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By Michelle Andrews As obesity among young people continues to rise, a growing number of clinicians and researchers say that weight-loss surgery may be their ...

By Michael Kline, CPA As the year draws to a close, it is time for medical practices and medical professionals to review the current year’s ...

As the New Year approaches and the future of health reform hangs in the balance, The Physicians Foundation – a nonprofit organization that seeks to advance the ...

By Deborah B. Miller, Esq. From a personal perspective, prenuptial agreements are not very appealing, but from a common sense and legal point of view, ...

By David Green Last June, Andemarian T. Beyene, 36-year-old man with tracheal cancer received a special gift:  a brand new trachea, made from a synthetic ...

By Patricia A. Costante Every time I speak with physicians, I get the sense that they are feeling a loss of control and even a ...

By Michelle Andrews Medical tests can reveal critical information about a person’s health, but only if the results are communicated to clinicians and patients. Sometimes, ...

By Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD When the AMA was formed in 1847, the founders could not have imagined how health care delivery would change in ...

By Nicholas Gaudiosi I’ve thought for months about how to write this article and actually get my point across without sounding like a psychic, because ...

By Rebecca Roberts, Ph.D. Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmental estrogen that can affect development and health by disrupting normal hormonal signaling.  Estrogen, working at ...