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Government & Medicine 2002
- Doctors shy away from Medicaid, uninsured - Dec. 23/30
- CMS reconsidering one-hour rule for restraint use - Dec. 23/30
- Coverage for alcohol dependence falls short - Dec. 23/30
- Federal panel cites compliance confusion: Government falls short on HIPAA help - Dec. 16
- Panel marks 10 years of shaping Medicare policy - Dec. 16
- Fall-related injuries cost Medicare billions - Dec. 16
- Percentage compensation part of Stark II rules postponed - Dec. 16
- States offered money for high-risk insurance pools - Dec. 16
- Medicare regulatory reform panel looks to cut red tape - Dec. 9
- Bill aims for public to drive health reform - Dec. 9
- Senate leaves Medicare pay fix undone - Dec. 9
- Governors-elect focus on drug costs, Medicaid funds - Dec. 9
- Physicians win seats in state legislatures - Dec. 9
- Lost in the translation: Ways to afford speaking your patients' languages - Dec. 2
- Shifting Medicare costs to private payers tough for doctors - Dec. 2
- Maryland supports appeals of health plan decisions - Dec. 2
- Mental health parity extended another year - Dec. 2
- Elections boost GOP health care agenda - Nov. 25
- Ambulatory surgery centers' Medicare pay rate questioned - Nov. 25
- Congress gains 2 new physician members - Nov. 25
- Medicare aims to fix doctor drug payments - Nov. 25
- Collective bargaining bill still alive in Ohio - Nov. 25
- CMS delays bad news, but sees no easy fix to Medicare doctor fees - Nov. 18
- Quality key for public programs - Nov. 18
- Bringing in the private perspective: From a children's clinic to state government - Nov. 18
- Federal court overturns FDA pediatric drug testing rule - Nov. 18
- Congress OKs health safety net measures - Nov. 11
- Doctors take 2nd swing at Nevada tort reform - Nov. 11
- Bush plan aims to speed access to generic drugs - Nov. 11
- Weak response to deadline spells HIPAA trouble ahead - Nov. 4
- Reorder in the court: Which judges will serve medicine best? - Nov. 4
- Medicare experiments with quality incentive programs - Nov. 4
- Independent appeals get new lease on life in Texas - Nov. 4
- Miss. doctors hope tort reform brings rate relief -- eventually - Oct. 28
- Oregon to vote on single-payer health care system - Oct. 28
- Doctors want pre-election payment fix - Oct. 28
- Physician payment crunch: Medicare cuts hit Medicaid access - Oct. 21
- States might get help with immigrant care - Oct. 21
- Bills would boost research funding for rare disorders through NIH and FDA - Oct. 21
- Ruling blocks Texas HMO lawsuit, allows others to proceed - Oct. 21
- Senate unveils proposal for Medicare pay fix, regulatory reform - Oct. 14
- House passes tort reform; Senate bill faces struggle - Oct. 14
- Bills aim to cut errors by boosting doctor communication - Oct. 14
- Quick View: Unhealthy growth - Oct. 14
- Electronic transaction standards: HIPAA zero hour near - Oct. 7
- Watching SCHIP grow up: Accomplishments and challenges in covering the uninsured - Oct. 7
- MedPAC hears that pay cut hurts access - Oct. 7
- Justice Dept. to subject plans to antitrust scrutiny - Oct. 7
- National Cancer Institute issues warning on pediatric CTs - Oct. 7
- South Carolina doctors vow to continue HIPAA fight - Sept. 23/30
- Dr. Ganske takes Iowa work ethic to D.C. - Sept. 23/30
- Study: Medicare pay cuts would worsen access woes - Sept. 23/30
- Study confirms: Even experts confused by Medicare coding - Sept. 16
- Suit targets Paxil ads, tests FDA authority - Sept. 16
- Medicare+Choice launches new PPO option in 23 states - Sept. 16
- Doctors take note: HIPAA extensions due by Oct. 15 - Sept. 9
- FTC investigating Nevada ob-gyns for price collusion - Sept. 9
- Medicare pay cuts, access problems linked - Sept. 9
- Medicare denials can be appealed: CMS acts following lawsuit - Sept. 2
- Community health centers: Casting a wider safety net - Sept. 2
- Use Medicare billing number or lose it, CMS warns - Sept. 2
- Polls show public concern about health care slipping - Sept. 2
- Hawaii medical society sues major insurer - Sept. 2
- Nevada enacts bold tort reforms - Aug. 26
- Medical records privacy rules finalized - Aug. 26
- At the heart of regulatory reform: A doctor tempers public policy with diplomacy - Aug. 26
- Patients face loss of subsidy for AIDS drugs - Aug. 19
- Senate debate shifts to pay fix - Aug. 19
- Bill would ease access to generic drugs - Aug. 19
- Bush decries "junk lawsuits," calls for federal tort reform - Aug. 12
- Rural doctors plead for equal pay - Aug. 12
- Congress acts to ease nursing shortage - Aug. 12
- Efforts continue for drug reimportation - Aug. 12
- Local commotion: The flip side of national Medicare policy-making - Aug. 5
- Senate panel urges funding to bolster health safety net - Aug. 5
- Bush official promises tort reform plan - Aug. 5
- Doctors knock Medicare vaccination payments as too low - Aug. 5
- U.S. Supreme Court weighs any-willing-provider laws - July 29
- Internal Revenue Service gives OK for consumer-directed health plans - July 29
- Senate panel approves new benefit mandate for private plans - July 29
- Doctors closer to Medicare pay relief - July 22
- Rural doctors seek equal Medicare pay - July 22
- Balancing budgets and health care: Possible experience for the presidency - July 22
- Doctors applaud Supreme Court's HMO review ruling - July 8/15
- New set of EMTALA guidelines addresses on-call concerns - July 8/15
- Medicare pay fix, drug benefit closer to reality - July 8/15
- Telemedicine payment expansion sought - July 8/15
- Medicare drug benefit fight delays physician pay relief - July 1
- Doctors win millions for HMO underpayments - July 1
- Medicare's mindfield: Problems in treating the elderly's mental health - July 1
- Patient safety bill calls for voluntary error reporting - July 1
- Physicians take plea for liability reform to House panel - July 1
- CMS Medicare demos aim to better coordinate care - June 24
- Welfare rules, health needs often conflict, doctors say - June 24
- More flexibility sought for flexible spending accounts - June 24
- W.Va. liability crisis motivates doctors to become candidates - June 17
- CMS initiative cuts doctor-despised Medicare audit procedure - June 17
- Missouri Senate race focuses on health care issues - June 17
- Medicare screenings, vaccines underused - June 17
- E&M guidelines still don't work; panel says dump 'em - June 10
- Jackson Hole Group hopes to spark a reform revival - June 10
- AMA wants patients' rights resolved -- soon - June 10
- Michigan physicians get green light on Medicaid suit - June 10
- House bill attempts Medicare managed care rescue - June 10
- Medicare payment formula: House GOP proposes temporary fix - June 3
- On call at the White House: One physician's dual role - June 3
- Denver doctors settle FTC anti-competitive charges - June 3
- IRS to rule on consumer-directed plans - June 3
- Government recoups millions in teaching hospital audits - June 3
- CMS trying to clarify EMTALA rules for on-call physicians - May 27
- Legal opinion argues for changes to pay update formula - May 27
- Not covering uninsured has its own costs - May 27
- Competing plans mark start of drug benefit wrangle - May 20
- Doctors backing bill to require pediatric tests for drugs - May 20
- Fixing mistakes would ease Medicare cuts - May 20
- High court weighs use of racketeering laws on protesters - May 20
- Preventive care highlighted as key to improving health - May 20
- House bill recognizes crisis, revitalizes tort reform - May 13
- Patent law's impact on patients debated - May 13
