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(HealthDay News) — The American Medical Association recently surveyed physicians to find what activities they pursue when not in the exam room. According to the ...
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Autism Signs May Be Missed in Well-Visits
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The 10 to 20 minutes of a typical well-child visit isn’t enough time to reliably detect a young ...
Read More »Cancer Survivors May Struggle for Years With Mental, Physical Problems
MONDAY, Jan. 12, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Many U.S. cancer survivors have unresolved physical and mental health issues long after being cured, a new study ...
Read More »Supreme Court Battle Brewing Over Medicaid Fees
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Rita Gorenflo’s 7-year-old son Nathaniel was in severe pain from a sinus infection. But since the boy was covered by ...
Read More »Medicaid Patient Access At Stake In U.S. Supreme Court Case
WASHINGTON – Jan. 12, 2015 – The American Medical Association (AMA) and a coalition of several health care organizations have filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the U.S. ...
Read More »E-Cigs May Lead to Respiratory Infections: Study
(HealthDay News) — Vapor from electronic cigarettes may increase young people’s risk of respiratory infections, whether or not it contains nicotine, a new laboratory study ...
Read More »Cancer Groups Urge More Regulation of E-Cigs
THURSDAY, Jan. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) — The potential health hazards of e-cigarettes remain unclear, and more regulation on their use is needed, say two ...
Read More »PTSD May Lead To Type 2 Diabetes In Women
THURSDAY, Jan. 8, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Women with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) seem more likely than others to develop type 2 diabetes, with severe ...
Read More »Herceptin May Benefit Some Women With Early Breast Cancer
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay News) — For some women with early breast tumors, lower-dose chemotherapy and the drug Herceptin may help ward off a ...
Read More »Physicians Discuss Pros, Cons of Maintenance of Certification
(HealthDay News) — The pros and cons of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) are discussed in two articles published ...
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