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The Association of American Medical Colleges is releasing new standards for diversity, equity, and inclusion early next month – specifically targeted at treating patients with obesity.

For an entire year, the multi-talented musician wrote one song a week. "Code Monkey" took off with the Web crowd. Now the songs are compiled in a set of four CDs which will be made available via the indie-music distribution network CD Baby.

Ten years ago Tuesday, singer/guitarist Jeff Buckley took an ill-fated swim in a Memphis harbor. At the time, he was a rising star, but in the years since, he's become something of an icon. Buckley released only one studio CD, Grace, in his short lifetime.

A bill with huge bipartisan majorities creating a new three-year statute of limitations on collecting medical debt was one of the measures vetoed by the governor.

Legislators will vote on the governor’s actions in two weeks. They’ll need a two thirds vote to overturn any veto, and a majority to agree to any amendment.

In the spring of 2004, when Americans were horrified by the pictures of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, medical-ethics expert Steven Miles had just one question: Where were the doctors? Miles, himself a doctor, has written a book about how the medical profession failed to perform its role as protector.

Sebastian Junger set out to write a book about a murder that occurred in the quiet neighborhood where he grew up. For Junger, the story of who killed Bessie Goldberg hit close to home in more than one way.

For decades, U.S. health authorities used noxious chemicals to delouse Mexicans at border crossings. A new book details violence that followed a 17-year-old Mexican maid's refusal to take a gasoline bath.

At 18 months old, Hillary Reston was struck by a high fever that stunted her healthy development forever. In a new book, Fragile Innocence, her father, James Reston Jr. describes how her family rallied around Hillary, seeking medical answers and a way to improve her quality of life.

European explorers spent centuries searching for a passage through the ice at the top of the world. The Northwest Passage, a shortcut to Asia Europe, proved elusive until about 100 years ago. These days, thanks to global warming and a receding ice cover, the voyage is far easier to complete.