Opinion

By Harvey B. Lefton, MD As the summer vacation season ends and we all head back to work, it is time to look forward and ...

By Sherry L. Blumenthal, M.D. At the end of June 2012, a press release announced the planned merger of Abington Health (Abington Memorial Hospital, Lansdale ...

By Leslie D. Michelson The recent Supreme Court and public arguments on health care issues have produced a clear consensus:  Walter Cronkite was right.  More ...

By Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) Alzheimer’s disease takes a tremendous personal and economic toll on both the individual and the family.  As someone whose family ...

By Alieta Eck, MD The American Board of Internal Medicine is on a mission to curtail unnecessary medical testing, suggesting that physicians order too much ...

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 ...

The Wall Street Journal today features a discussion about whether docs should use email to communicate with patients.  There are many issues to consider including ...

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, ...