Health Policy
<ѻý>AMA Adopts Policies on Circumcision, Gun Safetyѻý>
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has adopted a number of new policies at its interim meeting, including policies on male circumcision, physician discussion of gun safety, and a new medical coding system that will go into effect in 2013.
Nov 16, 2011
<ѻý>Readers Say Vitamin Levels Should Be Checked Yearlyѻý>
Processed foods, mineral-depleted soil, overcooked vegetables, increased stress levels -- all of these increase the chances of having a vitamin deficiency, according to a vocal majority of ѻý readers who commented on last week's poll.
Oct 07, 2011
<ѻý>Time Is Money and Some Doctors Are Paying the Priceѻý>
No one likes to wait and the waiting can be even more tiresome when it is a worried patient who is waiting to see his or her physician. So it's not surprising that patients are speaking out about -- and in some cases billing for -- time spent waiting for to hear, "The doctor will see you now."
Jul 07, 2011
<ѻý>AMA: House of Delegates Backs Individual Mandateѻý>
CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association's House of Delegates has reaffirmed its support of individual responsibility -- including a requirement that most U.S. residents buy health insurance -- as the foundation of universal coverage.
Jun 20, 2011
<ѻý>Men Encouraged to Consider Medication to Prevent Prostate Cancerѻý>
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Millions of healthy men ages 55 and older should talk to their physicians about taking a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor such as finasteride (Proscar) or dutasteride (Avodart) to prevent prostate cancer, according to a guideline issued by two medical groups.
Feb 25, 2009
<ѻý>Recovery of Hurricane-Devastated Medical Center Begins With Small Stepѻý>
GALVESTON, Tex. -- Eleven weeks after Hurricane Ike turned the University of Texas Medical Branch into a backwater of the Gulf of Mexico, the doors of John Sealy Hospital here swung open for acute care in a symbolic step toward recovery.
Nov 26, 2008
<ѻý>New Jersey Doctor-Delegate Sees Big Trouble in Universal Coverageѻý>
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Ben Chouake, M.D., of Cliffside Park, N.J., an internist and emergency medicine specialist, is the son of holocaust survivors. He is a delegate for John McCain at the Republican National Convention here.
Sep 04, 2008
<ѻý>Hillary Clinton Touts Obama's Goal of Healthcare for Allѻý>
DENVER -- Despite tortuous battles during the presidential primaries over the nuances of healthcare reform, Sen. Hillary Clinton was ringing in her support for Sen. Barack Obama's goals at the Democratic National Convention here.
Aug 27, 2008
<ѻý>Cardiac Arrest Survivors Can Expect Good Long-term Quality of Lifeѻý>
MARBURG, Germany -- Resuscitated cardiac arrest patients treated in an ICU who leave the hospital without severe neurological disabilities may expect a reasonable quality of life over the next five years, a study found.
Jul 17, 2008