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Government & Medicine 2003
- Medicare law starts clock on fixing payment formula - Dec. 22/29
- Medicare reform opens up health savings accounts to all - Dec. 22/29
- Scully leaves CMS for a private-sector job - Dec. 22/29
- Specialty hospital growth put on hold - Dec. 15
- Congress OKs drug reimportation from Canada with safety caveat - Dec. 15
- Report questions federal mental health funding priorities - Dec. 15
- Doctors get a 1.5% pay hike as Congress passes Medicare reform - Dec. 8
- Primary care troubled by coding errors - Dec. 8
- Congress gives FDA authority to require drug testing in children - Dec. 8
- Maryland governor aims to boost insurance access - Dec. 8
- Managing multiple conditions: A challenge for Medicare - Dec. 1
- Deal sets path for vote on Medicare physician pay fix - Dec. 1
- California lawsuit challenges Medicaid reimbursement cuts - Dec. 1
- Millions have health coverage gaps -- Commonwealth Fund study - Dec. 1
- GAO finds evidence of quality problems at dialysis centers - Dec. 1
- U.S. Supreme Court to decide if patients can sue health plans - Nov. 24
- Mental health system needs major therapy, Congress told - Nov. 24
- Family physician elected Kentucky's governor - Nov. 24
- Congress moves closer to Medicare pay increase - Nov. 24
- Doctors say charity care isn't full care - Nov. 24
- Medicare formula spells pay cut of 4.5% for physicians in 2004 - Nov. 17
- Lawmakers seek more oversight of dietary supplement market - Nov. 17
- Health system reform debate returns to national spotlight - Nov. 17
- Medicare appeals process too slow, GAO report finds - Nov. 17
- North Carolina sues stores over drug reimportation from Canada - Nov. 17
- Medicare PPO proposal pits plans against doctors in move to boost rural managed care - Nov. 10
- Newspaper wins right to publish peer review - Nov. 10
- Medicaid reform is waiting on Medicare pact - Nov. 10
- Health coverage problems hit big business - Nov. 10
- Quick View: Patients less than pleased with access to physicians - Nov. 10
- Senate votes to allay physician, patient fears over genetic tests - Nov. 3
- Mending the safety net: How doctors in some states are aiding those without care - Nov. 3
- Bill would give FDA the muscle to stop fake drugs - Nov. 3
- Supreme Court lets doctors discuss medical marijuana - Nov. 3
- Doctors in the dark on Medicare drug payment changes - Nov. 3
- Current Medicare reform bill only a start, not a finish - Nov. 3
- Physician sues Massachusetts over prior authorization rule - Oct. 27
- Dreams for National Health Museum are taking shape - Oct. 27
- MedPAC mulls concept of bundling Medicare payments - Oct. 27
- HHS inspectors' action plan reveals hot buttons for fraud - Oct. 20
- Medicare reimbursement codes: Hopes are high for keeping CPT - Oct. 20
- Late-term abortion ban goes forward - Oct. 20
- Quick View: Presidential candidates' health platforms - Oct. 20
- HHS eases interpreter mandate but doctors must pay the bills - Oct. 13
- Push for drug reimportation gains steam - Oct. 13
- Millions lost health insurance coverage in 2002 - Oct. 13
- FDA sues Rx sellers to stop importation of drugs from Canada - Oct. 13
- Medicare coverage decision methods unveiled - Oct. 13
- Texas tort reform vote signals lower liability rates - Oct. 6
- Messenger model: Follow the rules and fly right - Oct. 6
- CMS gives doctors more time to meet latest HIPAA rule - Oct. 6
- Medicare to rein in power wheelchair prescriptions, sales - Oct. 6
- California mandate would offer health coverage to 1.3 million - Oct. 6
- Bush, states considering tort reforms - Oct. 6
- Doctors struggle to visit Medicare patients at home - Oct. 6
- Changes in EMTALA will relax rules for on-call specialists - Sept. 22/29
- NIH funding plans decried as paltry; 575 medical organizations ask for more - Sept. 22/29
- GAO report calls liability crisis localized - Sept. 22/29
- Slow going on Medicare drug bill, update fix - Sept. 22/29
- Lieberman proposes health system reform - Sept. 22/29
- Medicare reform debate: Bill sets electronic prescribing deadline - Sept. 15
- Texans facing referendum on legality of lawsuit cap - Sept. 15
- Pennsylvania hospitals agree to provide sign language interpreters - Sept. 15
- State high-risk pools fail to deliver affordable premiums - Sept. 15
- Caution urged for small practices tempted to take HIPAA loophole - Sept. 8
- Medicare hikes pay for pneumonia shots - Sept. 8
- Medicaid formula flawed; produces funding inequities - Sept. 8
- Quick View: Public: More Medicare drug benefits - Sept. 8
- Florida enacts tort reform; medicine disappointed with $500,000 cap - Sept. 1
- A hard sell on DME: How suppliers try to game Medicare - Sept. 1
- Medicare chemotherapy picture murky - Sept. 1
- Bill suggests new ways to handle malpractice cases - Sept. 1
- States steer away from broad health benefit mandates - Sept. 1
- CMS sticks to 4.2% Medicare pay cut - Aug. 25
- HIPAA scramble may delay Medicaid pay - Aug. 25
- House drops FDA safeguards from drug reimportation bill - Aug. 18
- GAO: Liability hike fueled by awards - Aug. 18
- Success of SCHIP is incomplete - Aug. 18
- Doctors say Medicaid should face lawsuit in girl's death - Aug. 18
- Medicare to pay HMOs more for sicker patients - Aug. 18
- Don't fear HIPAA police if rules deadline is missed - Aug. 11
- Patient safety measure headed for Senate floor - Aug. 11
- Insurance certificate bill aims to expand coverage - Aug. 11
- Orphan Drug Act at 20: Big gains, some strains - Aug. 4
- Medicare rural bonus payments left unclaimed - Aug. 4
- FTC cracks down on price-fixing in physician contracts - Aug. 4
- Drug price disparity compounds burden for the uninsured - Aug. 4
- Measure stalls in Senate: "We'll be back," say tort reformers - July 28
- Iowa doctors seek issue in Medicare pay equity - July 28
- SCHIP headed for dive in funding, access - July 28
- HIPAA privacy rule making waves in research circles - July 28
- Medicare regulatory relief: Doctors see good in House, Senate reform bills - July 21
- Tort reform stalled over damages cap - July 21
- Electronic filing rule could delay payments - July 21
- Congress considers new version of expanded MSAs - July 21
- Physicians fight to preserve pay increase in Medicare bill - July 14
- CMS enrollment regulation elicits physician dread - July 14
- Congress breathes new life into drug importation law - July 14
- Doctors in legal trouble for billing for free drug samples - July 14
- Running on empty: How physicians cope with Medicaid - July 7
- AMA calls for tax credits for Medicaid patients, uninsured - July 7
- Oncologists worry about cuts in Medicare cancer pay - July 7
- Medicare insurers not paying, doctors complain to AMA - July 7
- Congress may sweeten Medicare pay - June 30
- Medicare drug benefit gains momentum in House, Senate - June 30
- Doctor groups can advise on plan contracts, federal court rules in Hawaii case - June 30
- Feds fire on patent law that delays generics - June 30
- Physicians win award cap as Texas passes tort reform - June 23
- Renal disease management demo launched - June 23
- Surgeons push for federal funding for trauma care - June 23
- House offers bill to increase MSA access - June 23
- Federal fund increase may mean fewer Medicaid cuts - June 16
- Legislation targets Medicare mental health inequality - June 16
- Genetic discrimination bill moving ahead in Senate - June 16
- GAO: Boutique hospitals treat healthier patients - June 16
- Medicare payment outlook is dismal - June 2/9