- Medicare panel rejects higher fees for nonphysicians, bundling payment - May 13
- Bush pushes for full parity in mental health coverage - May 13
- Don't rush HIPAA compliance plans, CMS tells physicians - May 13
- Medicare drug plan, update fix almost ready, House GOP says - May 6
- HIPAA's unfinished business: Uncertainties about compliance - May 6
- GOP may tap private sector for Medicare drug benefits - May 6
- Patients look to federal courts for green light to sue HMOs - May 6
- HIPAA privacy policy change defended - May 6
- Medicare ends routine Alzheimer's denials - April 22/29
- Accepting Medicare is going to cost you - April 22/29
- HHS mulls privacy standards needed for medical research - April 22/29
- Court says D.C. has right to vote on medical marijuana - April 22/29
- Regulatory reform panel targets EMTALA rules - April 15
- Washington state physicians sue plans over business practices - April 15
- Lawmakers look for support for mental health parity - April 15
- Quick View: Spending spike - April 15
- Privacy rule changes heighten AMA concern - April 8
- Few patients opt to appeal HMO denials - April 8
- Boutique medicine may run afoul of Medicare rules - April 8
- Lawmakers urge change in physician pay formula baseline - April 8
- Lack of insurance not the only obstacle to health care - April 8
- Doctors keep up the push to ease burdens of privacy rule - April 1
- Trial and trial again: Matching seniors and clinical trials - April 1
- HHS favors minor tweaks to fix Medicare payment - April 1
- Pennsylvania passes tort reform bill - April 1
- Formularies criticized as states cut Medicaid drug costs - April 1
- Medicare drug pricing fix could threaten physician pay - April 1
- Physician collective bargaining bill returns - March 25
- New bill offers Medicare physician pay formula fix - March 25
- Panel wants HIPAA privacy loophole closed - March 25
- Simplified advance beneficiary notice forms called an improvement, but not enough - March 25
- Doctors could face 4 years of Medicare payment cuts - March 18
- CMS help lines, bulletins offer little help, GAO says - March 18
- Mississippi Medicaid runs out of money - March 18
- FTC OKs exception to physician collective bargaining rules - March 18
- Low Medicare pay adds to rural physicians' burden - March 11
- New Medicaid waiver style: Add to rolls but cut benefits - March 11
- N.Y. case raises question of health plan accountability - March 11
- Barriers to care get higher when adults are ill, uninsured - March 11
- Doctors win when novel use of False Claims Act rejected - March 11
- John Q. Desperate: Hollywood takes on health insurance - March 4
- Image overhaul: The new face of CMS - March 4
- Answer sought for cancer drug pay woes - March 4
- Congress mulls Medicare pay fix, but CMS wary - March 4
- Medicaid among top state health issues - March 4
- Coalition focuses on uninsured: 13 groups work together - Feb. 25
- La. high court ruling spares physicians from tort liability - Feb. 25
- Tight funds may hinder Bush move on Medicare prevention - Feb. 25
- SCHIP finds success in enrolling kids, pleasing parents - Feb. 25
- Bush may be willing to correct Medicare physician payments - Feb. 18
- White House renews call for health insurance tax credits - Feb. 18
- Federal funds will enhance prescription drug program for Illinois seniors - Feb. 18
- Physicians protest privacy rule loophole - Feb. 11
- Pediatricians back Medicaid patients' right to sue for basic health care - Feb. 11
- EMTALA woes spark quest for national fix - Feb. 11
- MedPAC urges fixing formula for physician Medicare pay - Feb. 4
- Courage of their convictions: Uncovering fraud in health care system - Feb. 4
- Some question benefit of Medicare drug discount cards - Feb. 4
- Health system pressure is on, and building - Feb. 4
- N.J. doctors get collective bargaining rights - Jan. 28
- Doctors say Medicare shortchanges them for overseeing immunizations - Jan. 28
- The burdens of Medicare: Push for regulatory reform is on - Jan. 21
- Physicians struggling with home health oversight rules - Jan. 21
- With health spending up, access to care may suffer - Jan. 21
- Deadline extended on electronic transactions - Jan. 21
- Top resolution: Get Congress to fix Medicare pay formula - Jan. 14
- Congress to start new year with old health care issues - Jan. 14
- AMA: Doctors shouldn't pay for translators - Jan. 14
- Business tax credits give scant help to uninsured - Jan. 14
- Medicaid morass: States are cutting funds to make up for major revenue shortfalls - Jan. 7
- CMS team takes aim at physicians' Medicare beefs - Jan. 7
- Mental health parity expansion falls from spending bill - Jan. 7
- Medicare postpones hospital outpatient payment rule - Jan. 7
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Professional Issues 2002
- Liability crisis reaction: Doctor-owned insurance fills gap - Dec. 23/30
- Quality controlled: Putting practice guidelines to work - Dec. 23/30
- Unclear wording adds to patient confusion over living wills - Dec. 23/30
- Move to collect medical data pits privacy against safety - Dec. 23/30
- Renegotiating Health Care: Thinking beyond the silo is a WINning proposition - Dec. 23/30
- CIGNA settles massive managed care lawsuit - Dec. 16
- Dungeons and doctors: These physicians take a no-frills approach to exercise - Dec. 16
- Class-action status at risk in doctors' lawsuit against HMOs - Dec. 16
- Ohio quality project shows success with cardiac health - Dec. 16
- Prescription drug abuse deadlier than use of illegal drugs - Dec. 16
- Doctor practices where she's preached at - Dec. 16
- End-of-year action crucial: Pennsylvania faces liability meltdown - Dec. 9
- Away from it all? How doctors take it along or leave it behind - Dec. 9
- Managed care mars quality of education - Dec. 9
- Grants awarded to start volunteer medical corps - Dec. 9
- End-of-life care receives failing grades - Dec. 9
- Grants encourage putting research into practice - Dec. 9
- No financial incentives for embryo donors - Dec. 9
- In the Courts: Should informed consent include a definition of life? - Dec. 9
- West Virginia physician caught in legal net hooks lawyer, lands settlement - Dec. 2
- Psychologists see rural areas as entry point to prescribing - Dec. 2
- Virtual medical school may become a reality - Dec. 2
- Portraits of a profession: Works of art by John Saito, MD - Dec. 2
- Illinois physicians cry foul over CIGNA settlement delay - Dec. 2
- Online CME offers case studies in pain management - Dec. 2
- More U.S. jobs for IMGs as J-1 visa waivers increase - Dec. 2
- Ethics Forum: General vs. regional anesthesia not an arbitrary decision - Dec. 2
- Can justice keep up? Courts faced with interpreting impact of medical advances - Nov. 25
- Texas medical board wants physician competency testing - Nov. 25
- Cornell launches medical school in the Middle East - Nov. 25
- Nathan Davis recipients are announced - Nov. 25
- Academia fails to protect research from industry bias - Nov. 25
- Prosecutor seeks physicians' help in halting drug diversion - Nov. 18
- Federal court says yes, you can talk about pot - Nov. 18
- Doctors say care quality is fine; public isn't so sure - Nov. 18
- Medical school applications predicted to start rising again - Nov. 18
- New York court clarifies patient confidentiality protections - Nov. 18
- Public active on medical boards, but not always tougher on doctors - Nov. 11
- Hospitalist practice: Could it work for you? - Nov. 11
- CME turns to emphasis on evidence - Nov. 11
