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Government & Medicine 2001
- House adopts package for Medicare regulatory relief - Dec. 24/31
- Electronic claims rule may be postponed - Dec. 24/31
- CMS keeps physician Medicare input link intact; AMA urges local presence - Dec. 24/31
- Percentage-based pay arrangements get a year's reprieve - Dec. 24/31
- AMA urges more Medicare coverage for preventive care - Dec. 24/31
- Congress scrambles to trim amount of Medicare pay cut - Dec. 17
- Physicians lobbying Congress for health law expansions - Dec. 17
- Texas Supreme Court weighs Medicaid abortion coverage - Dec. 17
- Internist group advances universal coverage proposal - Dec. 17
- Uninsured ranks are predicted to jump - Dec. 10
- Medicare+Choice option gains ground as alternative to HMOs - Dec. 10
- AMA to catalog doctors' woes on health plans - Dec. 10
- Health care top source of fraud recoveries - Dec. 10
- Big insurers getting too big, too powerful, AMA study concludes - Dec. 3
- Making Medicare color-blind: How groups are striving for equality in care - Dec. 3
- Advisory panel ponders fix for Medicare payment formula - Dec. 3
- Groups' briefs back state health plan appeal laws - Dec. 3
- House bill would rein in Medicare payments for outpatient drugs - Dec. 3
- Senate ponders payment fix - Nov. 26
- Access grants face uncertain future in Congress - Nov. 26
- Medicare Rx plan being retooled - Nov. 26
- Medicare pay squeeze: AMA calls for correction of update - Nov. 19
- Florida doctors challenge Medicare fraud convictions - Nov. 19
- Medicare relief proceeding on Capitol Hill - Nov. 19
- Senate backs expansion of mental health parity law - Nov. 19
- Community groups key in signing up children for SCHIP - Nov. 19
- La. ruling could hurt emergency care - Nov. 12
- Congress ponders coverage for unemployed - Nov. 12
- Physicians say Medicaid managed care rule ignores low doctor pay - Nov. 12
- Drug card plan raises concerns about hurting pharmacies - Nov. 12
- Drive to fix physician pay formula revs up - Nov. 5
- Consumer-directed coverage promoted by policy group - Nov. 5
- Medicare launches TV ads to draw attention to options - Nov. 5
- N.C. court derails law meant to curb frivolous malpractice suits - Nov. 5
- Supreme Court rejects challenge to Medicare HMO ruling - Nov. 5
- Medicare hassle relief getting closer, but may not be enough - Oct. 22/29
- Drugs without borders: When prescription drugs go over the line - Oct. 22/29
- Physician issues on list for inspector general's review of Medicare - Oct. 22/29
- Objections stall vote on mental health parity bill - Oct. 22/29
- Uninsured down 600,000; second consecutive drop - Oct. 15
- Medicare communications miss the mark - Oct. 15
- Fraud control efforts net gains for government - Oct. 15
- AMA major force in federal lobbying - Oct. 15
- Medicare HMOs abandoning half a million senior citizens - Oct. 8
- Medicare pays too much (for some drugs) - Oct. 8
- HHS offers more money, less red tape in attempt to help New York recover - Oct. 8
- Fla. lawyers press for constitutional right to sue HMOs - Oct. 8
- Attacks a "wake-up call" to boost emergency services - Oct. 8
- On Capitol Hill, health care bills fall back - Oct. 1
- Illegal care? Treating undocumented immigrants in Texas - Oct. 1
- Judge favors physicians in Hawaii antitrust case - Oct. 1
- Probe finds problems with Medicare doctor ID registry - Oct. 1
- Tax-credit proposal little help to low-income uninsured - Oct. 1
- GAO says bill would improve Medicare contractors' work - Oct. 1
- Okla. doctors sue state over Medicaid pay, access woes - Sept. 24
- CMS eyes physician payments but focuses on other problems - Sept. 24
- Medicare to cover preop screenings - Sept. 24
- Senate bill calls for coverage of contraceptives - Sept. 24
- Health insurance prices show highest increase since 1992 - Sept. 24
- Dismissal of fraud investigation ends five-year ordeal - Sept. 17
- Doctor Medicare pay faces cut next year - Sept. 17
- Government gives states new flexibility in designing Medicaid benefit packages - Sept. 17
- Medicare regulatory relief gaining momentum in Congress - Sept. 10
- Funding squeeze could unravel safety net - Sept. 10
- Military retirees get new secondary insurer - Sept. 10
- Medicare hospital outpatient pay rules raise access fears - Sept. 10
- California halts sales of discount doctor lists - Sept. 10
- OIG report hits PROs for putting doctors above beneficiaries - Sept. 3
- HHS delays, revises patient protections for Medicaid - Sept. 3