- The waiting game: When will Medicare cover technology? - June 2/9
- Democrats targeting health issues - June 2/9
- Tax break on liability insurance proposed - June 2/9
- EMTALA costs physicians billions in unreimbursed care - June 2/9
- Fewer Americans uninsured all year, new report finds - June 2/9
- Tort reform could cut billions in federal spending, study says - May 26
- Medicare sets deadline to fix doctor outpatient drug pay - May 26
- Doctor-backed bill seeks to help uninsured - May 26
- Medicare's latest demand: You must sign up every 3 years - May 19
- Doctors warned about October's HIPAA deadline - May 19
- Georgia liability bill falls short in doctors' eyes - May 19
- Strong opposition to deregulation of AHPs - May 19
- Better Medicaid benefits sought for sickle cell patients - May 19
- Resident work-hour bill lives on in Senate - May 19
- Medicaid crisis socks doctors - May 12
- Congress eyes boutique hospital backers - May 12
- Medicare GME caps may be hurting geriatrician supply - May 12
- OIG warns doctors to scrutinize business arrangements - May 12
- Dr. President? Democratic hopeful woos Iowa voters - May 5
- HMOs liable for actions of their network doctors - May 5
- Budget outline earmarks funds for Medicare reform - May 5
- HIPAA rule rapped as breaching privacy - May 5
- Federal court upholds Michigan Medicaid drug formulary plan - April 28
- Frist bill further safeguards doctors from vaccine lawsuits - April 28
- Medicare pilot project offers CME for quality improvement - April 28
- High court punches another hole in the federal law shielding HMOs - April 21
- Only 6 months until next HIPAA hurdle - April 21
- Smallpox bills address compensation fears - April 21
- Federal employee health program: a model for Medicare? - April 21
- Deadline is now for federal HIPAA regulations: Confusing debut for privacy rule - April 14
- Paperwork reduction bill is caught in coding crossfire - April 14
- Nickel-a-beer proposal aims to shore up California ED system - April 14
- Makeup of uninsured population unclear - April 14
- Tort reform clears House, moves forward in states - April 7
- Medicare pay: 2004 forecast looks gloomy - April 7
- Quest for coverage: Insuring the uninsured - April 7
- Medicaid reform may be a long time coming - April 7
- Some patient information will remain public - April 7
- House passes patient safety bill; voluntary reporting key - April 7
- Groups come together to speak up for uninsured - March 24/31
- Supreme Court strikes down use of RICO statute against anti-abortion protestors - March 24/31
- Doctors can get a privacy exemption for data used for research purposes - March 24/31
- California emergency departments close after hemorrhaging money - March 24/31
- Quick View: Going without - March 24/31
- Bush to AMA: Tort reform a must - March 17
- Finalized HIPAA security rule makes its long-awaited debut - March 17
- Doctor denied right to sue employer over dismissal - March 17
- Getting contracts ready for patient privacy - March 17
- MedPAC recommends 2.5% pay increase for next year - March 17
- Doctors seek long-term Medicare pay formula fixes - March 17
- Congress revisits regulatory relief bill - March 10
- HMOs may lose malpractice immunity - March 10
- Marketing do's and don'ts under the privacy law - March 10
- Medicare computers ripe for upgrade - March 10
- Physicians win Medicare payment relief - March 3
- Medicare fraud: Back to stricter scrutiny? - March 3
- Parents trump kids' privacy - March 3
- FTC gives OK to study insurance market - March 3
- CMS project to measure physician quality of care - March 3
- Tax credit plan would offer funds for health insurance - March 3
- Medical liability crisis: Tort reform bill goes to Congress - Feb. 24
- Medicare pay raise OK'd, but deal hinges on non-Medicare issues - Feb. 24
- A just-the-facts approach to quality - Feb. 24
- Physicians must make their privacy policies public - Feb. 24
- Association health plan bill touted as aid to uninsured - Feb. 24
- Bush budget focuses on variety of health reforms - Feb. 17
- States may get Medicaid money now, but pay for it later - Feb. 17
- Keeping patient data quiet - Feb. 17
- Court squashes plan for Medicare prescription drug card - Feb. 17
- Quick View: In-office testing made easier - Feb. 17
- Spending bill would halt cut in Medicare pay, widen safety net - Feb. 10
- Bush urges tort reform, drug benefit - Feb. 10
- Liability premium subsidies: Act with care - Feb. 10
- How to share patient information under the new rules - Feb. 10
- Bush turns up the heat on liability reform - Feb. 3
- Medicare panel: Pay physicians more in 2004 - Feb. 3
- Hot on the Hill: congressional health agenda - Feb. 3
- Utah court upholds ban on lawsuits for "wrongful life" - Feb. 3
- Medical debt keeps people away from care - Feb. 3
- Congress weighs bill to stop Medicare 4.4% pay cut - Jan. 27
- Doctors to feel squeeze of Medicaid budget shortfalls - Jan. 27
- "Average guy" leads extraordinary life - Jan. 27
- A physician leads the Senate; can Dr. Frist deliver? - Jan. 20
- Liability insurance crisis hits breaking point in W.Va., Pa. - Jan. 20
- Health plans subject to new federal appeals rules - Jan. 20
- Surgery centers battle proposed Medicare cuts - Jan. 20
- It's official: Unless Congress acts, Medicare physician pay will be cut 4.4% - Jan. 13
- Tort reform passes in Ohio, but there's no immediate relief - Jan. 13
- Tax credits no quick fix for the uninsured - Jan. 13
- AMA delegates rally to knock out cuts in Medicare payments - Jan. 6
- High-risk operation: The rebuilding of Afghanistan's medical system - Jan. 6
- Physicians seek right to balance-bill under Medicare - Jan. 6
- Network links doctors, disabled job-seekers - Jan. 6
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Professional Issues 2003
- Back from the brink: How three physicians re-entered the medical world - Dec. 22/29
- High surgical volume equals better patient outcomes - Dec. 22/29
- Get tough on medical errors, conference told - Dec. 22/29
- Stanford medical major rule says students must pick path early - Dec. 15
- National CME pilot getting good reviews - Dec. 15
- Foreign-born Ohio transplant surgeon denied work visa - Dec. 15
- Hospital settles transplant misconduct case - Dec. 15
- Physician works to improve health care for everyone - Dec. 15
- ACOG: Ask why patient wants surgery - Dec. 15
- Tort crisis spreads, few signs of abating - Dec. 8
- Framing history: A photo collection contains a study of our medical past - Dec. 8
- Cutting medical errors means systems, money - Dec. 8
- Office physicians more open to hospitalists - Dec. 8
- North Carolina physician earns rural doctor award - Dec. 8
- Physicians, dentists collaborate on oral health - Dec. 1
- Ethics committees help with tough choices - Dec. 1
- More women than men seek entry to U.S. medical schools - Dec. 1
- Internet site covers disciplinary data from 49 states - Dec. 1
- Colorado anesthesiologists win right to sue - Dec. 1
- An elevator is no place for care consults - Dec. 1
- Assisted-suicide vote sends mixed message - Dec. 1
- Quick View: DEA vs. doctors - Dec. 1
- Ethics Forum: Working through formulary exclusions - Dec. 1
- CME at hand: Information you need, when you need it - Nov. 24
- Online prescribing lands 2 physicians in Oregon civil court - Nov. 24
- Signing of ban doesn't stop late-term abortion dispute - Nov. 24
- Special challenges face doctors who care for a dying colleague - Nov. 24
