After recently graduating medical school and impressing hospital staff as a young intern, a New York City physician committed suicide in August. Just a few ...
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FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Dentists are uniquely placed to identify patients with diabetes, and those with diabetes who are at risk for ...
Read More »Aspiring Doctors Should Prepare For The New MCAT
By Alan Lyndon The MCAT is changing and pre-med should be aware of the new topics if they want to get in to medical school. ...
Read More »Why Physician Practices Need To Build An ICD-10 Bridge
By Charles Settles The ICD-10 mandate may be delayed another year, but providers and EHR vendors shouldn’t view the reprieve as an opportunity to relax. ...
Read More »Urgent Care Clinics Defer to Hospitals for Ebola Testing
By Julie Watson ASSOCIATED PRESS When a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy who had entered the apartment of the first patient to die from Ebola in ...
Read More »New once-a-day pill for hepatitis C wins FDA OK
By Matthew Perrone AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials have approved a daily pill that can cure the most common form of ...
Read More »Tough Texas Abortion Law Likely Headed to Supreme Court
By David Crary and Juan Carlos Llorca ASSOCIATED PRESS EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Abortion-rights lawyers are predicting “a showdown” at the U.S. Supreme Court ...
Read More »Court Ruling Leaves Texas With Seven Abortion Providers
By Paul J. Weber ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Women seeking legal abortions in Texas starting Friday must drive for hours if they live ...
Read More »Drug, Medical Device Firms Paid $3.5B to Doctors
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JACK GILLUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — From research grants to travel junkets, drug and medical device companies paid doctors and leading ...
Read More »Doctors Who Prescribe Hydrocodone Need To Know This
The American Medical Association (AMA) released a new fact sheet to assist physicians in complying with new federal regulations on prescribing hydrocodone and help avoid disruptions in ...
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