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By Mary Groll Today, physicians faced with diminishing insurance reimbursements and challenging economic times increasingly turn to marketing to build their practices. They know that ...

Millions of Americans use social networks and blogs to communicate, but when those users are physicians, challenges to the patient-physician relationship can arise. New policy ...

By Houston Neal A critical step in any provider’s electronic health record (EHR) software purchase is the negotiation of the software license agreement (SLA). EHR ...

By Martha Swartz, M.S.S., J.D. As the number of clinical trials increase and physicians’ revenue declines, a growing number of physicians are considering participating in ...

By John D. Cacciamani, Jr., MD, MBA I am writing to ask that we take action now during Congress’s  lame-duck session this November to once ...

Indications include osteoarthritis, chronic lower back pain The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Cymbalta (duloxetine hydrochloride) to treat chronic musculoskeletal pain, including discomfort ...

Now that the Republicans are in charge of the House, lawmakers are licking their chops at repealing the health care law signed last March by ...

The American Medical Association (AMA) today urged physicians to take action this fall against inaccurate payments from private health insurers. The AMA has designated November ...

A national study of physician wages conducted by UC Davis Health System has found that specialists are paid as much as 52 percent more than ...

A new study from Duke University reports that overweight patients respond better to the communication techniques of a gentle, Marcus Welby-like approach to weight loss ...