(HealthDay News) — The American Medical Association recently surveyed physicians to find what activities they pursue when not in the exam room. According to the ...
Read More »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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