- Supreme Court to review arbitration role in HMO suit - Nov. 11
- What can chiropractors do at VA centers? - Nov. 11
- Heartfelt composition deals with life-and-death conflicts - Nov. 11
- In the Courts: Laws clash over privacy, reporting abuse - Nov. 11
- How can we resolve the liability crisis? - Nov. 4
- Ignored lottery prizes fund indigent care - Nov. 4
- Study: Payouts tied to inflation - Nov. 4
- Ethics Forum: Honesty is the best policy when discussing medical errors - Nov. 4
- Double-digit liability rate hikes slam internal medicine, obstetrics, general surgery - Oct. 28
- Naturopaths push for greater acceptance - Oct. 28
- OSHA says "no" to 80-hour workweek for residents - Oct. 28
- NMA, AMA, other groups launch initiative to cut health care disparities - Oct. 28
- Practices must cope as more physicians work part-time hours - Oct. 21
- OIG issues drug marketing guidelines - Oct. 21
- Rejected lungs found suitable for transplant - Oct. 21
- Business' research funding elicits backlash - Oct. 21
- Strategies (not financial) for organ donors explored - Oct. 21
- Colorado doctor guarantees health care for needy youths - Oct. 21
- Judge OKs class action against health plans - Oct. 14
- Still loading: There's quite a ways to go for Web-based continuing medical education - Oct. 14
- Policy expands embryonic stem cell research - Oct. 14
- Rising liability rates decimate neurosurgery - Oct. 14
- Report prompts protocols for diagnosis of brain death - Oct. 14
- In the Courts: Alaska's tort reform legislation still mired in uncertainty - Oct. 14
- Arizona court overturns decision of medical board - Oct. 7
- CME providers gear up to comply with PhRMA code - Oct. 7
- Achievements in patient safety garner honors - Oct. 7
- Doctor-nurse practitioner collaboration can be fruitful - Oct. 7
- Doctors find a poetic pause is therapeutic - Oct. 7
- Renegotiating Health Care: Preparing health system's response to bioterrorism - Oct. 7
- Ethics Forum: How to handle pediatric communication; phone policies - Oct. 7
- FP study highlights ripple effect: Harm flows from simple errors - Sept. 23/30
- Vindicated after his death: Doctor cleared of malpractice in clinical trials done 40 years ago - Sept. 23/30
- Painstaking decisions: Finding the correct treatment balance - Sept. 23/30
- 3 doctors vowed as teens to stay in school, out of trouble - Sept. 23/30
- Getting into medical school easier when fewer compete - Sept. 23/30
- Young and restless actor spends days of his life as doctor - Sept. 23/30
- Transplant team holds key in donor quest - Sept. 16
- Newest liability victims: West Virginia emergency patients - Sept. 16
- This doctor is always in the house - Sept. 16
- Presidency part of service for Alabama doctor - Sept. 16
- Error reduction is meeting focus - Sept. 16
- New Jersey bill would shield hospital error audits - Sept. 16
- Quick View: Glass half empty - Sept. 16
- 15 Minutes: Rumbling for ratings: Some new TV doctors are in the neighborhood - Sept. 16
- Phony liability insurers bilking desperate doctors - Sept. 9
- City vs. country: No practice envy here - Sept. 9
- Accepting no deliveries: Obstetricians are hard to find in the Mississippi Delta - Sept. 9
- HMO query reignites assisted-suicide controversy - Sept. 9
- Virtual lab brings genetics to clinicians - Sept. 9
- Grassroots effort pushes tort reform in Pennsylvania - Sept. 9
- In the Courts: Lawyer offers insights on treating HIV/AIDS patients - Sept. 9
- Grateful, loyal patients raise $40K to keep doctor insured - Sept. 2
- Promise of stem cell research still years away - Sept. 2
- Family practice ripe for rebirth, 30+ years after inception - Sept. 2
- Women "distressed" by seeing doctors rush to help mom - Sept. 2
- California Medical Assn., medical board reach compromise - Sept. 2
- Pilot project on clinical skills testing heads to Atlanta - Sept. 2
- Putting his best foot forward -- and the other on the water - Sept. 2
- Ethics Forum: Some patients ask too much, or do too little - Sept. 2
- Docs on the box: Satisfaction from reaching thousands each broadcast - Aug. 26
- Cardiac surgeon shortage likely if low residency trend continues - Aug. 26
- Patient safety under scrutiny - Aug. 26
- Physicians for Responsible Negotiation: Influx of AMA cash keeps union's appeals afloat - Aug. 26
- ED plan: Quality control or anti-competitive? - Aug. 26
- Doctor recounts mine rescue - Aug. 19
- Federal judge lifts discovery stay in HMO lawsuits - Aug. 19
- Physician loses license over expert testimony - Aug. 19
- Pediatric end-of-life care found lacking - Aug. 19
- How will the end come? Effects of a physician-assisted suicide law - Aug. 12
- Patient makes extortion-for-surgery claim - Aug. 12
- Preserver of past makes plans for future - Aug. 12
- Florida opens loophole in office surgery rule - Aug. 12
- In the Courts: Duty to third party to warn of drug effects - Aug. 12
- Doctors sue St. Paul over liability insurance tail coverage charges - Aug. 5
- Physicians find precision in the sky: Doctor-pilots throw conventional aviation to the wind - Aug. 5
- Bioethics panel puts brakes on cloning research - Aug. 5
- Nevada medical school finds liability coverage - Aug. 5
- 4-year family practice residency vetoed - Aug. 5
- Statistics show no shortage of doctors in 4 Western states - Aug. 5
- Keep it clear and simple for your patients - Aug. 5
- Ethics Forum: Obligations arise from moderating, placebos - Aug. 5
- Nursing a dream: The drive to delve deeper into medicine - July 29
- Be cautious with patient suicide query - July 29
- New family medicine journal to debut in 2003 - July 29
- Capital mission: Opening heart and soul to the homeless - July 22
- Dispute over credentials not a case of fraud - July 22
- Feds have final say on organ donor initiatives - July 22
- Patient-safety programs expected to get more money - July 22
- AMA still weighing whether to drop individual memberships - July 22
- AMA readies for battle on tort reform - July 8/15
- How much did it hurt? St. Paul exits the medical liability market - July 8/15
- Medicine limits resident hours before legislation can - July 8/15
- Boosting organ donations ultimate focus of initiative - July 8/15
- In the Courts: Peer review findings ruled open to the public - July 8/15
- Vermont watches drug marketing costs - July 1
- In heart of beef country, doctor touts low fat - July 1
- Grants boost primary care - July 1
- States seek more doctors for rural areas - July 1
- Ethics Forum: Limited organ supply raises allocation concerns - July 1
- California tort reform endangered: Court may void group protection - June 24
- Anger spawns higher heart disease risk - June 24
- Doctor interest in bioterrorism is wearing off - June 24
- Student request results in course in medical Spanish - June 24
- Mass. license renewal fees upped in state board shuffle - June 24
- Students urged to reject industry gifts - June 24
- Doctor spreads good deeds by getting others involved - June 17
- Psychologist Rx law in N.M. bogged down - June 17
- Ruling under appeal on Oregon physician-assisted suicide - June 17
- HMA sued over contract review - June 17
- Renegotiating Health Care: Mediation can avert malpractice suits - June 17
- 15 Minutes: Teaching moment squandered: Show put drama over substance - June 17
- Par fore the profession: What is it about doctors and golf? - June 10
- Being open may avoid lawsuits - June 10
- Anti-abortion posters ruled "true threat" - June 10
- Resident work-hour limits to headline education debate - June 10
- Teaching hospitals urged to learn better approaches - June 10
