By Patricia A. Costante A nation-wide system of electronic health records (EHRs) is not a new idea. The concept appeared on the horizon in 2004 ...

By James Yuschak, MD Every medical institution encounters patients who don’t wish to receive donated blood or primary blood components. Patients making such requests may ...

By Ted Epperly, MD President American Academy of Family Physicians The American Academy of Family Physicians commends President Barack Obama for urging action this year ...

By J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association It is clear that the status quo is unacceptable. The AMA will continue to work for ...

By Nena Mirkovic, M.D. Jim Beck*, a 66-year-old farmer, was found to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 7.4 ng/ml on routine screening and resulting ...

By Richard Rosenstein, D.O. Patients surviving a stroke are often left with severe disabilities. New devices used by our Rehabilitation Medicine specialists are having positive ...

By Eryn Jelesiewicz Patients rely on their physicians to recognize signs of trouble, yet for common heart murmurs, that ability is only fair at best.  ...

By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. I am dismayed that recent Town Halls across the country have been curtailed or cancelled as spineless legislators refuse to face ...

WebMD has introduced its new Medscape app for the iPhone.  The free application for physicians and healthcare professionals includes: ·      Drug Database with access to ...

By Stephen M. Weiner, Esq.   Massachusetts’ innovative approach to health care reform, adopted in 2006, has become the focus of substantial national attention as ...