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By Steven C. Quay, M.D., Ph.D., FCAP Women have consulted with their physicians for generations to gain insight about the risks of breast cancer and ...
Read More »Taking Aim at Breast Cancer with Pre-Cancer Treatment
Chasing Ghosts: An Inside Look at The Mind of a Surgeon
By Dr. Ismael Nuño, MD Chasing ghosts in the operating room sounds supernatural, but it is actually something we surgeons really do. Each one of ...
Read More »Parasitic Worms: Potential Tool for Treating Autoimmune Diseases
By Karin Hehenberger, M.D., Ph.D. The prevalence of autoimmune disorders—such as Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes—is comparatively high throughout the developed ...
Read More »Medical Society Reacts to Supreme Court Decision on DOMA
By Thomas K. McInerny, MD On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued two historic decisions affirming the right of same-gender couples to marry. The American ...
Read More »Doctor Asks: Is It Time To Legalize Drugs?
By Harvey B. Lefton, M.D. For the past 45 years, the United States has engaged in a “war on drugs.” This was popularized in the ...
Read More »Direct Primary Care: A New Model For Patients and Physicians
By Randy Robinson, M.D., and Mason Reiner “Dear, how much were the groceries?” An efficient, effective healthcare system is built upon an enduring relationship between ...
Read More »Doctors Must Be Involved in Development of Guidelines
By Harvey B. Lefton, M.D. We are practicing in an age of rapidly changing treatment modalities and increasing pharmacologic options. What is changing even more ...
Read More »Medical Students Match as Couples
By Alvin Tran More than 17,000 fourth-year medical students found out where they’ll be completing the final years of their medical education on “Match Day” ...
Read More »Better Physician-to-Physician Communication Key to Efficient Care
By Michael McKenna, MD Under health care reform, every hospital and health system is under the gun to deliver care more efficiently and cost-effectively. While ...
Read More »Doctors Group to Congress: Eliminate the SGR!
By Harvey B. Lefton, MD The sustainable growth rate (SGR) is the method that Medicare uses to calculate payments for physician services. It was devised ...
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