The American Medical Association (AMA), Pennsylvania Medical Society (PAMED) and Manatt Health today released the first in a series of studies of state responses to ...
Read More »To Patients Using Opioid Medications: Be Smart, Be Safe, Be Sure.
By Scott Shapiro, MD Recent data for Pennsylvania shows that 10,394,466 prescriptions for opioid medications were filled by patients in 2015. In other words, there ...
Read More »New Website Helps Pennsylvania Doctors Get Refunds
Last fall’s Mcare settlement requires that $200 million be returned to physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers. This includes $139 million in refunds for prior ...
Read More »Medical Marijuana: What No One is Talking About
On Feb. 25, the Senate State Government Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 3, which would legalize marijuana for medical use in Pennsylvania. As ...
Read More »Doctors Want Hollywood to Cancel E-Cigs
By Brad Broker Concerned about the growing popularity and use of electronic cigarettes, physicians are calling on the entertainment industry to stop glamorizing and endorsing ...
Read More »Doctor: Take The Fight To Ebola
By Karen Rizzo, MD Many of us suspected that there would be a day when Ebola would arrive in the United States and indeed it ...
Read More »Scholarships Available For Pennsylvania Medical Students
The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society offers several scholarships available to Pennsylvania residents enrolled in fully accredited medical schools. “We recognize that medical students ...
Read More »What Does National Doctors’ Day Mean To You?
First observed in 1933, and formally designated in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, National Doctors’ Day commemorates the date – March 30, 1842 – on which ...
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