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BERLIN – Angela Merkel was elected Tuesday as Germany’s first female chancellor, taking power at the helm of an unwieldy alliance of the right and left that now officially has the job of turning around Europe’s biggest economy. Lawmakers voted 397-202 with 12 abstentions to make Merkel Germany’s eighth leader …

LOS ANGELES – Doctors’ poor penmanship is a long running joke, but there’s nothing funny about a pharmacist trying to fill a prescription and being unable to accurately decipher a physician’s sloppy scribbles. The consequences of a mistake can be severe, if not fatal. But now, if a new initiative …

Loneliness may partly be a genetic legacy, scientists report in Behavior Genetics. They’re not talking about occasionally feeling lonely in the wake of difficult life events, such as the loss of a loved one. It’s normal to experience the full range of emotions, including loneliness, over time. Instead, the researchers …