- In the Courts: Want to fight your employer? Line up ammunition first - June 10
- Physicians are working more, enjoying it less - June 3
- Doctor on deck: Unwinding on the water - June 3
- AMA delegates likely to hear call for PRN support - June 3
- California physicians face full disclosure of settlements - June 3
- Florida med school aims for accreditation - June 3
- Ethics Forum: Addressing concerns about medical studies, privacy - June 3
- Pharmacy group details what drug reps can give physicians - May 27
- Colorado court allows suit against physician corporation - May 27
- Nana would be proud: Ascent to AMA presidency completes an enduring dream - May 27
- Lawsuit could gut resident Match program - May 27
- Court to decide what you can say about medical marijuana - May 27
- Rocketing liability rates squeeze medical schools - May 20
- Physicians bring peace with care - May 20
- Council explores the ethics of biomedical innovations - May 20
- Drive to increase organ donations yields novel idea - May 20
- Telemedicine: A forum for learning for all involved - May 20
- Philadelphia Flyers hockey player sues team, doctor over care of injury - May 20
- Analysis of states' disciplinary rates raises patient safety concerns - May 13
- AMA survey: More doctors volunteering - May 13
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture pulls out of J-1 visa waiver program for IMGs - May 13
- Mark your calendar for the AMA Annual Meeting - May 13
- In the Courts: Fired rather than break ethics code, doctor fights back - May 13
- Poll shows flawed system needs repair - May 6
- Physicians finding new challenge behind the wheel - May 6
- Ruling preserves assisted suicide in Oregon -- for now - May 6
- Ethics Forum: Patients within family; sharing confidential information - May 6
- Texas doctors say liability costs are driving them away - April 22/29
- Cost of living: Stress is the price you pay for being a physician - April 22/29
- States told to monitor drug orders - April 22/29
- Foreign medical graduates lose one way to stay in U.S. - April 22/29
- Liability insurance crisis: Bigger awards just one factor - April 15
- Doctors hope to inspire by school visits - April 15
- Putting some sparkle in children's lives - April 15
- Pew funds new genetic center - April 15
- Patient safety partnership formed in Texas - April 15
- 15 Minutes: No "Dances with Doctors": Dr. Costner can't save ailing story - April 15
- Racketeering charges: Doctors win latest round in court battle against HMOs - April 8
- On the hot seat: Physician expert witnesses - April 8
- Medical school graduates gravitate toward specialties - April 8
- More students shun general surgery - April 8
- Dr. John Eisenberg remembered for patient safety initiatives - April 8
- Pew donates $3.2 million to study medical liability woes - April 8
- Cold companions: Sailing on the ice - April 1
- Nevada doctors ponder fixes to tort woes - April 1
- Patients encouraged to play bigger role in ensuring safety - April 1
- AMA honoring actress, doctors with pride awards - April 1
- Scholarship, loan program a win-win for doctors, patients - April 1
- Ethics Forum: Psychological testing for physicians; ethics of discounting - April 1
- Insurer wants doctors' own medical files - March 25
- Faith in medicine: How spirituality impacts practice - March 25
- Medical groups win third-party standing rights - March 25
- President Bush calls on physicians to be volunteers - March 25
- Dream for the Caribbean: Providing basic health care - March 18
- Medical staff's standing to sue at issue - March 18
- Report says kids need hospice, too - March 18
- Students learn to see devil in the details - March 18
- Renegotiating Health Care: Thinking "out of the box" regarding health care coverage - March 18
- Florida physician guilty of manslaughter in OxyContin case - March 11
- Endurance test: Quest for quality leads to a never-ending road to board recertification - March 11
- Lively debate launches discussions of biomedical research - March 11
- Hippocrates updated: New pledge for professionalism - March 11
- Survey says minority nursing bias hampers advancement - March 11
- In the Courts: Surgeon not negligent, despite renal artery ligation during adrenalectomy - March 11
- A California doctor rocks with the stars - March 4
- Medical liability battle takes to the airwaves - March 4
- Oregon had few assisted suicides in 2001 - March 4
- DOs disagree with assisted suicide - March 4
- Calif. prison system settles class action suit over care - March 4
- VA says "no" to chiropractors as primary care physicians - March 4
- Ethics Forum: Physicians' myriad responsibilities; patients' religion - March 4
- Adult stem cell findings clouded by politics - Feb. 25
- Controlled chaos: Training with surgical simulators - Feb. 25
- Attacks set workplace physicians on a new track - Feb. 25
- NLRB ruling gives physician unions impetus - Feb. 25
- Medical Moments: Librarians also have a place in medicine - Feb. 25
- Tragedy spurs physician to railroad safety crusade - Feb. 18
- AAFP wary of hospital-based ICU standards - Feb. 18
- Trial lawyers give theory on rising liability rates - Feb. 18
- 15 Minutes: Extreme survival: Medicine at the South Pole is a do-it-yourself challenge - Feb. 18
- Frivolous suits feel wrath of Medical Justice - Feb. 11
- Prescriptions for parenting: How two-doctor couples balance the family game - Feb. 11
- Human rights groups hit doctors' role in executions - Feb. 11
- Web discipline postings worry California physicians - Feb. 11
- Learn by doing earlier in the training process - Feb. 11
- In the Courts: Hospital needed informed consent on penis removal - Feb. 11
- Relocating doctors face licensing hassles - Feb. 4
- Is there a mayor in the house? - Feb. 4
- Managed care means credentialing holdups - Feb. 4
- Drugs (and drug costs) for urinary tract infections vary among specialties - Feb. 4
- Mississippi doctors take liability fight to state house - Feb. 4
- U.S. Supreme Court denies appeal of physician discipline case - Feb. 4
- Ethics Forum: Doctors, lawyers have responsibilities to help others - Feb. 4
- Dueling degrees: Why some doctors are getting a JD - Jan. 28
- Pennsylvania doctors seek legislative relief to tort trauma - Jan. 28
- OxyContin dilemma: Allowing pain control while stopping abuse - Jan. 28
- States limit hours nurses required to work - Jan. 28
- Medical Moments: Bloody quest ends in rare edition of early medical text - Jan. 28
- Now forecast is for shortage of physicians - Jan. 21
- Project Access: Opening the door to health care - Jan. 21
- Greater oversight of trials urged - Jan. 21
- Deaths from painkillers are on the rise in Florida - Jan. 21
- NBME moves ahead with clinical exam plan - Jan. 21
- Clarification sought on FICA exemption for residents - Jan. 21
- Caring for the world: Giving medical treatment in foreign lands - Jan. 14
- CME providers can label it as evidence-based - Jan. 14
- Genetics the focus at meeting of minds - Jan. 14
- In the Courts: Esophageal bleeding not caused by one dose of ibuprofen - Jan. 14
- Professional liability insurance rates go up, up; doctors go away - Jan. 7
- Doctor divides his days between bones and bison - Jan. 7
- St. Paul bowing out of liability market - Jan. 7
- AMA to take expanded role in resident work hour debate - Jan. 7
- Sign on dotted arm: How to suture right site - Jan. 7
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Business 2002
Feb. 25 was the last Technology section. Subsequent coverage on technology issues can be found in the Business section.