- More insured than uninsured patients filling hospital EDs - Nov. 24
- Doctors fear precedent in privileges case - Nov. 17
- Lethal dose waiting, doctor dies after stopping dialysis - Nov. 17
- Higher lawsuit risks tied to some medical schools - Nov. 17
- More family doctors find PAs to be practice assets - Nov. 17
- Diabetes group looks outside U.S. for stem cell research - Nov. 17
- Quick View: Feds say you're well paid - Nov. 17
- Physicians feel double-digit pain as liability rates continue to rise - Nov. 10
- Practicing two by two: Taking togetherness to the extreme - Nov. 10
- Judge gives final OK to doctor-insurer settlement in Aetna case - Nov. 10
- Texas court dismisses battery charge in resuscitation case - Nov. 10
- Resident match review shows subspecialties' lure - Nov. 10
- Vermont seeks doctors' voices on suicide - Nov. 10
- Visa cap likely to hurt rural clinics - Nov. 10
- More attention urged for living donors - Nov. 10
- In the Courts: North Dakota physician maligned in the press gets an apology - Nov. 10
- FPs aim to set good example in fat fight - Nov. 3
- Aetna settlement nearing final stages of completion - Nov. 3
- Federal advisory group predicts physician shortage looming - Nov. 3
- Study highlights drug gift dilemma - Nov. 3
- Award aims to boost physician mentors - Nov. 3
- Former Bush official seeks drastic quality improvement - Nov. 3
- Safety of office-based surgeries questioned - Nov. 3
- Quick View: Tort costs rise - Nov. 3
- Quick View: Where does money go in malpractice cases? - Nov. 3
- Ethics Forum: New practice designs deviate from tradition - Nov. 3
- Doctors stew over personality tests as insurer ties results to rates - Oct. 27
- Fighting frivolous lawsuits: Doctors engage in an uphill battle - Oct. 27
- Hospital apologizes for complying with racial request - Oct. 27
- Pain specialists fear chilling effect after arrest - Oct. 27
- Kentucky doctors may face more scrutiny on prescription habits - Oct. 20
- North Carolina doctor apologizes for identifying jurors in malpractice case - Oct. 20
- Naturopaths are eligible for licensure in California - Oct. 20
- California court lifts immunity for credentialing information - Oct. 13
- Are patients safe now? Reviews mixed on progress - Oct. 13
- Colorado seeks to end doctor oversight of nurse anesthetists - Oct. 13
- Harvard economist argues that Match is not anticompetitive - Oct. 13
- Oregon doctor has means, but not desire to die yet - Oct. 13
- Florida physician finally gets to face her attacker - Oct. 13
- In the Courts: Class-action notices require individual consideration - Oct. 13
- Services beyond treatment: Patients benefit from medical-legal teams - Oct. 6
- Patient safety initiatives turn focus toward primary care - Oct. 6
- Minnesota, Pennsylvania to launch error-reporting systems - Oct. 6
- Old vote reveals residents wanted PRN - Oct. 6
- Vermont doctors ponder physician-assisted suicide - Oct. 6
- More U.S. medical students are studying abroad - Oct. 6
- Ethics Forum: HIV complicates question of who to tell what - Oct. 6
- CIGNA settles class-action suit on pay issues - Sept. 22/29
- The snowbird shuffle: What to do when patients head south for the winter - Sept. 22/29
- Report shows strong IRB ties to drug firms - Sept. 22/29
- Balance becomes key to specialty pick - Sept. 22/29
- 20 years of restoring sight merits a big-top celebration - Sept. 22/29
- Visa complications snare physicians; hospitals scramble - Sept. 15
- Court says warning is OK, testifying is not - Sept. 15
- Patients want to talk specifics about options, costs of care - Sept. 15
- Johns Hopkins penalized for resident hour violations - Sept. 15
- Quick View: Why a patient comes to you -- and comes back - Sept. 15
- Commentary: Can't we all just get along? Let's talk more, litigate less - Sept. 15
- Indiana doctors face big hit for liability fund - Sept. 8
- Is this trip really necessary? Emergency departments face overcrowding - Sept. 8
- Experiences affect African-Americans' choice of doctor - Sept. 8
- Doctors push for more patient safety program funding - Sept. 8
- There she is ... Physician vies for Miss America - Sept. 8
- In the Courts: Physician makes air marshals rethink racial profiling - Sept. 8
- Robodoc makes rounds at Johns Hopkins, allows doctoring at a distance - Sept. 1
- Elder abuse ruling could hurt California tort law - Sept. 1
- Medical school tuition climbs as economy remains sluggish - Sept. 1
- California medical staff gets right to sue hospital - Sept. 1
- AMA launches new education initiative - Sept. 1
- First embryos screened for deafness gene - Sept. 1
- Stem cell research stalled by lack of growth - Sept. 1
- Liability insurance forecast sees double-digit hikes ahead - Aug. 25
- How close should you be to your patients? - Aug. 25
- Small study compares styles: Osteopathic physicians talk more about feelings - Aug. 25
- Aging population creating higher demand for surgery - Aug. 25
- Quick View: Pennsylvania exodus - Aug. 25
- Las Vegas physician appeals award in lawsuit over waiting time - Aug. 18
- Surgeon questions allocation of livers at Chicago hospitals - Aug. 18
- Group aims to weed out deficient medical expert witnesses - Aug. 18
- Hospice patients refuse fluids to speed death - Aug. 18
- Veterans Affairs debates giving vets direct access to chiropractic care - Aug. 18
- Mountain-loving doctor climbs to great heights - Aug. 18
- Doctor jailed for prescribing habits faces drug-dealing suit - Aug. 18
- The physician look: Do clothes really make the doctor? - Aug. 11
- Bill would allow studies on organ donation incentives - Aug. 11
- California bill promotes licensing naturopaths - Aug. 11
- Patients save doctor once, but liability costs win in end - Aug. 11
- In the Courts: Union-organizing doctor sues over firing - Aug. 11
- Florida tells doctors: Print clearly or else - Aug. 4
- Homegrown doctors key to staffing - Aug. 4
- California court throws out "speculative" expert testimony - Aug. 4
- OxyContin suit can proceed as class action - Aug. 4
- Wisconsin "conscience clause" bill gets rapped as bad policy - Aug. 4
- Interfaith House offers after-hospital care, refuge for homeless - Aug. 4
- IOM calls for education innovation fund - Aug. 4
- Quick View: Reduce your liability risk - Aug. 4
- Ethics Forum: Awareness and understanding for "difficult" patients - Aug. 4
- Doctors hesitate to suggest treatment options that insurers won't cover - July 28
- The power of an apology: Patients appreciate open communication - July 28
- Doctor fights to know who advanced suit - July 28
- California legislation addresses doctors' cultural competency - July 28
- State damage caps linked to boost in physician supply - July 28
- Illinois set to take doctors out of executions - July 28
- Mounting tension over autonomy: Courts referee doctor-hospital battles - July 21
- Fewer clinical faculty volunteer to teach - July 21
- Texas medical board funding will help root out bad doctors - July 21
- Doctor pursues medical and literary loves - July 21
- A doctor chooses when to die - July 14
- Peer pressure: When your colleague is your patient - July 14
- Affirmative action ruling affects medical schools, too - July 14
- CME available for writing test questions - July 14
- Connecticut releases error report amid flurry of doubts - July 14
- In the Courts: Avoid legal pitfalls when hiring physician extenders - July 14
- AMA house backs off "organization of organizations" idea - July 7
- AMA: Be open about drug reps in exams - July 7
- Study outlines deficiencies in American health care - July 7