- Patients' rights bill could ruin doctors' HMO lawsuits - Sept. 3
- PhRMA sues Florida over Medicaid formulary - Sept. 3
- Justice Dept. defending Bush's Medicare Rx cards - Sept. 3
- Making sense of Medicare: Is it possible? - Aug. 27
- Call to replace AMA's Medicare coding system falls flat - Aug. 27
- HMO liability could jeopardize patients' bill of rights success - Aug. 20
- CMS unveils new physician fee schedule - Aug. 20
- House strike against cloning boosts scientists' concern about research - Aug. 20
- Panel boosts mental health parity law - Aug. 20
- Second group files suit over privacy rules - Aug. 20
- Genetic discrimination ban gains steam - Aug. 13
- West Nile virus hits earlier this season and expands its geographic range - Aug. 13
- Medicaid, SCHIP may expand to parents - Aug. 13
- Physicians oppose Medicare dialysis policy - Aug. 13
- E&M guidelines, emergency care rules under HHS review - Aug. 6
- HHS sued over medical privacy rules - Aug. 6
- PROs must tell patients of inquiry results - Aug. 6
- Medicare Rx card plan faces legal hurdle - Aug. 6
- GOP fund-raising strategy targets physicians - July 30
- Organizing force: Bringing doctors and unions together - July 30
- Consumer group finds hundreds of EMTALA violations - July 30
- Bush proposes prescription discount cards for seniors - July 30
- Patients' rights bill moves to House, faces veto threat - July 23
- Consultants' bad billing advice may elicit fraud investigation - July 23
- HHS clarifies medical records privacy rule - July 23
- Senate Democrats unveil Medicare prescription drug plan - July 23
- Mental health parity law nears expiration - July 23
- AMA probes emergency medicine woes - July 9/16
- Strong objections expressed over compliance guidelines - July 9/16
- AMA backs efforts to expand health coverage - July 9/16
- Individual market tough for many insurance buyers - July 9/16
- Medical interpreter rule to get further study from AMA board - July 9/16
- HCFA gets new name -- CMS -- and new structure - July 2
- Bush officials seek delay in independent medical review case - July 2
- Bill expands Medicare preventive services - July 2
- Bill banning genetic discrimination gets new push - July 2
- Opting out: Physicians exiting Medicare program - June 25
- Panel reports Medicare payment cuts could be looming - June 25
- Nevada approves bill on medical use of marijuana - June 25
- Thompson launches HHS reform task force - June 25
- Tax cut, slimmer surplus jeopardize health initiatives - June 18
- Bush budget would cut uninsured grants - June 18
- Stark II rules still need fine-tuning, doctor groups say - June 18
- Round three of West Nile virus is about to begin - June 18
- Playing a name game with HCFA - June 11
- In Senate, left's gain boosts patients' rights - June 11
- Bills aim to increase number of nation's nurses - June 11
- Ritalin foes lose two rounds against drug maker, APA - June 11
- Senators offer alternate patient protection bill - June 4
- Maine discounted drug program withstands legal challenge - June 4
- Medicare HMOs seeking extra federal funding - June 4
- Texas trial: HMO liability law - May 28
- Bills would fund technology to fight drug errors - May 28
- Past HCFA chiefs recommend administrative budget boost - May 28
- Stem-cell research's future clouded by suit, policy review - May 28
- Congressional budget plan earmarks billions to extend health insurance coverage - May 21
- Medical interpreter rule faces review, legislative challenge - May 21
- Physicians promote universal health care - May 21
- HMOs try new tactic to fight patients' rights - May 21
- California Supreme Court says patients can sue Medicare HMOs - May 21
- HMO liability adds little to insurance costs -- CBO - May 14
- HCFA removes annoying language from Medicare form - May 14
- Physicians call for excision of "sick tax" - May 14
- Bill proposes new way to fund medical education - May 14
- Physician groups balking at privacy rule's extra burdens - May 7
- Pennsylvania court rules that ERISA does not exempt health plans from liability - May 7
- Massachusetts tobacco restrictions being challenged - May 7
- Bush budget would slice family practice training funds - May 7
- The ever-expanding EMTALA - April 23/30
- Bush budget highlights health priorities - April 23/30
- Supreme Court upholds pay to Christian Science health facilities - April 23/30
- Three state medical societies join HMO racketeering lawsuit - April 16
- HCFA team targets top Medicare hassles - April 16
- Cloning hearing highlights science worries - April 16
