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By Martha Swartz Most physicians probably assume that they have the right to speak freely with their patients, at least within the constraints imposed by ...
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Still Too Many on Wait Lists for Organ Transplants
In the U.S., an average of 21 people die every day waiting for an organ transplant, and the wait times can range from four months for a heart ...
Read More »Doctors Say Medicare’s Audits Detract From Patient Care
What may have started with good intentions has gone too far and is now off-course. According to the Pennsylvania Medical Society, Medicare’s Recovery Audit Contractors ...
Read More »AMA Enacts Policy To Reduce Youth Sports Concussions
At their annual meeting today in Chicago, members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to adopt policy aimed at reducing and managing concussions suffered ...
Read More »Large Majority of Americans Still Support Death Penalty
Despite recent headline-grabbing legal challenges and reports of “botched” executions, most Americans still support the death penalty, according to a new HealthDay/Harris Poll. The online poll, ...
Read More »Abortion Bill Allows Father to Sue Mothers and Doctors for Distress
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker this week said he would sign a bill to ban all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy regardless of incest or rape. ...
Read More »More Patients, Not Fewer, Turn To Health Clinics After Obamacare
Nurse practitioner Martha Brinsko helps a lot of patients manage their diabetes at the Charlotte Community Health Clinic in North Carolina. “Most mornings when you check your ...
Read More »Texas Changes The Rules Of Telemedicine; Teladoc Sues
On a recent trip to Chicago, Patti Broyles felt like she was looking at the world from the bottom of a fish bowl. “This weather ...
Read More »‘Free’ Contraception Means ‘Free,’ White House Tells Insurers
Free means free. The Obama administration said Monday that health plans must offer for free at least one of every type of prescription birth control — ...
Read More »Cataract Surgery Fast And Safe, But Patients Still Get Costly Pre-Testing
Requiring patients to get blood work and other tests before undergoing cataract surgery hasn’t been recommended for more than a dozen years. There’s good reason ...
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