- States may offer medical liability solutions - July 7
- AMA against NBME's clinical skills test - July 7
- Courses offered on disaster preparedness - July 7
- Resident hour limits may hit attendings - July 7
- AMA aims lie detector at tobacco testimony - July 7
- Scrutiny for doctors as expert witnesses? - July 7
- Ethics Forum: Offering an honest (but careful) opinion - July 7
- Tort crisis spawns carriers selling questionable coverage - June 30
- Laid off: Doctors no longer immune to pink slips - June 30
- California plan to use Mexican physicians stalls - June 30
- States take action on cloning, embryonic research - June 30
- VA audit: Part-time doctors often absent - June 23
- Dueling diagnoses on disability - June 23
- Quick View: Study confirms rates are above average - June 23
- Aetna settlement seeks to repair rift with physicians - June 16
- In workday race, doctors scramble, but clock often wins - June 16
- Can-DO strategy: Osteopathic medicine survives, and thrives - June 16
- Researchers ponder best use of 400,000 stored embryos - June 16
- Physicians told not to fear discipline for pain treatment - June 16
- Organ donation proponents try controversial new tack - June 16
- Car crash takes life of Mississippi physician - June 16
- Putting a price on living organ donations - June 16
- In the Courts: South Carolina abortion clinic ruling opens up HIPAA concerns - June 16
- Genetic testing, gifts among CEJA topics - June 2/9
- Doctors divided over use of affirmative action by medical schools - June 2/9
- Fetus determined to be part of mother's body - June 2/9
- North Carolina judge reverses doctor discipline license case - June 2/9
- Tort crisis limits hospital services - May 26
- Focused on the presidency: Dr. Donald J. Palmisano - May 26
- Battle over suicide help continues in federal court over Ashcroft challenge - May 26
- New family medicine journal to debut - May 26
- Illinois, Pennsylvania join in calls for federal tort reform - May 26
- OIG issues guidance on drugmaker gifts - May 19
- Doctor's unique donation prompts ethical concerns - May 19
- Certifying boards moving to online testing - May 19
- Assisted-suicide bills falter in 4 states - May 19
- Renegotiating Health Care: Create a "tipping point" when planning a retreat - May 19
- Suspicious climate forces registration of foreign doctors - May 12
- A tale of two states: Different approaches to tort reform - May 12
- All doctors must be ready to provide palliative care - May 12
- AHRQ supporters fight funding cuts again - May 12
- Health plan group offers one-time credentialing - May 12
- Doctors voice objections to DEA fee increase - May 12
- In the Courts: Jury says doctor didn't do enough to help obese smoker - May 12
- Doctors resigned to public Web profiles - May 5
- Tort reform rallies draw thousands - May 5
- Which physician has the final word? - May 5
- Quality care not tied to financial return - May 5
- IOM considers licensing, medical education reforms - May 5
- Recertification process gets physician input - May 5
- SARS disrupts medical education in Canada - May 5
- Ethics Forum: Middle-of-the-night elective surgeries: First do no harm - May 5
- The value of volume: Insurers decide more is better - April 28
- Supreme Court sends suits against 2 health plans to arbitration - April 28
- School offers nursing program for IMGs - April 28
- Texas mulls policy for organ donation by presumed consent - April 28
- Medical boards feel pressure, get tougher - April 21
- Doctor wins patient records privacy case - April 21
- CIGNA settlement heads to mediation - April 21
- Who has 7-plus hours a day to put toward preventive care? - April 21
- Dr. Caplan shares his take on medical ethics - April 21
- Cornell medical school in Qatar operational despite war - April 21
- Quick View: Quantifying the effects of liability woes - April 21
- Firing patients: When it's time to say farewell - April 14
- Plaintiffs win birth lawsuits most often - April 14
- Prescribing rights dominate scope-of-practice bills - April 14
- Virginia law on doctor discipline casts wider net - April 14
- In the Courts: Studies define standard of care, even when they conflict - April 14
- Prescription monitoring on tap in Florida - April 7
- School debt helps drive medical students into specialty matches - April 7
- Ban on intact dilatation and extraction passes in the Senate - April 7
- Wisconsin governor proposes raiding patient compensation fund - April 7
- Ethics Forum: Patient, doctor should discuss delivery options - April 7
- Mass appeal of mini-med school - March 24/31
- HHS joins call for national tort reform - March 24/31
- Assisted-suicide numbers continue to rise in Oregon - March 24/31
- From polio to PDAs, this resident has seen it all - March 24/31
- Medicine saves funding for research arm - March 24/31
- Doctors await judge's call on CIGNA settlement - March 17
- Doctors' disaster training tested by Rhode Island nightclub fire - March 17
- Match antitrust suit awaits action as Match Day arrives - March 17
- AMA Pride in Profession Awards honor heroes of medicine - March 17
- Quick View: 18 states now in deep liability crisis - March 17
- DEA to double prescribing fee - March 10
- Strong presence: Greater diversity in medicine - March 10
- ACGME gives final nod to 80-hour workweek - March 10
- ACOG won't meet in Philadelphia, cites state's liability crisis - March 10
- Physician-assisted suicide dead in Hawaii? - March 10
- Pediatric society opposes independent practice of NPs - March 10
- In the Courts: More competition pits doctor against doctor - March 10
- States eye tougher stance on doctor discipline, competency testing - March 3
- Doctors rally against rising liability insurance rates - March 3
- California fines out-of-state doctors for prescribing - March 3
- Cancer patient loses her fight - March 3
- Industry ties taint biomedical research - March 3
- Stiffer CME rules could close speakers' bureaus - March 3
- Quick View: Flying to the rescue - March 3
- Ethics Forum: Get your patient involved in treatment decision-making - March 3
- Making the case for big doctoring: Speaking out for primary care - Feb. 24
- ENT group launches child health initiative - Feb. 24
- DIR latest to exit medical liability market? - Feb. 24
- Solve health care woes, win $10,000 contest - Feb. 24
- Funding crunch will force renewed emphasis on quality - Feb. 24
- New Jersey physicians stop work in biggest liability protest yet - Feb. 17
- Medical schools reeling as state funds dip - Feb. 17
- Locum tenens gains favor with new doctors - Feb. 17
- Space shuttle tragedy claims 2 physicians - Feb. 17
- IOM quality study targets 20 priority areas - Feb. 17
- Patients in liability hot spots asked to arbitrate, not litigate - Feb. 10
- Gray days ahead: Caring for an aging America - Feb. 10
- OIG guidance on industry gifts strict on compliance - Feb. 10
- Sister doctors host women's TV show on healthy sexuality - Feb. 10
- In the Courts: Punitive damages diverted to court-created cancer fund - Feb. 10
- A spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down - Feb. 3
- Study asks why surgical tools were left in 1,500 patients - Feb. 3
- Malpractice awards hit the jury jackpot - Feb. 3
- Medical society survey forecasts doctor shortage - Feb. 3
- Ethics Forum: Making decisions when doctors disagree - Feb. 3
- Abortion, legal since 1973, still shapes, divides doctors - Jan. 27
- Mistaken translations can cause trouble - Jan. 27