- Pressure building to change medical records privacy rule - April 9
- Hospital lobbyist named as Bush's choice to head HCFA - April 9
- Tennessee doctors fight against economic credentialing - April 9
- Fee-for-service Medicare trying "coordinated care" - April 9
- Surplus now, but red ink looming in Medicare forecast - April 2
- Medicare regulatory relief bill gets first congressional airing - April 2
- Federal lawmakers split on when and where health plans could be sued - April 2
- California decision hits physicians for fraud against Allstate - April 2
- Child supports: Making sure kids are covered - March 26
- Bill proposes cutting Medicare red tape - March 26
- National health care spending on the rise - March 26
- Details of health care tax credit still being mulled - March 26
- Bush budget stresses health priorities - March 19
- Medicare panel wants to ax doctor spending target - March 19
- Technology approval process under fire - March 19
- Bills offer relief from medical school debt - March 19
- Physicians, lawmakers push for Medicare regulatory relief - March 12
- HCFA plans peer review pilot for Medicare claims audits - March 12
- HHS delays medical records privacy rule - March 12
- New York court ruling opens door on Medicare payment policy - March 12
- Doctors eye expanding faith-based health initiatives - March 12
- Cost major hurdle to Medicare Rx benefit - March 5
- Ruling extends EMTALA's reach to ambulance contact - March 5
- New bill, Bush tenets boost chance for patients' rights law - Feb. 26
- Patchwork coverage: Medicare's preventive services - Feb. 26
- Bush on health fraud: Physicians hope for lighter touch - Feb. 26
- Weak spots noted in health privacy rules - Feb. 26
- Doctors irked by states' tactics on Medicaid fraud - Feb. 19
- Bush's state-based Rx drug program gets cool reception - Feb. 19
- TennCare trying to win physicians back - Feb. 19
- Compromise patients' rights bill unveiled - Feb. 19
- Federal plan may change Medicaid HMO payment rates - Feb. 19
- Dr. Berenson reflects on his tenure as HCFA's top doctor - Feb. 12
- Changes necessary to alleviate EMTALA's ills, HHS Office of Inspector General says - Feb. 12
- Medicare HMOs using new funds to boost physician pay - Feb. 12
- Poll finds voters want health care problems fixed now - Feb. 12
- HCFA team has a mission: Cut Medicare hassle for physicians - Feb. 5
- States ready to tackle health care issues - Feb. 5
- HCFA lifts supervision of nurse anesthetists - Feb. 5
- Managed care plans accuse Hawaii physicians of antitrust violations - Feb. 5
- Clinton issues last-minute rules to protect patients in Medicaid HMOs - Feb. 5
- Single-payer advocates: Keeping up the fight - Jan. 29
- Medicare encourages fuller PRO disclosure - Jan. 29
- Prompt-pay bill veto may spur broader bill in Michigan - Jan. 29
- Medicaid funding drain worries doctors - Jan. 29
- Final physician self-referral rules better than expected - Jan. 22
- Bush picks health program innovator Tommy Thompson as HHS secretary - Jan. 22
- HCFA plans to change an aggravating Medicare form - Jan. 22
- AMPAC splits contributions between political parties - Jan. 22
- Medicare laboratory payments not up to date, Institute of Medicine report says - Jan. 22
- Clinton unveils final rules on privacy of medical records - Jan. 15
- Bush faces Medicare reform challenges - Jan. 15
- Odds improving for patient protection bill - Jan. 15
- Collective bargaining bill needs Senate nod - Jan. 15
- MedPAC: Outlook poor for Medicare MSAs - Jan. 15
- Wary physicians seek AMA influence on E&M guidelines - Jan. 1/8
- Congress passes compromise Medicare giveback measure - Jan. 1/8
- State innovations offer health insurance reform models - Jan. 1/8
- Rein in runaway EMTALA, physicians urge - Jan. 1/8
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Professional Issues 2001
- Paying donors for organs sparks hot ethics debate - Dec. 24/31
- Panel to help AMA leaders work together more efficiently - Dec. 24/31
- Latest embryonic cloning action seen as a baby step - Dec. 24/31
- Are med school admission policies in for a change? - Dec. 24/31
- Recovering physicians beating the odds - Dec. 24/31
- Medical Moments: Move over Dr. Quinn, here's a real pioneer - Dec. 24/31
- A little help from their friends: San Francisco Free Clinic cares for the uninsured - Dec. 17
- Doctors use CME, quality efforts to boost results - Dec. 17
- The Guyton group: Where being a doctor is all in the family - Dec. 10
- Report details reasons for Arizona physician shortage - Dec. 10
- Pa. hospital appeals fine after self-reporting error - Dec. 10
