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(HealthDay News) — From 1980 to 2010 the Latino physician shortage worsened, according to a study published online Jan. 27 in Academic Medicine. Gloria Sánchez, M.D., ...
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Beware the Bitter Cold: How to avoid hypothermia
(HealthDay News) — As frigid temperatures send much of the northern half of the United States into a deep freeze, doctors say people need to ...
Read More »Study Ties Hormone Therapy to Increased Ovarian Cancer Risk
By Kathleen Doheny, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Women who use hormone therapy after menopause — even for just a few years — may have an increased risk ...
Read More »Cigarette Smoking Kills Even More People Than Previously Thought
By Steven Reinberg, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — Smoking may be killing more people than even current estimates indicate, a new study suggests. According to the U.S. Surgeon ...
Read More »MDVIP Becomes First Concierge Medicine Practice to Lose Medical Malpractice Case
MDVIP, the nation’s largest concierge medicine practice, has seen meteoric growth since it was founded fifteen years ago promising “exceptional care” and quick access to ...
Read More »Doctors and Cancer Patients Sue California for Right to Die
A group of cancer patients filed a lawsuit Wednesday in California seeking to overturn a law that prosecutes physicians who prescribe end-of-life medication to mentally ...
Read More »Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking Overblown
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay (HealthDay News) — All that talk of red wine and other alcoholic beverages being good for your health if consumed in moderation is ...
Read More »New Name, New Criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness affecting up to 2.5 million Americans, may soon get a new name and set of diagnostic criteria. ...
Read More »‘Instagram for Doctors’ is a Social Media Morning Meeting
It’s become almost instinctive to see something odd or fantastic, pull out an iPhone from your belt holster like a 50’s Western hero, snap a ...
Read More »Is The Measles Virus Back For Good?
(HealthDay News) — Is measles really back? That’s the question vexing everyone from pediatricians to policymakers to parents as the outbreak of the dangerous childhood ...
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