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As she left a 12-hour day on the labor and delivery shift, Dr. Katie Merriam turned off her pager. “I don’t know what I’d do ...
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Proton Centers Are Struggling. Is This A Sign Of A Health Care Bubble?
The Maryland Proton Treatment Center chose “Survivor” as the theme for its grand opening in 2016, invoking the reality-TV show’s tropical sets with its own ...
Read More »Oregon Medical Students Face Tough Test: Talking About Dying
The distraught wife paced the exam room, anxious for someone to come and tell her about her husband. She’d brought him to the emergency department ...
Read More »Drug Test Spurs Frank Talk Between Hypertension Patients And Doctors
There’s an irony at the heart of the treatment of high blood pressure. The malady itself often has no symptoms, yet the medicines to treat ...
Read More »Docs Want To Get Older Patients In Better Shape For Surgery
Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death far more often than in younger patients. But many seniors aren’t adequately ...
Read More »FDA Plans To Cut Nicotine In Cigarettes, Helping Smokers Kick Habit
Cigarettes would contain less addictive nicotine — making them less attractive to smokers — under an “unprecedented” plan the Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday. ...
Read More »Sen. Ted Cruz Laughs At The Suggestion of Gun Control
Ted Cruz just laughed. Not an audible laugh, but still a visible chuckle. He was asked Thursday morning by a Fox News anchor about ...
Read More »Need A Medical Procedure? Pick The Right Provider And Get Cash Back
Laurie Cook went shopping recently for a mammogram near her home in New Hampshire. Using an online tool provided through her insurer, she plugged in ...
Read More »As More Docs Support Medical Aid in Dying, Advocates Look To Legalize Physician Assisted Death
When the end draws near, Dr. Roger Kligler, a retired physician with incurable, metastatic prostate cancer, wants the option to use a lethal prescription to ...
Read More »Philadelphia May Become First ‘Safe Injection’ Site in U.S.
Philadelphia is a step closer to opening what could be the nation’s first supervised site for safe drug injection. But turning the idea into reality ...
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