- Liability rates squeezing out specialties - Dec. 3
- AMA announces new EVP/CEO - Dec. 3
- The joy of (illegal) skating: She fought the law and the law won - Dec. 3
- Study: Best practices not always best for all - Dec. 3
- Calif. laws to address physician shortages - Dec. 3
- Medical groups tout AMA drug industry gift campaign - Dec. 3
- Study calls for more and better hospital palliative care - Dec. 3
- Chiropractors seek primary care status at Veterans Affairs Dept. - Nov. 26
- A bioethics primer: The growth of a complex field - Nov. 26
- Feds say target is assisted suicide, not pain control - Nov. 26
- Safety awards honor 2 groups - Nov. 26
- Is it ethical to bill drug reps for office visit? - Nov. 26
- Residents' schedules should have balance - Nov. 26
- Struggle goes on to improve patient safety, cut errors - Nov. 19
- California requires doctors take CME in pain management - Nov. 19
- DEA vows to stop pain med abuse, not prescribing - Nov. 19
- AMA Interim Meeting scheduled Dec. 1-5 in San Francisco - Nov. 19
- Don't shoot the messenger: Path opens for contract talks - Nov. 12
- Immunity helps good deeds go unpunished - Nov. 12
- Surgical soundtrack: Tunes to operate by - Nov. 12
- Students concerned, but still ready to head overseas - Nov. 12
- States seek to streamline credentials verification process - Nov. 12
- In the Courts: No negligence proven during penile implant surgery - Nov. 12
- Few licensing boards conduct criminal background checks - Nov. 5
- Patient safety initiative gains support, funding - Nov. 5
- Next AMA EVP could be selected by Interim Meeting - Nov. 5
- Ohio doctors sue over debt repayment responsibility - Nov. 5
- Surging demand for specialists spurs salary hikes - Oct. 22/29
- Malpractice or murder? Criminalization of medical errors is a troubling trend - Oct. 22/29
- Texas doctors sue CIGNA over service "theft" - Oct. 22/29
- Company ahead of the game on federal stem cell rules - Oct. 22/29
- Former drug rep slams off-label claims - Oct. 22/29
- Maryland examines doctors' influence - Oct. 15
- Physicians prepare for duty in military - Oct. 15
- Practice guidelines require frequent review, updating - Oct. 15
- VA cuts specialty residents, increases primary care - Oct. 15
- In the Courts: Preexisting injury relates to causation, not to damages - Oct. 15
- Suit against HMO gets class action status - Oct. 8
- All in a day's work: The harried life of a medical resident - Oct. 8
- Grants spur medical groups, hospitals to pursue perfection - Oct. 8
- Skills test moving forward; pilot studies prove effective - Oct. 8
- Ruling bans research where children are at "any risk" - Oct. 8
- Only "clear and convincing" evidence can trigger living will - Oct. 8
- Problems beset online med school application system - Oct. 8
- Physician's jackpot will benefit others - Oct. 8
- Dr. Kevorkian appeals conviction for televised death - Oct. 8
- Rural doctors often born and raised, not recruited - Oct. 1
- Federal funding restrictions fuel stem cell research debate - Oct. 1
- Journals agree on studies' rules requiring independence - Oct. 1
- British couple seek ruling allowing assisted suicide - Oct. 1
- On-site NCQA surveys of VA medical centers scheduled - Oct. 1
- Ethics Forum: Facing patients who don't pay; seeking "grateful patient" gifts - Oct. 1
- Are there holes in residency training? - Sept. 24
- Quality corps: Team effort can trim medical errors - Sept. 24
- 11 Texas physicians given green light to bargain collectively - Sept. 24
- Physicians urged to pay more attention to kids' pain - Sept. 24
- U. of Michigan suspends a top researcher - Sept. 24
- Patient survey spotlights problem areas for Calif. hospitals - Sept. 24
- Doctors team up to offset drop in free care - Sept. 17
- AMA launches education drive on drug industry gifts - Sept. 17
- Awareness of low vision problems sought - Sept. 17
- 15 Minutes: Unfair ads: Madison Avenue continues to ply the stereotype that physicians are worshiping wealth - Sept. 17
- Soaring premiums force doctors to close practice - Sept. 10
- Rural exposure: Med students practice giving care in the wild - Sept. 10
- ACCME proposes Internet CME protections - Sept. 10
- Court drafts exception to keeping peer reviews closed - Sept. 10
- California law allows doctors to sit out prison executions - Sept. 10
- AAFP pens directive against limiting pain prescriptions - Sept. 10
- Doctors look for more bang for CME buck - Sept. 3
- Minority physicians struggle to get care for their patients - Sept. 3
