By Helen Oscislawski, Esq. It has been a year since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (also known as “the stimulus bill” or “ARRA”) ...
Read More »Obama announces televised health care meeting
President Obama announced plans to host a live, televised meeting with Republican and Democratic congressional leaders to discuss and revive health care reform. In an ...
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WebMD offers an interesting feature on the doctor/patient relationship. Brenda Della Casa had been seeing her primary care physician for two years and had brushed ...
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John Halamka, MD, is Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Chief Information Officer at Harvard Medical School. He recently asked his ...
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CHICAGO – The American Medical Association announced today its new Web site registry supported by the National Disaster Life Support (NDLS) that can easily coordinate ...
Read More »Ooops…Autism is not linked to MMR vaccine
The only agreed-upon conclusion regarding autism is that it’s on the rise. Aside from that, researchers can’t seem to agree on much. The Wall Street ...
Read More »State of the Union: Health Reform
President Obama was about half way through the State of the Union when he finally addressed health reform. He emphasized the phrase “health insurance reform” ...
Read More »State of the Union: Health Reform
President Obama was about half way through the State of the Union when he finally addressed health reform. He emphasized the phrase “health insurance reform” ...
Read More »Over 70 and Overweight May Be Good For You
Good news for all of your patients over 70 who might want a second run at the dessert buffet: Overweight adults over the age of ...
Read More »AAFP: State of Union Speech Highlighted Need to Continue Working to Solve Patient Access to Care
By Lori Heim, MD . The American Academy of Family Physicians applauds President Obama for continuing to shine a spotlight on the need for health ...
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