Lindsey Tanner

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FILE - This Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 file photo shows a medical marijuana plant at a dispensary in Seattle. Increased use of medical marijuana may lead to more young children getting sick from accidentally eating food made with the drug, a Colorado study suggests. The study was released Monday, May 27, 2013 in JAMA Pediatrics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Medical pot laws and treats may send more kids to ER

Lindsey Tanner · May 27, 2013 4:00 am

Hospital group says ‘alarm fatigue’ can be deadly

Lindsey Tanner · April 8, 2013 7:19 pm

Costlier robotic surgery soars for hysterectomies

Lindsey Tanner · February 19, 2013 9:06 pm

Tennis elbow? Steroid shots not best long-term fix

Lindsey Tanner · February 5, 2013 9:09 pm

Bullying study: It does get better for gay teens

Lindsey Tanner · February 3, 2013 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, Zendi Solano, left, stretches with her running club in Pasadena, Calif. Dr. Robert Sallis says doctors with Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health insurance plans, generally prescribe exercise first, instead of medication, and for many patients who follow through, that's often all it takes. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Your medical chart could include exercise minutes

Lindsey Tanner · January 6, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 file photo, parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where Adam Lanza opened fatally shot 27 people, including 20 children. People figure there surely were signs of impending violence. But experts say predicting who will be the next mass shooter is virtually impossible _ partly because as commonplace as these calamities seem, they are relatively rare crimes. Still, a combination of risk factors in troubled kids or adults including drug use and easy access to guns can increase the likelihood of violence, experts say. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Predicting who’s at risk for violence isn’t easy

Lindsey Tanner · December 22, 2012 8:32 am

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 24, 2001 file photo, rescue workers examine the site of the Sept. 11, 2001 World Trade Center terrorist attacks in New York. The most comprehensive study of potential World Trade Center-related cancers raises more questions than it answers and won't end a debate over whether the attacks were really a cause. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, Pool, File)

9/11 cancer study won’t settle debate over risks

Lindsey Tanner · December 18, 2012 10:47 pm

Asperger’s dropped from revised diagnosis manual

Lindsey Tanner · December 1, 2012 11:38 pm

Simple measures cut infections caught in hospitals

Lindsey Tanner · November 28, 2012 9:11 pm

Even fit baby boomers won’t escape heart problems

Lindsey Tanner · November 5, 2012 5:02 pm

Dozens of states make it hard to get abortions

Lindsey Tanner · October 21, 2012 4:00 am