- N.Y. medical society sues six insurers - Sept. 3
- Calif. Supreme Court raises standard for withdrawing life support - Sept. 3
- Lack of funding squeezes federal loan repayment program - Sept. 3
- Journals aim to curb drug industry sway over studies - Sept. 3
- Dressed for success: Re-covering patients - Aug. 27
- Accreditation extends to clinical trials, offices - Aug. 27
- GME, growth priorities for new head of osteopathic group - Aug. 27
- Doctor indicted under Michigan adult abuse law for recklessness - Aug. 27
- No clear message from Supreme Court - Aug. 20
- Number of deaths caused by medical errors under dispute - Aug. 20
- Death fuels brouhaha over OxyContin prescribing practices - Aug. 20
- Iowa medical center lays off new osteopathic residents - Aug. 20
- Movement toward collaboration in clinical palliative care - Aug. 20
- New doctors prefer to practice in cities - Aug. 20
- 15 Minutes: Accidental sleuth: Fictional Dr. Beck is a physician turned detective - Aug. 20
- Debt deadbeats risk losing medical licenses - Aug. 13
- Taking a stand: Physician plaintiffs who beat the odds - Aug. 13
- Connecticut physicians win round in court against HMO - Aug. 13
- Pa., Va. latest states to offer physician data online - Aug. 13
- Stem-cell research divides doctors along with country - Aug. 6
- Rulings spell out specifics for peer review immunity - Aug. 6
- Rules governing drug firm CME sponsorship under review - Aug. 6
- Evidence-based safety practices touted by government - Aug. 6
- Dissatisfied docs may soon be singing "California, here I go" - Aug. 6
- Multiplying efforts: Expanding the health care team - July 30
- State error legislation gets mixed reviews - July 30
- Residencies successful in curbing work-hour violations - July 30
- Doctor guilty of elder abuse for undertreating pain - July 23
- Trips abroad offer more than CME credit - July 23
- Standards require hospitals to report errors to patients - July 23
- Search for AMA chief executive begins - July 23
- AMA directed to examine recertification - July 9/16
- Drawn to disaster: Doctors giving aid - July 9/16
- AMA board to study court decision limiting unions - July 9/16
- Family approval needed for training on newly deceased - July 9/16
- Resident supervisor regulations getting tightened - July 9/16
- Pain management education encouraged - July 9/16
- AMA house considers CME for nonphysicians - July 9/16
- Groups squabble over use of "enforcement" tag - July 9/16
- Collaborative effort to curb medical errors - July 9/16
- Physicians win big in states over scope-of-practice issues - July 2
- AMA EVP files lawsuit against Association - July 2
- Risk management becoming crucial focus of CME study - July 2
- AMA spearheads gift education crusade - July 2
- Appellate court ruling allows discipline over expert testimony from a neurosurgeon - July 2
- Study: Doctors want bargaining agents - July 2
- OxyContin crackdown raises physician, patient concerns - June 25
- Primary preceptor: Physicians tackle teaching what they practice - June 25
- Supreme Court decision expands definition of "supervisor" - June 25
- Human research programs under voluntary scrutiny - June 25
- Duluth school to unify with four-year school - June 25
- Resident complaint system is improved - June 25
- Suspended California physician's hearing put on hold - June 18
- Study charges underreporting in National Practitioner Data Bank - June 18
- Grants have added to number of primary care doctors - June 18
- Exposing history: A physician's photos of Natchez, Miss. - June 11
- Doctors bristle at quality Web ratings in two cities - June 11
- AAMC reviewing conflict-of-interest policies for clinical research - June 11
- In the Courts: No EMTALA violation found when patient dies after hospital transfer - June 11
- "Let the games begin" with interactive CME - June 4
- Physicians: Leave assisted suicide to doctors, patients - June 4
- Unborn child meets legal definition of "a person" - June 4
- Physician consortium stresses new performance measurements - June 4
- HCFA officials take a field trip to Kansas - June 4
- Elections for AMA board, councils slated for Chicago Annual Meeting - June 4
- Physicians, HMOs enter next phase in federal court battle - May 28
- Hands-on leader: Incoming AMA President Richard F. Corlin, MD - May 28
- Accreditation plan would guard clinical study patients - May 28
- Virginia gears up for Internet database on state's doctors - May 28
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program aims at cutting medical errors - May 28