- States scrutinize big-ticket purchases by group practices - Dec. 23/30
- Clash of the titans: Hospitals vs. health plans - Dec. 23/30
- More big firms want Web-based health plans - Dec. 23/30
- Group rules against online treating of unknown patients - Dec. 23/30
- Web site lists HIPAA-compliant software - Dec. 23/30
- Insurance exec offers plan for uninsured - Dec. 23/30
- Practice Management: Plans will pay for quality, but don't always know how - Dec. 23/30
- Running the numbers: Making sure your spending pays off - Dec. 16
- Kaiser pays $1 million fine, denies access-to-care claim - Dec. 16
- GE buys a wedge into small-office market - Dec. 16
- IOM calls on federal funds for technology demo projects - Dec. 16
- Practice Pointers: Work smarter, not harder, to offset expenses - Dec. 16
- Hospitals feel privileged to have doctors on roster -- and prove it with some perks - Dec. 9
- The age divide: How to keep generations of physicians from bumping heads and wallets - Dec. 9
- Bringing medical transcription into the modern age - Dec. 9
- Insurance sites limit ability to submit online claims - Dec. 9
- Contract Language: Contracts required for Medicare opt-out - Dec. 9
- Quick View: Why they buy - Dec. 9
- Going south: How one hospital company crashed and burned - Dec. 2
- Managed care brings more income, less from capitation - Dec. 2
- Have physician offices become more wired? - Dec. 2
- Receivables purchasing firm NCFE declares bankruptcy - Dec. 2
- AMA to offer Web-based HIPAA help - Dec. 2
- Patients think if health Web sites are pretty, they must be smart - Nov. 25
- Gift rap: Be careful when handing out holiday largesse - Nov. 25
- Some California physicians will be paid for online advice - Nov. 25
- Insurers team up, offer mid-sized business coverage - Nov. 25
- Practice Management: Rising rates make health insurance harder to offer - Nov. 25
- Quick View: Executive moneymakers - Nov. 25
- Remote control: The growth of home monitoring - Nov. 18
- CIGNA posts $877 million shortfall in third quarter - Nov. 18
- California insurers adopt quality-pay initiative - Nov. 18
- Fewer people say HMOs hurt medical care - Nov. 18
- Beware of "cybersquatters" stealing domain names - Nov. 18
- Handheld prescribing service seeks buyer - Nov. 18
- Deciding who decides: How practices get governed - Nov. 11
- California Blue Cross offers quality pay incentive plan for PPO - Nov. 11
- States look at costs of insurance mandates - Nov. 11
- Software allows electronic prescribing direct to pharmacy - Nov. 11
- Wisconsin AFL-CIO crafts statewide health plan in effort to curb rising premium costs - Nov. 11
- Think tank touts portable EMRs for patients - Nov. 11
- Practice size trend: small to big, then small once again - Nov. 4
- Finding your fit: Things to think about before making a move - Nov. 4
- To get it right, do it yourself - Nov. 4
- Employers can expect another year of rising premiums - Nov. 4
- AARP insurer will pay for meds bought outside of U.S. - Nov. 4
- Firm treating strangers by Web shut out by Illinois directive - Nov. 4
- Contract Language: Make sure you own your patients' medical records - Nov. 4
- Magellan Health Services sails into rough financial waters - Oct. 28
- Homegrown appointment system reaps solid rewards - Oct. 28
- Practice Management: Keep staff by keeping salaries competitive - Oct. 28
- Divorce: Tips on getting through the split - Oct. 21
- You're ready for the exam, but where's the patient? - Oct. 21
- Property and casualty insurance to cost doctors more - Oct. 21
- Illinois Blues disputes PHO role in rate talks - Oct. 21
- California law requires plans to give notice of contract changes - Oct. 21
- Practice Pointers: Finding lost revenue may require you to look internally - Oct. 21
- Going paperless: How two doctors cut out the paper trail - Oct. 14
- Blues plans throughout the country seek for-profit harmony - Oct. 14
- Questions linger over group's "responsible" prescribing - Oct. 14
- Microsoft switches insurers from Aetna to Premera - Oct. 14
- Tufts Health Plan reports success in e-prescribing trial - Oct. 14
- QuagMeyer: A cautionary tale of a failing medical practice - Oct. 7
- Global financier Templeton invests $1 million in Medem - Oct. 7
- Doctors without prompt-pay protection try new tactics - Oct. 7
- Increasing office efficiency decreases waiting room time - Oct. 7
- Contract Language: Leasing rather than buying equipment raises own issues - Oct. 7
- A consumer-driven future: When patients call the shots - Sept. 23/30
- Pa. medical association says Blues reserves are too high - Sept. 23/30
- Investors say $70 million in MedUnite is now worth zero - Sept. 23/30
- Nation's Blues plans were more profitable in 2001 - Sept. 23/30
- Info technology more available to small practices - Sept. 23/30
- Practice Management: Steer your cash to keep it flowing - Sept. 23/30
- Scam artists steal doctors' identities - Sept. 16
- Who gets what? Plan for success by planning your succession - Sept. 16
- Groups sue to block New York Blues' for-profit conversion - Sept. 16
- Doctor's new office: Employee work site - Sept. 16
- You and Your Taxes: Some options to help cut high liability fees - Sept. 16
- Practice Pointers: Employer-paid plan, used car donation have tax benefits - Sept. 16
- Information driveway: Physicians create inexpensive Web sites offering health data to patients - Sept. 9
- National Blues group rejects North Carolina conversion strategy - Sept. 9
- Illinois Blues to pay pharmacists to push generics - Sept. 9
- South Carolina Blues plan moves toward direct deposit of claim payments - Sept. 9
- Expert's Focus: Successful negotiation calls for an open state of mind - Sept. 9
- Good exposure: Improving patient relations - Sept. 2
- Doctors working more for smaller gains - Sept. 2
- Exempt or nonexempt employee? A pricey distinction for employers - Sept. 2
- Time-sharing cuts overhead costs for surgeons - Sept. 2
- Patient admissions fuel revenue growth at nonprofit hospitals - Sept. 2
- Americans trail much of Europe in adopting electronic medical records - Sept. 2
- Central registration helps increase patient satisfaction - Sept. 2
- Contract Language: Are you independent? Read your contract to make sure - Sept. 2
- From grapes to computer systems, these physicians are branching out - Aug. 26
- Hospitals are becoming more wired, AHA survey reports - Aug. 26
- California insurers offer coverage in Mexico too - Aug. 26
- Practice Management: Outsource that pile of HR paperwork and free up your time - Aug. 26
- Ailing stock market leaves doctors' retirement funds anemic - Aug. 19
- Wipeout: Lessons on protecting Web-based EMR data - Aug. 19
- Medical societies demand Anthem end arbitrary denials - Aug. 19
- Physician credentialing gets streamlined - Aug. 19
- Tech Talk: Don't talk before you run with voice-response software - Aug. 19
- You and Your Taxes: Stretch your earnings, plan for retirement - Aug. 19
- Support system: Making the most of technology - Aug. 12
- Empire HMO plan advises some patients to find new doctors - Aug. 12
- Latest California IPA failure linked to low pay rates - Aug. 12
- Texas wants insurers to say what they pay - Aug. 12
- National rules advised for online medicine - Aug. 12
