Tag Archives: physicians

By RON HOWRIGON It’s no secret that the healthcare system in this country needs to go on a diet when it comes to costs. Currently, ...

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas asked a federal appeals court Friday to allow the state to immediately enforce a law requiring all ...

By Brad Broker As part of its campaign to improve access and care, the Department of Veterans Administration has announced a major recruiting plan to ...

While electronic medical records are supposed to advance the practice of medicine and health maintenance, doctors aren’t so sure.  In fact, the results of a ...

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 Lucy J. Cairns, MD Several factors have recently converged to make passage of a medical marijuana law in Pennsylvania a distinct possibility. First, public ...

“Physicians who genuinely wish to offer safety information can simply hand out firearms safety and safe storage brochures to all patients.” That was the advice of ...

By Alan Lyndon The VA is aggressively hiring physicians and significantly increasing referrals of veterans to private docs. That’s the word from the new chief ...

By Julie Rovner Even if you’re trying, it’s tough to keep score on what’s happening with various lawsuits challenging some state abortion laws. States led by ...

By Brad Broker This Physicians News story can be republished for free. (See details) Now that Congress has passed a $17 billion bill to reform ...