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One-third of global deaths occur because people don't have access to safe surgery, a study finds. Dirty operating rooms and unskilled attendants make going under the knife extremely risky.

Insurers dispute that notion that the problems are widespread. Consumers and advocates have complained to insurers, and some policies have been changed.

Messenger was launched from Earth in 2004. After 4,104 orbits of Mercury and billions of miles of space travel, the orbiter ended its mission with a quiet bang Thursday.

For at least a century or so, April flowers led to showers of May baskets on the front-door knobs of American homes.

One aim of Obamacare was to ease the financial strain on nonprofit hospitals that provide medical care to people who lack insurance and can't pay their bills. That plan is working, hospitals say.

A new center at UNMC will promote and foster innovative multidisciplinary research in the field of substance abuse in Nebraska.Dr. Shilpa Buch is the…

Medical consultation via video is going mainstream. UnitedHealthcare says it will cover doctors' visits by live video on smartphones, tablets and computers. Will people overuse it and boost costs?

The USA Freedom Act would also make significant opinions from a secret court public and would allow challenges to challenges to National Security Letters.

New research suggests that school kids who read and identify with Harry Potter display more positive attitudes toward people from disadvantaged groups.

Turkey's chamber of architects wasn't amused when the mayor of Ankara installed a giant Transformers statue. They sued, he took down the robot and instead installed a 10-foot tall T-Rex.