- Ohio hospital dumps doctors who invest in for-profit rival - Aug. 12
- Quick View: Net effects - Aug. 12
- Street Smarts: Genetic tests quick, but not always reliable - Aug. 12
- Single-minded: 4 physicians' paths to solo practice - Aug. 5
- Insurer coalition creates drug formulary site - Aug. 5
- Insurers didn't tell patients in New York how to appeal - Aug. 5
- Specialties see higher pay; primary care not so much - Aug. 5
- Contract Language: Anticipate disputes and include a way to deal with them - Aug. 5
- You and Your Taxes: Group flexibility can help bypass planning gridlock - Aug. 5
- Credit to your practice: Letting patients pay with plastic - July 29
- States rethinking need for certificate-of-need laws as fiscal health of hospitals wanes - July 29
- Connecting for Health project aims for consensus on data standards - July 29
- Practice Management: HIPAA privacy reg compliance: Take one step at a time - July 29
- Doctor spurs plan to improve town's health - July 22
- What women want: How to attract more to your door - July 22
- Humana offers individual health plans - July 22
- Staffing firms ease hiring woes - July 22
- Expert's Focus: Playing hardball with claim collection - July 22
- Tech Talk: More to e-learning than online training - July 22
- Dr. Bertman's amazing adventure: How one doctor built an EMR - July 8/15
- Medem announces online consultation service - July 8/15
- Web prescribing guidelines need clarification - July 8/15
- Utility players: PDAs step up to the plate - July 1
- Insurers still weighing pay for online consultations - July 1
- Contract Language: Ensure proprietary info remains private - July 1
- Making your move: Plan now for less stress - June 24
- Practice Pointers: Change is good -- if it's planned and explained - June 24
- Practice Management: Do your research to find best terms for business loan - June 24
- By any other name: What should you call your practice? - June 17
- Patients put trust in Internet health information - June 17
- Physician advocates intervene to get insurers to pay up - June 17
- Tech Talk: It's a new world for e-learners, instructors - June 17
- Patients e-mail -- but they still keep calling - June 10
- Online consultation: What's it worth? - June 10
- Web site lets patients narrow diagnosis on their own - June 10
- Be wary of unlicensed health insurance plans - June 10
- Health industry says consumers are key - June 10
- Expert's Focus: Treat practice like a refrigerator: Throw out leftover health plans - June 10
- Advocates for hire: Getting paid for helping patients fight insurers - June 3
- Insurers try real-time response to online claims - June 3
- Humana's drug benefit linked to cost trade-offs - June 3
- N.C. insurers to address cost for small employers - June 3
- Contract Language: What to know before signing up with a billing company - June 3
- Pleasing patients: Some easy steps to take - May 27
- Georgia Blues must open fee schedule - May 27
- Practice Management: Employees value health and retirement benefits most - May 27
- Street Smarts: Wall Street seeks doctors' medical advice on stocks - May 27
- Weighing options: The business of helping obese patients - May 20
- Plans singing the merger and consolidation Blues - May 20
- Will doctors follow digital hospitals? - May 20
- Practice Pointers: Hiring more staff may not cure chaos - May 20
- Do it yourself: A personal approach to coding - May 13
- Anthem buys Trigon for $4 billion - May 13
- E-health plans finding few takers in the early going - May 13
- The password is ... not something obvious - May 13
- Tech Talk: Interactive learning goes beyond content - May 13
- Drug firms score by paying doctors for time - May 6
- The price is right: When patients want to haggle - May 6
- Lawmakers frowning on for-profit conversions - May 6
- Boost in hospital financial picture - May 6
- Indiana opens up privacy concerns - May 6
- CalPERS leading HMO rate hikes with 25% - May 6
- Contract Language: Privacy duty extends to business associates - May 6
- Gen Y: The next patient wave - April 22/29
- Practice Management: Straighten up and find organized medicine - April 22/29
- Practice Pointers: New tax laws could help you save money - April 22/29
- Firm pushes online medicine to new level - April 15
- Cutting into the market: Rise of ambulatory surgery centers - April 15
- Getting paid: Learn how to ride your revenue cycle - April 15
- Prompt payment still an issue in Florida - April 15
- Survey puts a price tag on doctors' value to hospitals - April 15
- HIPAA survival guide: Steps to getting your practice ready - April 8
- Doctors design a free, downloadable medical record - April 8
- Tech Talk: There's learning, then there's e-learning - April 8
- Expert's Focus: Patients may hold the key to getting plan to pay claim - April 8
- Plans setting higher specialist co-pays - April 1
- Company care: Employers turn to on-site clinics - April 1
- Giant health system in Pittsburgh plays the smart card - April 1
- Doctors want even more prompt-pay enforcement - April 1
- California physician finances no longer at risk for public exposure - April 1
- UnitedHealthcare frustrating docs in Texas and Ky. - April 1
- You and Your Taxes: Simplified plan saves you money - April 1
- Contract Language: How to avoid singing the managed care contract blues - April 1
- Different paths to success: 12 keys to a successful practice - March 25
- Indiana group practice leads offensive against Anthem - March 25
- Practice Management: Making waiting as painless as possible for patients - March 25
- Hearty markets: Number of hospitals devoted to cardiac care on the rise - March 18
- CalPERS feeling premium pinch - March 18
- Web site doctor information incomplete - March 18
- Practice Pointers: Paying your accountant less -- and getting more - March 18
- Street Smarts: Medicaid HMO companies not the wisest investment - March 18
- Quick View: Managing to make a profit - March 18
- The Winona project: Developing an electronic link - March 11
- HIPAA says practices need privacy officer - March 11
- Michigan Blues plan seeks rate relief - March 11
- Wellness programs help companies save on health costs - March 11
- Florida puts the heat on HMOs after late-pay complaints - March 11
- Tech Talk: Need help sorting out software information? - March 11
- A dubious distinction: City has the country's highest concentration of managed care - March 4
- HMO profits rose overall last year - March 4
- PacifiCare faces lawsuit over bankrupt IPAs - March 4
- Statewide electronic networks get new life - March 4
- State blocks Anthem's takeover of Kansas Blues plan - March 4
- Contract Language: Read fine print of managed care deals - March 4
- Insurers move into market for private employer MSAs - Feb. 25
- As employers dump plans, doctors can lose - Feb. 25
- Aetna, Seattle hospital kiss and make up - Feb. 25
- Confusion keeps some in Aetna plans - Feb. 25
- Practice Management: Nip staff squabbles before they escalate - Feb. 25
- Everyone talks about quality, few pay for it - Feb. 18
- Treating your practice: The business side of medicine - Feb. 18
- Pressure mounts to prescribe more generics - Feb. 18
- Practice Pointers: Retirement plans your own duty - Feb. 18