- Consumer groups sue over tamoxifen deal - May 28
- Petition asks OSHA to limit resident work hours - May 21
- ACP-ASIM advocates exemption from antitrust laws - May 21
- Study says residents cloudy on AMA pharmaceutical gift policy - May 21
- Cornell to open branch med school in Qatar - May 21
- Higher accountability for HMO medical directors - May 14
- A quest for balance: Personal vs. professional - May 14
- Database would ease doctors' paperwork on patient safety - May 14
- AMA Annual Meeting slated for June in Chicago - May 14
- Teaching hospitals, plans bearing brunt of charity care - May 14
- Push to improve patient safety slow-going - May 7
- Groups urge federal court to reconsider anti-abortion site - May 7
- Some states take prevention tactic on doctor discipline - May 7
- California physicians upset with work force study - May 7
- Renegotiating Health Care: For every problem there is a zone of possible solutions - May 7
- Timeless lessons: Medical schools add literature to curricula - April 23/30
- Ruling favors anti-abortion Web site - April 23/30
- Is it time for U.S. to start training more physicians? - April 23/30
- Physicians retire earlier in HMO-saturated markets - April 23/30
- Lawsuits over clinical trials have doctors wary, but not quitting research yet - April 16
- N.J. court rules doctors can be sued for embellishing credentials - April 16
- United Kingdom, Canada moving to train more physicians - April 16
- New York interns, residents get NLRB nod to join union - April 16
- E-mail one of technology benefits touted at AMA forum - April 16
- Medical time out: Physicians keep the teams playing - April 9
- Patients can expect doctors, not HMOs, to decide care - April 9
- Drug testing of pregnant women quashed - April 9
- Database to offer one-stop shopping for treatment options - April 9
- Primary care matches down again; fourth year of decline worries some - April 9
- Minnesota plans unite to set "best practices" for disease management - April 2
- Physicians emphasize benefit to society in research precedence - April 2
- Records privacy extended to pharmacies - April 2
- A playwright looks at ethics in research - April 2
- New INS rule boosts paperwork for IMGs, hospitals - April 2
- Man of many missions - March 26
- Managed care accreditor takes on consumer Web sites - March 26
- AMA recognizes physicians for service - March 26
- Texas considers another medical school - March 26
- Special licensing test still under fire in Fla. - March 26
- New IOM report says doctors are trying but system needs work - March 19
- Advance directives provide comfort, not necessarily goal - March 19
- Doctors' case against HMOs remains intact - March 19
- Scope-of-practice bills plentiful this year - March 19
- Colorado center teaches doctors to be better doctors - March 19
- Growing ranks: Benefits of collaboration with nurse practitioners - March 12
- State legislatures tackle medical error reporting - March 12
- Doctors traveling less for continuing medical education - March 12
- Oregon's physician-assisted suicide deaths hold steady at 27 - March 12
- Ruling by California Supreme Court may deter experimental treatment - March 12
- California federal court upholds board certification requirements for physicians - March 12
- Malpractice awards pushing insurance premiums higher - March 5
- Buddhist center draws focus to patients' diverse beliefs - March 5
- FSMB grants public access to its physician data bank - March 5
- OTC emergency contraceptives pushed, but not imminent - March 5
- Doctors start to practice what they read in journal CME - Feb. 26
- Palliative care: Mainstream model - Feb. 26
- Clinical trial patients sue IRB members - Feb. 26
- New approach uses CME to reduce medical errors - Feb. 19
- National Bioethics Advisory Commission sets protections for clinical trial subjects - Feb. 19
- AMA panel releases ethics guidelines on patient privacy - Feb. 19
- Calif. lawsuit charges American Red Cross with unfair business practices - Feb. 19
- Seen a doctor lately? Too few physicians are getting checkups - Feb. 12
- Standards for international research still a work in progress - Feb. 12
- Michigan neurosurgeon sues specialty society over suspension - Feb. 12
- West Virginia Supreme Court upholds limits on malpractice awards - Feb. 5
- South Dakota hospitals can choose which physicians get privileges, state Supreme Court rules - Feb. 5
- Texas court overturns ruling on resuscitation of premature baby - Feb. 5
- Growing number of locum tenens doctors strive for simpler life - Jan. 29
