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Sanders’ campaign for president includes a platform of converting the U.S. health care system into a $14 trillion single-payer program run by the government. Timothy Layton (HMS) is quoted.

New guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend doctors prescribe fewer painkillers when treating patients. Thomas H. Lee, Jr. (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.

Sarah de Ferranti (Boston Children’s) led a study that suggests twice as many people as previously thought are genetically predisposed to develop dangerously high cholesterol levels.

The profusion of for-profit residential care centers aimed at patients with eating disorders is raising concerns among some eating-disorders experts, who worry that some programs may be taking advantage of vulnerable patients and their families. Scott Hadland (Boston Children’s) is quoted.

Although acne is common in young people and is not rare in adults, the skin condition remains widely misunderstood. Alexandra Kimball (Mass General) is quoted.

This article looks at obesity in professional baseball players and how it may affect their careers. Fatima Stanford (Mass General) is quoted.

Study finds that early lung function predicts lung growth later in life.

The Compassion Team at Facebook is devoted to making online interactions within the social network more human, and more humane. Michael O. Rich (Boston Children’s) is quoted.

Discovery of key step in Shigella delivery may help target several bacterial infections

A new study suggests a way to predict hurricane damage: Just read Twitter. Urbano França (Boston Children’s) is quoted.

There may be an ideal waiting period for delivering multiple cancer drugs