Medical News

By U.S. Congressman Phil Gingrey, MD Imagine a world where a simple cut, or common cold, can routinely lead to hospitalization and even death. Sixty years ago, ...

By Alan Lyndon In today’s L.A. Times, Dr. Daniel J. Stone, an internist in Beverly Hills, CA, gives his take on the Patient Protection and ...

By Lynn Lucas- Fehm, MD, JD Once upon a time there existed the much revered fictional TV doctor who exhibited compassion, wisdom and the ability ...

By Punit Dhillon At some point in their lives, one in five people will suffer from skin cancer, and the fraction is steadily rising.  In ...

By  Louis J. Goodman and Timothy B. Norbeck  This year promises to be a watershed year for healthcare in general, and for patients and physicians, ...

By Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD When the AMA was formed in 1847, the founders could not have imagined how health care delivery would change in ...

By Dr. Michael West Two classes of physicians are slowly forming, those who use electronic medical records and digital mobile technology and those who stick ...

By Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD Most of us recall the literary character Dr. Watson who served as the steadfast confidant, supporter, physician and assistant to ...

Larry C. Kerpelman, Ph.D. As a result of a freak fall while jogging, my wife, Joanie, sustained a subdural hematoma.  It took three emergency room ...

By Hal Scherz, MD It never ceases to astonish me how ill informed my colleagues are about what is currently going on in healthcare. I ...