- Break a leg: Free health care for performers - Jan. 29
- Supreme Court may rule on expanding patient protection rights - Jan. 29
- Emerging specialist shortage triggers work force review - Jan. 22
- Requests by patients can put doctors in ethical bind - Jan. 22
- Take care with patient e-mail policies - Jan. 22
- Accept no barrier: New physician finds some see only blindness - Jan. 15
- Teaching hospitals to see influx of GME funds - Jan. 15
- Midlevel practitioners playing bigger role in hospitals - Jan. 15
- Database tracks causes of hospital medication errors - Jan. 15
- Ethicists debate new use of genetic testing - Jan. 15
- AMA's Principles of Medical Ethics may be infused with new "lofty ideas" - Jan. 1/8
- AMA backs limits on scope of nonphysician practice - Jan. 1/8
- AMA weighs national guidelines for office-based surgery - Jan. 1/8
- Residents working longer hours, owing more loan money - Jan. 1/8
- AMA delegates tackle range of ethics topics, including xenotransplantation, genetics privacy - Jan. 1/8
- In painstaking process of revising WMA's Declaration of Helsinki, every word counts - Jan. 1/8
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Business 2001
- Report blasts insurer's plan to be for-profit - Dec. 24/31
- Street Smarts: Biotech stocks have nowhere to go but up - Dec. 24/31
- Don't get caught unaware if your IPA fails - Dec. 17
- HMO bashing for fun and profit: Three doctors turn making light of managed care into a market - Dec. 17
- Nev. doctors get universal authorization form - Dec. 17
- Texas doctors say restitution pay is meager - Dec. 17
- West Coast group will offer managed care alternative - Dec. 17
- N.Y. investigates leaving doctors' names on panels - Dec. 10
- WellPoint expands Blues operations into Maryland - Dec. 10
- Kan. doctors have say in Anthem merger - Dec. 10
- Power struggle: Doctors get mixed results in HMO fight - Dec. 3
- Liability bite puts Miss. physicians in the hospital - Dec. 3
- Managed care companies show strong third quarter - Dec. 3
- Sprint calls for direct contracting in Kansas City - Dec. 3
- Aetna connects with North Carolina doctors - Dec. 3
- Patients slow to return for care in New York City - Dec. 3
- Out of the rubble: One doctor's story after Sept. 11 - Nov. 26
- Losing members and money, Tennessee Blues drops HMO - Nov. 26
- Economy boosts interest in health firms - Nov. 26
- Looking for a few good RNs: Nursing shortage expands beyond hospitals - Nov. 19
- Rhode Island Blues plan to boost doctors' pay - Nov. 19
- For-profits see more profits - Nov. 19
- Anthem successful in public stock offering - Nov. 19
- Terrorism may ripple to insurance hikes - Nov. 12
- Texas doctors shouldn't expect a big check for late claims pay - Nov. 12
- Companies suggest running a credit check on your patients - Nov. 12
- Medicaid HMO company to offer stock - Nov. 12
- Street Smarts: Forget the reassurance, people want Cipro - Nov. 12
- Up to code: A way to ensure your financial health - Nov. 5
- Coalition's goal is to keep Mich. Blues healthy - Nov. 5
- WellPoint acquires its first Blues plan in the Midwest - Nov. 5
- Nonprofits turn to for-profit partnerships - Nov. 5
- Bigger doesn't necessarily pay better - Nov. 5
- How will insurers cover post-tragedy care? - Oct. 22/29
- Texas investigating pay practices in state's HMOs - Oct. 22/29
- Quick View: Is everybody happy? - Oct. 22/29
- Street Smarts: Now may be the time to buy biotech stocks - Oct. 22/29
- Just say no to HMOs: When doctors reject bad contracts - Oct. 15
- Gains in specialists' compensation outpace primary care - Oct. 15
- Hospital deals can benefit physicians, too - Oct. 15
- Quick View: Are HMOs on the down and out? - Oct. 15
- HMO alternative gives doctors and patients more freedom - Oct. 8
- Alabama HMO teeters near bankruptcy - Oct. 8
- New York-based insurer adapts, keeps working - Oct. 8
- Correct modifiers pay off with clean claims - Oct. 8
- Humana premieres its online, all-the-time health plan - Oct. 8
- Pennsylvania Blues shun closer ties, split - Oct. 8
- Old town, nuevos patients: Small-town doctors treating influx of Hispanic immigrants - Oct. 1
- Insurers increase defined-contribution plans - Oct. 1
- Doctors feel pain of health insurance hikes - Oct. 1
- CMA sues managed care agency over financial disclosure - Oct. 1
- A few drugs spark rise in prescription costs - Oct. 1
- Anthem planning IPO: Is expansion next? - Sept. 24
- Suit reveals Aetna-Wellpoint merger talks - Sept. 24
- Hospitals, staffs feeling a financial pinch - Sept. 24
