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News and trends

• Mom won't be forced to have C-section
• Should you 'friend' your doctor on Facebook?
• Herbs, vitamins that can hurt you
• When doctors can't say 'no'
• Disco tune saves man's life
• Five clues that you are addicted to Facebook
• The life and death of an Empowered Patient
• Six embryos?! How to avoid a fertility fiasco
• Sepsis can strike, kill shockingly fast

H1N1

• How to dodge germs in the time of H1N1
• Swine flu: Your questions answered
• Swine flu, part II: What's to come?
• Surviving H1N1 -- with baby in belly
• Some doubt hand washing stops H1N1
• What to know about getting H1N1 vaccine

Affording health care

• How to save money in the next three weeks
• Fear a layoff? Don't make these health care mistakes
• No health insurance? Get help here
• How to shop for health insurance
• Ten ways to save on prescription drugs
• How to get insurance with a pre-existing condition
• Health insurance: What's a recent college grad to do?
• Don't get scammed by fake health plans
• Health-care reform questions answered
• Getting Kennedy-esque care on your budget
• How to bargain hunt for health care

You and your doctor

• Mom: Hospital irradiated my baby
• Breast cancer patients: Know your options
• Is your doctor prescribing a placebo?
• Five steps to getting a second opinion online
• Sick? Doctor's busy? Here's help
• How to get ambulance workers to take you seriously
• How to get help in a hurry in the ER
• Unsung heroes work hard to cut hospital infections
• Does your doctor judge you based on your color?
• Nurses offer tips for surviving a hospital stay
• How to achieve 'planned patienthood'

Health at home

• How to keep little ghouls safe, healthy
• The best alternative medicine for children
• New in '09: You won't go in to see the doctor
• 10 'secrets' you shouldn't keep from your doctor
• Head injury: Do you need to go to the ER?
• Prostate cancer screening: what's a dude to do?
• Kids and the ER: When is it really an emergency?
• Medical treatment: What are parents' rights?
• Teen diagnoses her own disease in science class
• Does your child need ADHD drugs?
• Should your daughter get Gardasil?

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