- Doctor wins $30 million from hospital in slander lawsuit - Jan. 27
- Mexican doctors to staff California clinics - Jan. 20
- West Virginia doctor kept practicing, even while a patient - Jan. 20
- Groups collaborate on hospital performance initiative - Jan. 20
- Quick View: Whom do you trust? - Jan. 20
- Minority mistrust still haunts medical care - Jan. 13
- Town and gown: Turning rivalries into relationships - Jan. 13
- Physicians, public at odds over errors - Jan. 13
- In the Courts: HMO rulings, medical pot topped doctors' dockets - Jan. 13
- Delegates oppose testing of clinical skills for licensure - Jan. 6
- J-1 visa waiver program under scrutiny - Jan. 6
- Florida judge puts brakes on CIGNA settlement in class action - Jan. 6
- AMA takes no sides in CIGNA lawsuit settlement plan - Jan. 6
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Business 2003
- Chuck E. Ped: Practice at the fun park - Dec. 22/29
- Charting your course: A primer on scoring practice success - Dec. 22/29
- AAFP offers members a technology price break - Dec. 22/29
- Practice Management: Strategize to decrease liability premiums - Dec. 22/29
- Seed money: Getting the funds to grow a new medical practice - Dec. 15
- Family doctor finds house calls a good fit for Florida island - Dec. 15
- Managed care industry's profit outlook is strong - Dec. 15
- Judge lowers loss from HealthSouth fraud - Dec. 15
- Practice Pointers: Stock ownership plan can yield tax benefits to practice - Dec. 15
- Quick View: Wellness programs ignored by employees - Dec. 15
- Data mining: Using information to your advantage - Dec. 8
- Helping patients become more informed consumers of health care - Dec. 8
- Personal Finance: Getting the biggest bang from your charity buck - Dec. 8
- Quick View: How much physicians get paid for being on call - Dec. 8
- Practice Management: Leaders key to success during organizational change - Dec. 8
- A middleman steps into the physician-patient relationship - Dec. 1
- Procedural shift: Cardiac care refocuses on less-invasive processes - Dec. 1
- Agreement on catheterizations leaves out some cardiologists - Dec. 1
- Tenet chief admits company made mistakes - Dec. 1
- SEC warns of schemes targeting physicians - Dec. 1
- New Kansas City IPA would market directly to employers - Dec. 1
- Contract Language: Lay the groundwork for retainer practice - Dec. 1
- Quick View: Profits up at most health plans - Dec. 1
- Ousted CEO faces 85 counts, remains defiant - Nov. 24
- Catch them if you can: Don't let staff steal from your practice - Nov. 24
- Prosecutors want info from Tenet - Nov. 24
- Incentives lower costs of e-prescribing - Nov. 24
- Practice Management: As times change, so do notions of bonuses - Nov. 24
- Anthem-WellPoint deal may kick off merger mania - Nov. 17
- Retirement planning basics: How to plan ahead for down the road - Nov. 17
- Physicians report glitches with HIPAA-compliant claims - Nov. 17
- Physician input keeps consulting firm in business - Nov. 17
- Doctor turns passion for bike touring into business - Nov. 17
- Hospitals continue to struggle financially - Nov. 17
- Practice Pointers: 401(k) should offer variety of fund choices - Nov. 17
- Quick View: 30 billion cans of spam - Nov. 17
- Filing frenzy: What to do to become HIPAA-compliant - Nov. 10
- Doctors also ship work overseas (but they don't always know it) - Nov. 10
- Texas doctors say facility can meet emerging needs - Nov. 10
- Band of brothers branches out in business - Nov. 10
- Tennessee Blues offers $67 million payback - Nov. 10
- Personal Finance: Real estate investments offer diversification - Nov. 10
- Quick View: Info tech doesn't come cheap - Nov. 10
- Quick View: Features are fine, but how much will it cost? - Nov. 10
- Quieting the squeaky wheel: Dealing with demanding patients - Nov. 3
- Physicians apparent victims of ID theft in $40 million fraud scheme - Nov. 3
- Reduced profit margins common for groups in 2002 - Nov. 3
- Indiana doctors turn up the heat on Anthem - Nov. 3
- Hospital CEO salaries show modest increase - Nov. 3
- Georgia PPO to use claims database to assess quality - Nov. 3
- Ousted HealthSouth chief invokes the Fifth - Nov. 3
- Contract Language: Review key provisions before leasing shared space - Nov. 3
- Claims scene investigation: They're watching you - Oct. 27
- Evidence still out on disease management as cost saver - Oct. 27
- Blues to study its own "best practices" - Oct. 27
- Vermont clinic gets 3rd lease on life - Oct. 27
- Practice Management: Deck the office for a seasonal treat, but keep it tasteful - Oct. 27
- Quick View: Computer crime in health care field - Oct. 27
- Doctor redefines visits with phone, e-mail - Oct. 20
- HCA revival: Hospital company makes a profitable turnaround - Oct. 20
- Aetna plans tiers based on cost, quality - Oct. 20
- Plans offer prizes to push patients to healthy living - Oct. 20
- Practice Pointers: How to motivate employees to work more productively - Oct. 20
- Identity crisis: Protect yourself from ID theft - Oct. 13
- Critics say specialty hospital ban undermines care - Oct. 13
- Doctor's new venture goes by land and by sea - Oct. 13
- Electronic prescription network rolls out - Oct. 13
- Personal Finance: Educate yourself on college savings plans - Oct. 13
- Growing pains: Weighing the costs of success - Oct. 6
- California doctors closer to reaping bonuses - Oct. 6
- Doctors outpace consumers in embracing e-technologies - Oct. 6
- Doctors aren't immune from bankruptcy upswing - Oct. 6
- North Carolina Blues may face huge fine - Oct. 6
- Florida IPA makes bonuses its business for doctors, insurers - Oct. 6
- Contract Language: Evaluate risks before you agree to share - Oct. 6
- Quick View: Health care as a value proposition - Oct. 6
- Getting patients to pay: Gentle ways to get the check - Sept. 22/29
- Pennsylvania surgery centers more profitable than hospitals - Sept. 22/29
- Big sites enter into diabetes monitoring market - Sept. 22/29
- Practice Management: Employee orientation key to transition - Sept. 22/29
- Preventive medicine key, even for computer viruses - Sept. 15
- Splitting heirs: Do's and don'ts of estate planning - Sept. 15
- Insurers say prompt pay not a big issue; doctors disagree - Sept. 15
- Kentucky radiologists object to hospital project - Sept. 15
- Physician compensation surveys offer little encouraging news - Sept. 15
- Troubled Tenet agrees to sell 6 hospitals - Sept. 15
- AMA report spotlights rising insurance premiums - Sept. 15
- Practice Pointers: Make sure you have right retirement plan - Sept. 15
- Lurking, listening, learning: Using online support groups - Sept. 8
- Feds looking into Maryland Blues conversion bid - Sept. 8
- PPO offering online answers to members' medical queries - Sept. 8
- More doctors go online for drug information - Sept. 8
- What is an EMR? Health leaders come up with a definition - Sept. 8
- From idea to income: When innovation can mean cash - Sept. 1
- Advisories alarm Washington retainer practices - Sept. 1
- HealthSouth starts paying off debts - Sept. 1
- Court says Anthem can't take over Kansas Blues - Sept. 1
- Contract Language: PPO contracts can hide traps; scrutinize before you sign - Sept. 1
- Formalizing feedback: How to conduct staff performance reviews - Aug. 25
- Tenet pays $54 million in fraud settlement - Aug. 25
- Insurers post robust profits for the second quarter - Aug. 25
- Practice Management: Meet flex-hour requests with consistency - Aug. 25
- Doctors ask hospitals to help pay soaring insurance costs - Aug. 18
