By Michelle Andrews Kaiser Health News Should doctors be able to ask patients or patients’ parents whether they own a gun? What about health insurers, ...
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Physicians, medical practices, and hospitals now have an educational resource to help educate themselves in the ongoing battle against pill scammers – also known as ...
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By Alvin Tran While applying to medical school as a college student, Drew Lee did what many of his fellow “premeds” were doing at the time – ...
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