Tag Archives: patients

By Brad Broker In their defense of the Second Amendment, the National Rifle Association (NRA) has managed to strip physicians of their First Amendment rights. ...

By Eric Whitney A decade ago almost all doctors kept paper charts on every patient. That is changing quickly as laptops become as common as stethoscopes ...

By Jim Burress, WABE In order to slow the spread of HIV, certain people who do not have the virus but are at risk should take medication ...

By Phil Galewitz WHEELING, W.Va. – Without insurance, Pam Milliken relied for years on the free health clinic here to help manage her arthritis, high blood ...

By Roni Caryn Rabin Emergency patients who are admitted to the hospital are at greater risk of dying if another emergency room at a hospital ...

By Sandra G. Boodman Francisco Velazco couldn’t wait any longer. For several years, the 35-year-old Seattle handyman had searched for an orthopedic surgeon who would reconstruct ...

Physician groups are speaking out about Friday’s decision by a U.S. Court of Appeals that upholds a Florida law prohibiting doctors from speaking to their ...

By Mary Agnes Carey On Tuesday two U.S. appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on a subject that’s important to millions of people:  the availability of subsidies to help ...

Doctors are more likely to be organ donors than their patients, according to a new study. Currently, over 100,000 people in the U.S. alone are ...

By Anna Gorman and Victoria Colliver Scott Paul knew he needed to head to the emergency room on a recent Sunday after his foot became so painful he ...