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Results from a new Medscape survey show that doctors may not practice what they preach, which can lead to a disconnected patient-physician relationship. Medscape’s 2014 ...
Read More »Do Doctors Practice What They Preach? (Infographic)
Guns At Home Increase Risk Of Death
By Alan Lyndon Now it’s official — having access to a gun significantly increases the risk of homicide and suicide. Guns are more prevalent in ...
Read More »How Much Does It Really Cost To Deliver A Baby?
By Roni Caryn Rabin Hospital charges for labor and delivery vary so widely from one California medical center to another that some facilities charge women ...
Read More »Here’s A Way For Medical Practices To Control All Of Those Sales Reps
By Jay Goss There’s a popular Norman Rockwell painting in many physician offices today of a kindly MD with a stethoscope on the heart of ...
Read More »Finally! A Painless Biopsy For Skin Cancer
By L. Michael Hone Clinical diagnosis of melanoma and other skin cancers is still performed primarily by sight. Since even the most sophisticated eye is ...
Read More »Surviving The Physician Shortage (Infographic)
Kaiser Health News reports that some medical school administrators and policymakers see three-year programs as a way to produce physicians, particularly primary-care doctors, faster as ...
Read More »Design of Medical Exam Room Can Make a Difference
By Alan Rheault Amidst all the debate happening in healthcare, one thing that is widely agreed upon is that significant shifts are adding increased complexity ...
Read More »NY Times’ Bill Keller Slams Cancer Patient’s ‘Twitter Therapy;’ Now Everyone Hates Bill Keller
By Brad Broker New York Times columnist Bill Keller has made himself the news for his recent remarks about the blog and Twitter feed of Lisa Bonchek Adams, who writes ...
Read More »‘Primary Care’ Doctors Should Be Called ‘Complex Care’ Docs
WASHINGTON — Patients with complicated, chronic health conditions see primary care physicians more than subspecialists for their care, according to research by the Robert Graham Center ...
Read More »Obamacare Will Cover Breast Cancer Drugs
By Phil Galewitz Starting next September, women at increased risk for breast cancer will be able to get some drugs shown to help prevent the disease ...
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