- Can you be conned? Doctors tell their money-losing tales of woe - Aug. 18
- Doctor gets tax breaks for settling in rural community - Aug. 18
- Some doctors want payment for e-detailing - Aug. 18
- Corporations try to trim fat by slimming employees - Aug. 18
- Quick View: The HIPAA third degree - Aug. 18
- Practice Pointers: Plan to take advantage of tax write-offs - Aug. 18
- Every practice's hiring dilemma: Train from within or recruit? - Aug. 11
- The doctor is outsourcing: To hire or not to hire - Aug. 11
- Ohio physicians rate insurers in HMO report card twist - Aug. 11
- Hospitals count up cost of reduced resident hours - Aug. 11
- Wired hospitals keep innovating - Aug. 11
- Quick View: Patients find out about health online - Aug. 11
- PPO "administration fee": Physicians pay to get paid - Aug. 4
- Appeal of retainer practices: Boutique care goes mainstream - Aug. 4
- CIGNA computer glitches zap physician pay - Aug. 4
- Tenet subsidiaries indicted on doctor kickback charges - Aug. 4
- New Humana drug benefit consumer-driven - Aug. 4
- Heart clinic offers patient records to go - Aug. 4
- Green light for digital hospital - Aug. 4
- Ghost patients no way to stay on schedule - Aug. 4
- HHS takes steps to make EMRs less complicated to use - Aug. 4
- Contract Language: MRI investment guidelines stress value of arm's length - Aug. 4
- Hitting the business books: Finding a program that's right for you - July 28
- HealthSouth working to avoid bankruptcy - July 28
- Blues conversions hitting speed bumps - July 28
- Practice Management: Deductibles: Savings may only be short-term - July 28
- Practice Pointers: 7 steps to prevent overdue payments - July 28
- Extra pay for quality care not easy money - July 21
- When patients can't pay: Some innovative solutions - July 21
- Medical societies roll out financial planning services - July 21
- Texas IPA offers discount cards - July 21
- Quick View: Why they don't buy - July 21
- Practicing privacy: Fine-tune office routines without going overboard - July 14
- Kaiser, diabetes group team up for online project - July 14
- Physician's calculator - July 14
- Quick View: Physicians evaluate work life, career choice - July 14
- Contract Language: Be aware of new CMS Medicare physician rules - July 14
- Not married to the M.O.B.: Life beyond the medical office building - July 7
- AMA resolution would hold managed care staff liable - July 7
- Veterans to gain online access to records - July 7
- Doctors promote fitness with health clubs - July 7
- Quick View: Consumer reaction to paying the price - July 7
- Code breakers: The importance of unlocking Medicare code - June 30
- Relocation incentives get California hospital CEO indicted - June 30
- Health care costs continue to rise, but at a lower rate - June 30
- Practice Management: North Carolina physicians promote open scheduling - June 30
- Practices get bigger tax break for equipment purchases - June 23
- Armor-plated assets: How to protect your property - June 23
- Screening business reaches out to doctors - June 23
- WellPoint to buy Wisconsin Blues plan - June 23
- New Hampshire bill aims to attract more health plans - June 23
- Maryland insurer gets Blues license back - June 23
- Geek on demand: Finding the best troubleshooter for your computer problems - June 16
- MGMA: Cardiology costs outpacing revenue - June 16
- Tenet chief resigns; company on the ropes for back taxes - June 16
- Online services offer to help doctors schedule drug reps - June 16
- Ohio hospital one step ahead of specialists - June 16
- Buffalo HMO network drops physicians it battled with - June 16
- Ripe for refinancing: It's not just for mortgages anymore - June 2/9
- Kaiser gives its members more choices - June 2/9
- Bankruptcy might not be all bad news - June 2/9
- Quick View: HMOs' black ink gets blacker - June 2/9
- Contract Language: Making plans for your future as a partner - June 2/9
- CEO compensation: Accomplishments translate into healthy paychecks - May 26
- Doctor's firm closes the distance between rural practice and CME - May 26
- Practice Management: Primary care site offers practice management tips - May 26
- Cards promise discounts, deliver headaches - May 19
- The investor within: Balancing your psychological make-up with your financial make-up - May 19
- New stent pricey, yet a cost-saver - May 19
- Suit claims unnecessary surgeries at Tenet - May 19
- California bill urges more control over health insurance plans - May 19
- Converting to for-profit may not increase profits - May 19
- Quick View: Insurers wonder what online self-services to offer - May 19
- Practice Pointers: You may be a fiduciary and not know it - May 19
- 5 obstacles to e-prescribing: 5 approaches to overcoming them - May 12
- Groups protect themselves from HealthSouth woes - May 12
- Wisconsin physicians, hospitals team up on data initiative - May 12
- Universal health care in California carries a hefty price tag - May 12
- Physicians finding plenty of NPs, PAs -- but at a price - May 5
- Battle of the beds: When does enough hospitals become too many? - May 5
- Bill may jeopardize CareFirst's Blues license - May 5
- HealthSouth's flagship hospital confronting an uncertain future - May 5
- Offshore employee leasing runs afoul of IRS - May 5
- To track benefit statements, Texas group calls the bank - May 5
- Texas physician launches firm securing the airwaves - May 5
- Contract Language: Review disability clauses now, not later - May 5
- Employers to pay physicians for quality care - April 28
- Welcome to the blogosphere: A brave new world of Web dialogue - April 28
- California demands coverage for drugs with over-the-counter competitors - April 28
- Tenet shaking up board, management - April 28
- Practice Management: Urgent need for extra revenue? Some try urgent care - April 28
- Learning for earning: When it's time to consider an extra career - April 21
- SEC investigates HealthSouth, former CEO Scrushy - April 21
- Kentucky IPA joins forces with consulting firm - April 21
- Practice Pointers: Analyze operations to get your office humming again - April 21
- Quick View: Hospital study shows error reduction - April 21
- Why Wi-Fi? Getting a better connection - April 14
- New survey finds fewer patients searching online - April 14
- Contract Language: Don't snooze through sleep clinic proposal - April 14
- True value: Buying or selling a practice - April 7
- Searchers may Google your patient records - April 7
- Tenet dropping 14 hospitals, planning cost-cutting moves - April 7
- Georgia doctors wait for CPT code bundling info - April 7
- Physician input helps hospital-owned group make money - April 7
- Magellan files bankruptcy, focuses on restructuring - April 7
- Physicians adding fees for services that once were free - March 24/31
- Maryland bucks national trend, blocks Blues for-profit conversion - March 24/31
- Reaping the rewards of loyalty: Physicians discover the importance of the personal touch - March 24/31
- Washington state health plan starts tiered network for physicians - March 24/31
- Computer hackers access 7,000 patient files - March 24/31
- Practice Management: Surveys help you discover what HMO patients think of your care - March 24/31
- Comfortable investment: Making your office more patient-friendly - March 17
- Wisconsin businesses float rate-setting plan to control health care costs - March 17
- Doctor involvement key to success of computerized order entry - March 17
- Your computer crashed: Now what? - March 10
