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By Nena Mirkovic, M.D. Jim Beck*, a 66-year-old farmer, was found to have a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) of 7.4 ng/ml on routine screening and resulting ...

By Richard Rosenstein, D.O. Patients surviving a stroke are often left with severe disabilities. New devices used by our Rehabilitation Medicine specialists are having positive ...

By Eryn Jelesiewicz Patients rely on their physicians to recognize signs of trouble, yet for common heart murmurs, that ability is only fair at best.  ...

By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. I am dismayed that recent Town Halls across the country have been curtailed or cancelled as spineless legislators refuse to face ...

WebMD has introduced its new Medscape app for the iPhone.  The free application for physicians and healthcare professionals includes: ·      Drug Database with access to ...

By Stephen M. Weiner, Esq.   Massachusetts’ innovative approach to health care reform, adopted in 2006, has become the focus of substantial national attention as ...

By Alan Lyndon President Obama’s efforts for massive healthcare reform endured a predictable setback in July.  With so many moving parts, Obama’s chances of fast-tracking ...

CHICAGO – Health insurers have made important improvements in the twelve months since the American Medical Association (AMA) called for an overhaul of the industry’s ...

House Bill Expands Access to High Quality, Affordable Health Care for Americans WASHINGTON– Today, the American Medical Association sent a letter to House leaders supporting ...

As the President’s advisor on Homeland Security, I am passing along the following message from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Janet Napolitano, ...