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The Senate yesterday unveiled its version of a complicated and sweeping overhaul of the health care system in the U.S.  The bill is a mammouth ...

In an update to its 2002 recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends against routine breast cancer screening for women under the age ...

By J. James Rohack, M.D. President, American Medical Association The AMA hails the passage of the House health reform bill, which will help improve the ...

By Lori Heim, MD President, American Academy of Family Physicians The House passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) is an important ...

      By Pierre Bellicini Throughout much of the discussion of the current health care reform debate, many recommendations call for increased reliance on ...

The Liver Disease and Transplantation Center at Albert Einstein Medical Center employs an evaluation and treatment approach for patients with liver disease that puts the ...

Modality, Inc. and Elsevier, Inc. developed two Procedures Consult Internal Medicine applications that are now available on the App Store. These iPhone and iPod touch ...

H.R. 3962 and H.R. 3961 would go a long way toward making the health system better for patients and physicians The American Medical Association (AMA) ...

By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD The Democrats are the bullies in the healthcare sandbox, assisted by the AMA, AARP and unions who stand to gain ...

Following is a letter sent this morning by American Academy of Family Physicians Board Chair Ted Epperly, MD, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Dear Speaker ...