- Study says Kaiser outshines British health care system - Feb. 11
- Firms aim to help doctors with claims woes - Feb. 11
- Empire conversion bucks the foundation trend - Feb. 11
- In Silicon Valley, a new kind of house call - Feb. 11
- Hawaii proposes law regulating premiums - Feb. 11
- Hospitals facing a stable financial outlook - Feb. 11
- Street Smarts: Fewer new drug OKs mean boost for new technology of pharmacogenomics - Feb. 11
- Healthy growth: This could be the new driving force of the economy - Feb. 4
- Temporary CPT codes include letters - Feb. 4
- Should high CEO turnover rate be cause for concern? - Feb. 4
- Physicians direct sick patients out of capitated plans - Feb. 4
- Massachusetts looks into hospital power - Feb. 4
- Managed care scores victories in California - Feb. 4
- Contract Language: Consider more than money in medical director contracts - Feb. 4
- States setting time limits on insurer claims "takebacks" - Jan. 28
- CIGNA trims 2,000 jobs, consolidates regional call centers - Jan. 28
- You and Your Taxes: Estate tax "repeal" not quite what you think - Jan. 28
- Practice Management: Here a credit, there a credit, everywhere a little bit saved in taxes - Jan. 28
- Market woes: Physician businesses wonder whose grass is greener - Jan. 21
- Large Washington state medical center to drop Aetna - Jan. 21
- Practice Pointers: Some things to consider before hiring nurse practitioner - Jan. 21
- More Blues moving to for-profit - Jan. 14
- California agency hits HMOs, and Kaiser and Blues hit back - Jan. 14
- Tennessee doctors get bonus, still wait for full pay - Jan. 14
- National business group creates think tank on health costs - Jan. 14
- Street Smarts: Getting drugs made can be harder than creating them - Jan. 14
- Aetna losses not seen as physicians' gain - Jan. 7
- Losing proposition: When doctors take in less than what goes out - Jan. 7
- Co-pay hikes create burdens for patients, physicians - Jan. 7
- Hints of Blues merger surface in Pennsylvania - Jan. 7
- Minn. Blues signs disease management deal - Jan. 7
- Contract Language: Knowing how to end it before you begin can really pay off - Jan. 7
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The CDC used Twitter to give updates on the H1N1 virus.
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Opinion 2002
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3 in 1,000 deliveries involve serious perinatal injuries.
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Technology 2002
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An obstetrics safety plan at Yale-New Haven hospital cut adverse events by 40% in 3 years.
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Health & Science 2002
- Coordinated care improves outcomes for MI patients - Dec. 23/30
- Value of routine prostate cancer testing uncertain - Dec. 23/30
- New ADHD medication a promising option - Dec. 23/30
- Atkins results leave dieters and researchers at a loss - Dec. 23/30
- Report offers insight into cancer prevalence - Dec. 23/30
- Lasting impression: A living history of medicine - Dec. 16
- Vaccine could foreshadow the end of cervical cancer - Dec. 16
- CRP gains notice as key marker of cardiovascular health - Dec. 16
- Collaboration is key to managing migraines - Dec. 9
- Pediatricians praise pentavalent vaccine, question cost - Dec. 9
- Concerns mount over trends in allergy and asthma drug use and coverage - Dec. 9
- Maturing of women's health: The success of a decade-long clinical test project - Dec. 2
- Stronger health system will bring a healthier population - Dec. 2
- Prudent to test smallpox vaccine in kids? - Dec. 2
- New liver transplant rules found to cut waiting list deaths - Dec. 2
- Syphilis rates rise among gays; will increases in HIV follow? - Nov. 25
- Fragmented system blocks mental health treatment - Nov. 25
- Voters back a variety of tobacco-control initiatives - Nov. 25
- Turkey among culprits in foodborne illness - Nov. 25
- Handy advice: CDC asks physicians to come clean with gels - Nov. 18
- Fat chance: How physicians can help patients lighten their load - Nov. 18
- Bone loss common in men as well as women - Nov. 18
- CDC reports 70 million have arthritis or chronic joint pain - Nov. 18
- Type A's perk up over modafinil, an anti-sleeping pill - Nov. 11
- Smallpox vaccine still a safety, liability concern - Nov. 11
- Rapid testing, antivirals win gold for reducing flu at last Olympics - Nov. 11
- Today's football players may see longer, healthier lives - Nov. 11
- Now hear this: Paying attention to hearing loss - Nov. 4
- Best hypertension treatment: Doctor-patient partnership - Nov. 4
- Drug expands options for addiction care - Nov. 4
- Drugs approved by FDA not always safe for all - Nov. 4
- Public health funding: Feds giveth but the states taketh away - Oct. 28
- Flu vaccine: Too much of a good thing? - Oct. 28
- New findings add to muddled message for effective breast cancer detection - Oct. 28
- The baby talk: Giving would-be mothers a reality check - Oct. 21
- Aftermath of HRT study: Patient-by-patient re-evaluation - Oct. 21
- China study finds breast self-exams don't cut mortality - Oct. 21
- Light at end of tunnel for aging eye problem - Oct. 21
- Commentary: When treating infertility, tend to more than just the physical - Oct. 21
- Calcium-enriched OJ not for pill taking anymore - Oct. 14
- Labels on common OTC pain remedies to include heightened risks - Oct. 14
- Tonsillectomy tools, techniques grab spotlight at meeting - Oct. 14
- Anthrax a year later: Biothreat wariness now an exam room reality - Oct. 7
- Progress on lupus: New clarity for a baffling disease - Oct. 7
- West Nile risk spreads to blood and organ donations - Oct. 7
- Research to examine early screening for lung cancer - Oct. 7
- "Say no" message focused on youth pot use - Oct. 7
- Medieval remedies undergo a renaissance - Oct. 7
- 11 pills score as candidates for splitting - Sept. 23/30
- Anti-malaria drugs trigger care challenges - Sept. 23/30
- Implantable heart shows promise, yet limited - Sept. 23/30
- Physicians turn to liposuction when diabetics don't diet - Sept. 16
- Short walk, big move: How a hospital crossed the street - Sept. 16
- Level of risk from breast cancer gene questioned - Sept. 16
- Heightened security keeping international patients away - Sept. 16
- Primary care doctors mixed on patients' companions - Sept. 9
- Old ties found between pharmaceutical, tobacco companies - Sept. 9
- Efforts under way to collect more umbilical cord blood - Sept. 9
- Sept. 11, one year later: A different kind of normal - Sept. 2
- Decisions on end-of-life care shouldn't be left to the end - Sept. 2
- Medical advances may explain homicide decline - Sept. 2
- Some states defer schoolchildren's shots - Sept. 2
- West Nile infections spreading, but anxiety is mounting faster - Aug. 26
- Childhood asthma rates are leveling off, but disparities remain - Aug. 26
- National Cancer Institute, drug companies partner to recruit patients for clinical trials - Aug. 26
- Gray matter? A life's work examining mental disorders - Aug. 19
- Smallpox vaccine hazards dictate cautious approach - Aug. 19
- Managing cancer symptoms: NIH panel urges doctors to treat more than the tumors - Aug. 12
