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Associated Press/Mark Stehle the new health care Why Doctors Still Offer Treatments That May Not Help Evidence-based medicine has made progress since doctors' infamous bloodletting of George Washington, but less than you might think. by austin frakt Amber Baesler/Associated Press One Crazy Day Shows How Political Chaos Threatens the Global Economy The risks of an escalating trade war and the fraying of longstanding ties could outpace the ability of regulators to react. by neil irwin

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