1996 top stories

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Dec. 23, 1996: Work force summit Stakeholders sound off as AMA refines stance on GME funding
Dec. 16, 1996: Computerized clinical records Multistate practice-management firm to link practices with system based on clinical needs
Dec. 9, 1996: STDs: A "hidden epidemic" U.S. rate highest in Western world; knowledge, awareness lag
Dec. 2, 1996: New HMO rules? Congress eyes new restrictions on widely criticized HMO practice
Nov. 25, 1996: No to suicide aid AMA, 45 groups join petition to Supreme Court to overturn rulings
Nov. 18, 1996: Web technology Health care informatics and the Web
Nov. 11, 1996: Pain control Medical boards, legislatures expand thier view of pain treatment
Nov. 4, 1996: Internet drug ads FDA ponders new rules for drug, device ads
Oct. 28, 1996: Home-care guidelines Doctor-driven utilization controls
Oct. 21, 1996: Election '96 Health issues take a supporting -- but possibly pivotal -- role
Oct. 14, 1996: ERISA legal landscape Court rulings chip away at managed care's ERISA shield
Oct. 7, 1996: Home hemodialysis New treatments and managed care shake up the status quo in dialysis

Space invader The exam room where a meteorite hit a Virginia doctors' office has become the most requested room among patients, who joke about wearing hard hats to appointments. Story