Don't become a victim of medical marketing
When your doctor chooses a drug for you, is it really because it's best for you health, or because your doctor's under the influence of a pharmaceutical company? In this week's Empowered Patient, CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen talks to a woman who believes she was debilitated by a physician whose judgment was clouded by industry money.

Measles cases may be linked to vaccine fears
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New protection urged for anti-abortion docs
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FDA OKs zapping greens for safety
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Cervical cancer shot not always cost-effective
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Hospital death rates for key conditions unveiled
If you or a loved one develops pneumonia or has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital, do you know what the chances are of getting out alive?

Are gender differences hard-wired?
Even though I'm a psychologist who specializes in early education, it took having kids to make me realize that sex differences aren't just the stuff of Brady Bunch reruns. While 18 months is old enough to have been influenced by stereotyped gifts, research suggests that many of the differences we see are evident from birth, and may even be hardwired. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Groups target corporal punishment in schools
The 3-year-old came home in tears from his public pre-kindergarten program, unable to adequately describe what had happened to him or how he had sustained bruises that stretched around his hips to his stomach.

Study probes water-arsenic-diabetes link
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