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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 ...

By Lori Heim, MD . The American Academy of Family Physicians applauds President Obama for continuing to shine a spotlight on the need for health ...

As expected, President Obama yesterday said that lawmakers should not try to “jam through” a health reform bill before newly elected Republican senator Scott Brown ...

Patients in health maintenance organizations in California should see their waiting times for doctors’ appointments reduced and even their telephone calls to physicians answered promptly ...

Tuesday’s results are in and Republican Scott Brown has won the special election in Massachusetts to take the late Ted Kennedy’s seat in the US ...

The Los Angeles Times gives a recap of the lack of any true malpractice reform included in the health care bills on track to become ...

In 2008, Stanford University became the first medical school to restrict industry financing for specific CME courses.  Today, Stanford announced a new “model for the ...

Supposing the passage of medical malpractice reform, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) upped their projected savings to $54 billion from $5 billion over the next ...

1/5/10 UPDATE:   In recognition that the transition to EMRs might take a while, CMS is proposing a phase-in of three stages.  The first stage ...

What does the Senate health bill, which is poised to become law, mean for the docs?  Dr. Scott Gottlieb, an internist, resident fellow at the ...