- Kaiser Permanente launches patient-accessible EMR - March 10
- Aetna breaks cycle of losses to post profits - March 10
- Health care companies still attracting venture capital - March 10
- Quick View: Hospital systems officials reveal technology priorities - March 10
- Blown apart: A bitter battle between an insurer and doctors - March 3
- Cost awareness has limited effect on prescribing - March 3
- Riding herd: A physician runs a Montana cattle ranch - March 3
- Practice Management: Don't change jobs just for sake of change - March 3
- Sounding the charge: Coalition opposes insurer's conversion - Feb. 24
- Medem, Cerner form alliance for consultations - Feb. 24
- HCA price for nonprofit group OK'd - Feb. 24
- Managed care plans should see higher profits in 2003 - Feb. 24
- Practice Pointers: Small practices can opt for simple, safe retirement plans - Feb. 24
- Doctors pull plug on paperless system - Feb. 17
- Last chance for coverage: Liability crisis sends doctors scrambling for insurance - Feb. 17
- AAFP seeking support for low-cost EMR - Feb. 17
- Commentary: Paperless medical record not all it's cracked up to be - Feb. 17
- Hospitals battle doctor-owned centers - Feb. 10
- Bundle of trouble: How to challenge insurers' payment methods - Feb. 10
- Money woes solved with cash-only practice - Feb. 10
- Confusion rules with Internet prescribing - Feb. 10
- Study points to physicians as catalysts for savings - Feb. 10
- Hospital finances are in stable condition - Feb. 10
- Wisconsin businesses uniting for health coalition - Feb. 10
- You schmooze, you lose: How to win referrals and influence doctors - Feb. 3
- Autonomy gains offset by less time for patients - Feb. 3
- New Jersey Blues launches online consultation at physician urging - Feb. 3
- Tenet posts larger profits, but overbilling charges loom - Feb. 3
- Contract Language: Making transition from tenant to owner - Feb. 3
- Quick View: Employers shoulder higher insurance costs - Feb. 3
- Will your next telephone be a computer? The next step in communication - Jan. 27
- Negotiating a lease? "Fair market value" is the mantra - Jan. 27
- Clearinghouse valued at zero, but sold for $23.4 million - Jan. 27
- CIGNA cuts jobs to cut costs; call centers not targeted - Jan. 27
- Practice Management: Group appointments have their benefits - Jan. 27
- Managed care easing gatekeeper hassles - Jan. 20
- How to choose a financial planner: Reaching your financial goals - Jan. 20
- Physicians back HCA purchase of nonprofit hospital chain - Jan. 20
- Expert's Focus: Beyond RBRVS: Gather data to ensure equitable fees - Jan. 20
- Quick View: Most plans on financial upswing - Jan. 20
- Paying to computerize your records: How low can you go? - Jan. 13
- Insurers plan more layoffs, claim center closures - Jan. 13
- Specialists to share the wealth in Massachusetts Blues bonus plan - Jan. 13
- More California physicians rejecting new HMO patients - Jan. 13
- Concrete investment: Having a space of your own - Jan. 6
- Rhode Island practice offers health plan to uninsured - Jan. 6
- Contract Language: Medicare opt-out requires meticulous paperwork - Jan. 6
- Quick View: Employer coverage trends - Jan. 6
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Health & Science 2003
- Agencies join forces to stop rogue online pharmacies - Dec. 22/29
- AMA guide arms doctors for battle against obesity - Dec. 22/29
- New guidelines give specifics for pneumonia care - Dec. 22/29
- State budget cuts threaten to disconnect poison hotlines - Dec. 15
- Kicking butt: Primary care physicians can help smokers quit - Dec. 15
- Patients toss and turn with restless legs, but don't tell - Dec. 15
- Better technology can bring better care -- and higher costs - Dec. 15
- "State of the CDC" hits the agency's high notes - Dec. 8
- Agreement may boost disease management - Dec. 8
- Congress told to think globally on disease threat - Dec. 8
- Measles outbreaks spur caution as a forgotten foe returns - Dec. 1
- Physician recounts D.C. sniper attack - Dec. 1
- Hormones at issue -- this time for men - Dec. 1
- Lung cancer deadlier than breast cancer for women - Dec. 1
- Diet implicated in irritable bowel syndrome - Dec. 1
- California wildfires: Doctors wait for the smoke to clear - Nov. 24
- Reminders to parents could lower kids' hospital admissions - Nov. 24
- Attack on asthma: Hospital helps kids fight for breath - Nov. 17
- Doctors key to triggering FDA's warning signals - Nov. 17
- State-owned lab has special niche in vaccine research - Nov. 17
- Is primary care ready for medical abortion? - Nov. 17
- CDC outlines its battle plan for SARS - Nov. 10
- Flu season gets early start; public health pushes vaccine - Nov. 10
- Mammography debate: Who should get screened and when? - Nov. 10
- CDC set to harness the predictive power of a medical family tree - Nov. 10
- Dieting may produce weight gains in youths - Nov. 10
- Quick View: Women and AIDS: A growing share - Nov. 10
- A shot in the dark: Are we ready for STD vaccines? - Nov. 3
- New anti-addiction drug slow to catch on in primary care - Nov. 3
- Balancing research with national security - Nov. 3
- Silicone breast implants poised for a comeback - Nov. 3
- Researchers hunt for weapons against shingles - Nov. 3
- Americans are living longer, but not necessarily healthier - Oct. 27
- FDA intensifies attack on fake drugs - Oct. 27
- Antibiotic use may help slow Alzheimer's - Oct. 27
- Doctors complete surgery despite hospital evacuation - Oct. 27
- The weight of obesity: Lessons from the fattest state - Oct. 20
- Communicating risk key step to good care - Oct. 20
- Most in U.S. see disparities in care of minority patients - Oct. 20
- The weight of obesity: Public health ponders future of children with diabetes - Oct. 13
- CDC: Flu vaccine as important to receive as to give - Oct. 13
- Physicians weather Isabel and respond in its wake - Oct. 13
- Quick View: Who's clean? - Oct. 13
- Cold-and-flu season confusion: Bracing for SARS -- and false alarms - Oct. 6
- The weight of obesity: Linking large people to care - Oct. 6
- Teens to be the target of pertussis boosters - Oct. 6
- It takes a team to curb youth drinking - Oct. 6
- To take or not to take hormones, that is still the question - Oct. 6
- Study suggests link between NSAIDs, aspirin, miscarriage - Oct. 6
- More effort urged on cancer control - Sept. 22/29
- Researchers call for more diabetes testing - Sept. 22/29
- Relapsing fever spreads to a new state - Sept. 22/29
- Treating teens: Young bodies, adult risks - Sept. 15
- CDC drops high-risk priorities for flu shots - Sept. 15
- Colon cancer screening now can go noninvasive route - Sept. 15
- CDC launches program to track violent deaths - Sept. 15
- Physicians meet blackout challenges great and small - Sept. 8
- Measuring blood pressure in real life may give truer picture - Sept. 8
- FDA warning on one drug spurs concern over others - Sept. 8
- Quick View: West Nile virus in the United States - Sept. 8
- Spotting macular degeneration: Be watchful and start early - Sept. 1
- Flexibility needed in bioterror response - Sept. 1
- Herpes rates are high among affluent populations - Sept. 1
- Faster West Nile diagnostic test gets FDA nod - Sept. 1
- Generic drug approval process streamlined - Sept. 1
- Federal crackdown targets bogus copies of popular drugs - Aug. 25
- IOM highlights financing needs: More vaccines, higher cost - Aug. 25
- Drug options may help primary care doctors treat alcoholism - Aug. 25
- Disparities hurt Native Americans' health - Aug. 25