- Flu vaccine worries fade; focus shifts to future - Aug. 12
- Immune system ready for its close-up - Aug. 12
- Doctors decry "how-to" Web sites for anorexia, bulimia - Aug. 12
- Doctors work to ease anxiety over hormone replacement therapy - Aug. 5
- Convenient culprit: Myths surround the brown recluse spider - Aug. 5
- Challenge of diabetes management continues - Aug. 5
- Health risks make some fashions "don'ts" - Aug. 5
- Vaccine making inroads against hepatitis B - Aug. 5
- Patient-focused drug campaigns may exploit data, invade privacy - July 29
- Death certificates tell sketchy tales - July 29
- Increased breast cancer risk causes National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to halt major HRT study - July 29
- Federal role in vaccine production debated - July 29
- Aspirin, the wonder drug: It's not just for headaches anymore - July 22
- Doctors make a difference in treating abuse - July 22
- Doctors blast plans over drug approvals - July 8/15
- AMA pulls no punches, reiterates boxing ban - July 8/15
- No broad smallpox vaccination - July 8/15
- Taming time: The science of getting older - July 1
- Planning for next flu pandemic still a tough sell - July 1
- Action, early identification urgent as hepatitis C spreads - July 1
- Botox wrinkle: worries over supply, pricing - June 24
- Banned painkiller still sold in U.S.; physicians often unaware of use - June 24
- FDA allows return of Lotronex - June 24
- Want more nicotine? Just drink the water - June 24
- Many men exhibit health care avoidance - June 17
- Horse power: When riding turns into treatment - June 17
- Adults need 10-year vaccine boost, too - June 17
- Flu vaccine system better, still not perfect. - June 10
- Cancer groups stress care for older patients - June 10
- Oncology meeting marked by reports of drug advances - June 10
- Doctors face quandary in prescribing to mothers-to-be - June 10
- Medicine's chasm: The wide gulf between conventional and alternative approaches - June 3
- Latest CDC treatment guidelines try to rein in STDs - June 3
- Doctors urged to do more to control seniors' pain - June 3
- Recalled drug could see unprecedented return to market - June 3
- Adult options for childhood obesity? - May 27
- Whooping cough on rise; vaccine waning over time - May 27
- Guide addresses questions on clinical trials - May 27
- Drug diluting in Kansas City: A pharmacist's crime shakes a community - May 20
- A molecule of hope: Targeting cancer treatment - May 20
- Haplotypes: Genetics' newest chapter - May 20
- Schools pushed to improve diabetics' care - May 20
- Transplant scoring system called more fair - May 13
- Shortages confound vaccination logistics - May 13
- Emergency physicians warn of a system close to the brink - May 13
- Longer schooling results in better health - May 13
- Factoring in: Potential treatment for hemophilia - May 6
- Stem cell researchers see hope in autologous transplant - May 6
- Tobacco fund only a fraction of health costs - May 6
- Mental risks from Accutane draw attention - May 6
- AARP campaign attacks rising drug costs - May 6
- Public health reporting flaws spell trouble - April 22/29
- The complex end of the vaccine for Lyme disease - April 22/29
- AIDS research: Still one step forward and one step back - April 22/29
- Aspirin may not be enough for everyone - April 22/29
- Stressing health: Anxiety may be making your patients sick - April 15
- Surgeon general, NIH head named by White House - April 15
- Celebrities' diseases grab public spotlight - April 15
- Death of organ donor puts program on hold - April 8
- Biosafety concerns are key in building better labs - April 8
- Hypertension genetic markers discovered - April 8
- Are antidepressants the magic pill to end hot flashes? - April 8
- Rash of pain: The anguish of shingles - April 1
- New osteoporosis treatments offer diagnosis incentives - April 1
- Antitobacco activists lift smokescreen behind teen smoking - April 1
- New role for antibiotics in cardiac care? - April 1
- Flu season: Present is prologue - March 25
- Clinical research and medical practices working in tandem - March 25
- Olympic physicians kept the flame burning - March 18
- World of distraction: Adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder - March 18
- Infection control reminders still necessary - March 18
- Blood bank watchword: Better coordination - March 18
- Teen cocktail of choice: Drugs, alcohol and unprotected sex - March 18
- Rash of itching spreads through schools in seven states - March 11
- Mammography's role in detecting breast cancer reinforced - March 11
- Good night's sleep doesn't have to be long - March 11
- Diabetics need to know more about associated health risks - March 11
- Vaccine shortages frustrate everyone - March 4
- Genetics and trauma: Coded for injury - March 4
- Value of long-term hormone replacement therapy questioned - March 4
- The long and short of it: Tallness in girls not a disease - March 4
- Herbal supplements come under the gun - March 4
- PET scan may aid diagnosis, monitoring of Alzheimer's - Feb. 25
- Public health puts twist on AIDS regimens - Feb. 25
- Sardinians could help unlock genetic links to heart disease - Feb. 25
- Framingham Heart Study: The beat goes on - Feb. 18
- 100-year-old patients need custom care - Feb. 18
- NIH funding boost could set budget record - Feb. 18
- Surgery from six feet away: Robot technology becomes OR reality - Feb. 11
- Physician involvement critical to increasing organ donations - Feb. 11
- 1st guidelines issued on ductal lavage as risk assessor - Feb. 11
- Physicians find it takes a village to help tackle diabetes - Feb. 11
- Given but not taken: When your patients don't take their medicines - Feb. 4
- Should all newborns get the same tests? - Feb. 4
- Public health's role key to homeland security - Feb. 4
- Dr. Satcher's exit adds to top job dearth - Feb. 4
- Bringing health care back to Afghanistan: "They need everything," even food and water - Jan. 28
- Epstein-Barr virus is implicated in MS - Jan. 28
- Vaccines can fail, but the reason may not be obvious - Jan. 28
- Old pleas, new promises: Could aid finally be coming for public health? - Jan. 21
- Do shorter courses of antibiotics work? - Jan. 21
- Drug protects thyroid from effects of radiation exposure - Jan. 21
- Risk-benefit ratio steers public health action - Jan. 14
- Red Cross faces scrutiny, possible fines - Jan. 14
- Increasing natural immunity may prevent recurrent urinary tract infections - Jan. 14
- Polio nearly gone; should vaccine end too? - Jan. 14
- Greater expectations: What the nation seeks from public health - Jan. 7
- NASA interest fuels bone-loss research - Jan. 7
- AMA supports national lab network plan - Jan. 7
- Depression, anxiety still common complaints after Sept. 11 - Jan. 7
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Notes 2002
Feb. 25 was the last Technology section.
Subsequent coverage on technology issues can be found in the Business section.
Life Anatomy, a special section in the Oct. 28 issue, is an exploration of the personal dramas shaping physician lives.
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Women pay more for health care
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