders unresponsive. D.C. Fir Column: Teaching kids how to code 05/18/2018 06:28am • Q: I would like to get my child to learn how to code this summer, so I’m looking for suggestions on where to start. A: Any parent looking to ‘future-proof’ their child should be thinking along these lines. In today’s digital age, learning how to write code will be a skill set that will se The Latest on Physician-Assisted Death 05/17/2018 08:00pm • Matt Fairchild, 48, of Burbank, California, doesn't intend to access the state's medical aid-in-dying option just yet. But having a willing physician to write the prescription and the procedural paperwork at the ready -- if needed -- gives him peace of mind. Fairchild, a retired Army staff sergeant