- Against the grain: The growing awareness of celiac sprue - Aug. 18
- Safety of longer intervals between Pap tests debated - Aug. 18
- Commission urges overhaul for mental health system - Aug. 18
- Doctors grade asthma screening in schools - Aug. 18
- Alzheimer's treatment needs intensify role of primary doctors - Aug. 11
- HIV prevention: Doctors asked to take bigger role - Aug. 11
- Physicians struggle with flu vaccination strategies for kids - Aug. 11
- C-section rate climbs as options diminish - Aug. 11
- Drive launched to boost stroke awareness - Aug. 11
- Entering the shadow of DES: Health risks still loom - Aug. 4
- Chicken soup for the sore throat often beats antibiotics - Aug. 4
- Review confirms knowledge gap in women's heart research - Aug. 4
- Doctors struggle with telling older drivers it's time to park - Aug. 4
- Researchers aim for better prostate tests - Aug. 4
- Food companies push healthy-living plans - Aug. 4
- Vaccine-exempt law expands - July 28
- Remind patients: It's time to stay cool - July 28
- Food labels will point out fats that clog arteries - July 28
- Menopause medicine: Custom-fit quandary - July 21
- Researchers tout multipurpose heart pill - July 21
- American doctor volunteers to fight SARS in Toronto - July 21
- Baldness drug shows promise in preventing prostate cancer - July 14
- Public health is better prepared for West Nile virus - July 14
- Prilosec latest blockbuster drug to go over the counter - July 14
- LifeSharers offers one way to increase organ donations - July 14
- Cold-and-flu seasonal spread suggests new burst of SARS - July 7
- Complicated history: What happens when cancer survivors grow up? - July 7
- Vigilance urged for patients' lifestyle choices - July 7
- Depression increasing, even among physicians - July 7
- Physicians push for cheaper, more accessible medications - July 7
- Monkeypox outbreak: Swift action leads to identification of exotic virus - June 30
- Physicians struggle when immunizations get off-track - June 30
- Tobacco control efforts get mixed reviews - June 30
- Doctors use new cues to get patient history - June 23
- Smallpox 1947: "People were terrified" - June 23
- Type 2 diabetes requires multilevel care - June 23
- Lack of sleep not just an adult problem - June 23
- U.S. SARS cases still rare, but worries are more common - June 16
- Flu vaccine supply ample, demand lagging - June 16
- Tamoxifen: 25-year success story looking for a sequel - June 16
- DEET guidelines make for a safe summer - June 16
- Hypertension standards reveal more patients at risk - June 2/9
- Hopeful movement: progress in spinal cord injury treatment - June 2/9
- Mass casualty drill challenges health system - June 2/9
- FDA safeguards blood supply from SARS - June 2/9
- SARS spurs race for a cure -- and for patents - May 26
- Patients need clear messages to navigate medicine's maze - May 26
- CDC asks for more state data on asthma control - May 26
- Scientists eye new developments on the vaccine front - May 26
- Hidden violence, harrowing choices: What doctors can do about domestic abuse - May 19
- CDC calls for routine testing to stem HIV infection rates - May 19
- Resistant bacteria remain public health threat - May 19
- Health disparities plague minority men - May 19
- New drug may slow Alzheimer's course - May 12
- Can HIV exposure regimen work for outpatients? - May 12
- SARS news spurs demand for medical masks - May 12
- Slow start for smallpox vaccine plan - May 5
- Do-it-themselves diagnosis: Patients pick their tests - May 5
- Genome research targets environmentally induced disease - May 5
- Screening interval for colorectal cancer debated - May 5
- FDA to review estrogen-androgen hormone therapy - May 5
- TV-free week gets support of physicians - May 5
- SARS prompts added vigilance, worry over spread of infection - April 28
- Transplant tragedy spurs system checks - April 28
- Raising HDL levels may be as important as lowering LDL - April 28
- Doctor-pilots mourn loss of Chicago airstrip - April 28
- FDA chief pledges changes to direct-to-consumer advertising guidelines - April 28
- Collaborating for care: When joining forces helps patients - April 21
- Gene mutations present clues for cancer-drug design - April 21
- Fast-food sellers under fire for helping supersize people - April 21
- Technology, compact tools put physicians in dust of battle - April 14
- New focus urged for kids' heart health - April 14
- Golfers may soon be singing "yippy-i-o OK" - April 14
- Creativity needed to reach minority elderly - April 14
- Spectrum of hope: Early diagnosis aids autism treatment - April 7
- Infectious disease outbreaks signal need to think globally - April 7
- New NIH center focuses on finding an AIDS vaccine - April 7
- When the times get rough, you can ease your patients' minds - March 24/31
- A little warfarin goes a long way in stopping clots - March 24/31
- Compensation proposed for smallpox vaccine injuries - March 24/31
- Is arthritis medicine working? Ask what the patient thinks - March 24/31
- Preventing migraines cuts pain and costs - March 24/31
- Back on the front lines: Bioterrorism threatens to resurrect an old foe - March 17
- AIDS vaccine trial called disappointing, but not futile - March 17
- Get ready for a new -- and nastier -- West Nile season - March 10
- Cancer center called sham, closed down - March 10
- Progenitor cells indicative of lower cardiac risk? - March 10
- Cutting-the-fat bills target overweight kids - March 10
- Managing mayhem: How doctors handle seasonal chaos - March 3
- Doctors urged to focus on terror readiness - March 3
- Shipboard medicine is no carnival - March 3
- Celiac symptoms varied; disease not so rare - March 3
- Public health's main fear over bioterrorism: surge capacity - Feb. 24
- Doctors try to fix backroom damage - Feb. 24
- Are the good times over at National Institutes of Health? - Feb. 24
- Team approach best for providing palliative care - Feb. 24
- Smallpox efforts are off to a bumpy start - Feb. 24
- One doctor's battles: Craig Lee Slingluff Jr., MD, lived to fight another day - Feb. 17
- Norovirus outbreaks at all-time high nationwide - Feb. 17
- Frustration abounds over tobacco settlement spending - Feb. 17
- Pricey vaccines for kids still public health bargains - Feb. 17
- Flu vaccination most successful in 3 years - Feb. 10
- H. pylori vaccine research shows promise - Feb. 10
- Prescription drug abuse by teens increasing - Feb. 10
- Germ warfare: The battle for clear noses - Feb. 3
- FDA survey puts positive spin on direct-to-consumer ads - Feb. 3
- Mock vaccination exercise mimics smallpox response - Feb. 3
- American MD killed serving troubled corner of the world - Jan. 27
- 30 years after Roe v. Wade, doctors reflect on its impact - Jan. 27
- FDA: Hormones get box warning, label changes - Jan. 27
- Everything may not cause cancer -- but 228 things do - Jan. 27
- Who will be WHO's next leader? Choice critical to global health - Jan. 20
- Diuretics most effective hypertension drug - Jan. 20
- Chicken pox vaccine's staying power questioned - Jan. 20
- Internet filters can also block health sites - Jan. 20
- Compensation plan needed to offset smallpox vaccine risks - Jan. 13
- AMA wants to ban booze ads aimed at teens - Jan. 13
- Challenges lie in details of smallpox plan - Jan. 6
- Behind the scenes: How a drug becomes a drug - Jan. 6
- Task force adds opinion in prostate screening debate - Jan. 6
- Smoking cessation programs have room for improvement - Jan. 6
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