News Briefs

By James B. Dolan, MD, President Florida Medical Association (FMA) We are deeply disappointed that lawmakers in D.C. refused to listen to the concerns voiced ...

By Ted Epperly, MD, Board Chair American Academy of Family Physicians The American Academy of Family Physicians is pleased that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care ...

By J. James Rohack, M.D., President American Medical Association Today, the Senate took an historic vote to improve our nation’s health care system by expanding coverage ...

WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association (AMA) on Monday announced its support for passage of the amended Senate health system reform bill (H.R. 3590). Passage of ...

As the year, and the decade, come to an end, you are likely to see a lot of “Top 10” lists.  With that in mind, ...

Regardless of the country and its conversion rate, all medical communities want to improve their organ donation participants.  Israel has a very low rate of ...

By Lori Heim, MD The American Academy of Family Physicians strongly opposes the Senate amendment introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. This amendment would postpone ...

Back in 1993, a controversial study found that college students upped their IQ by 10 points after listening to Mozart.  More specifically, “spatial-temporal abilities are ...

ABINGTON, PA (December 10, 2009)–John H. Durham, chairman, Board of Trustees of Abington Health and Abington Memorial Hospital, announces that, after a national search, the ...

Patients no longer need to seek advice from their doctors regarding health maintenance and prevention; all they have to do is pick up a copy ...