- Premium practice: When patients pay top dollar for exclusive care - Sept. 17
- Consumers unhappy with their health plans -- or are they? - Sept. 17
- Doctors reject N.M. hospital's ad claim - Sept. 10
- Mich. Blues plan pushes generic drugs - Sept. 10
- "Claims pending" letters cause a stir - Sept. 10
- Street Smarts: Some drugs can fight symptoms, but not litigation - Sept. 10
- WellPoint is savvy but ... doctors are wary - Sept. 3
- Western, Midwest Blues giants drop alliance plans, stay open to other deals - Sept. 3
- Calif. county firms studying insurance woes - Sept. 3
- Expenses about even for HMOs, indemnity plans - Sept. 3
- Big plans put HMOs back in the black - Sept. 3
- Regence overpaid doctors, suit says - Sept. 3
- Former Health Net executive sues over prompt pay - Aug. 27
- Physicians get some help in fight against downcoding - Aug. 27
- More Florida physicians sue Blues for dumping them - Aug. 27
- Practice Pointers: Having a vision helps you navigate change - Aug. 27
- Ohio group tells drug reps: We'll listen -- if you pay - Aug. 20
- Slicing the pie: Rethinking the medical group's compensation scheme - Aug. 20
- Texas takes on slow-paying health plans - Aug. 20
- Doctors say goodbye to high costs of Philadelphia - Aug. 20
- "For sale" sign goes up at Wisconsin Blues - Aug. 20
- HMO hassles? Add them to the collection of complaints - Aug. 20
- Have your billing documentation at the ready - Aug. 20
- Aetna's new fee schedule bad news for Fla. doctors - Aug. 20
- How tough is life? One state has the facts and figures - Aug. 13
- Consumer-driven health plans could mean end of capitation - Aug. 13
- IPA law comes too late for some doctors - Aug. 13
- Conn. State Medical Society adds United to legal action - Aug. 13
- HMO ties bonuses to saving patients money - Aug. 13
- Modest compensation gains for most doctors - Aug. 13
- Drive time: How doctors handle commuting - Aug. 6
- New medical director optimistic Aetna's woes are fixable - Aug. 6
- Aetna reduces small-business coverage - Aug. 6
- California HMO: Doctor bonuses based on patient satisfaction - July 30
- Health network instability, contract disputes on upswing - July 30
- Tufts Health Plan contracts with claims review firm - July 30
- Arizona IPA reels as Health Net pulls contract - July 30
- Life after death: Doctors thrive after clinic closes - July 23
- AMA house goes after nursing shortage issue - July 9/16
- AMA delegates want more say over insurance coding - July 9/16
- N.C. Blues considers for-profit status after plan acquisition - July 9/16
- Common coding errors can cost your practice - July 2
- Heavy traffic: Are doctors avoiding exurbia? - July 2
- Florida doctors, Blues argue over extent of physician cuts - July 2
- Fewer physician groups accept capitation - July 2
- Importing patients' drugs may be hazardous - June 25
- Texas ensures paper-claims pathway - June 25
- Mandatory in-hospital referrals banned - June 25
- Georgia makes them mind: Making insurers pay their bills - June 18
- Anthem to buy Kansas Blues for $190 million - June 18
- Chicago businesses, doctors team up to improve diabetes care - June 18
- Practice Pointers: Document when borrowing from practice - June 18
- Better interpretation is just a phone call away - June 11
- Eastern Blues plan may turn for-profit - June 11
- Florida hospitals send SOS to doctors to help keep nurses - June 11
- Ohio judge says SummaCare illegally terminated doctor - June 11
- Rhode Island insurer must pay back co-pay overcharges - June 11
- Aetna retreats from shared risk designs - June 11
- States stiffening prompt-pay laws - June 4
- Leader of the prac: Is being the boss of your medical practice worth it? - June 4
- Not all insurers see income go up - June 4
- Blues, AMA set rules for doctor-plan contacts - June 4
- Idaho doctors settle with Regence Blues - June 4
- Fortune 500 executives grim about controlling health care costs - May 28
- After sell-off, PhyCor may be heading toward extinction - May 28
- Michigan practice refuses lump-sum deal from Wellness - May 28
- It pays to listen: The importance of doctor-patient communication - May 21
- Kentucky doctors want to know what insurers pay - May 21
- West Virginia says yes to HMO liability - May 21
- With co-pays rising, it's even more crucial to collect them - May 14
- Kaiser winning back doctors amid increasing enrollment - May 14
- Arizona plan reinstitutes preauthorization - May 14
- Physicians reconsidering TennCare role - May 14
- The P-word: Why physicians don't like being called "providers" - May 7
- Surgery center firm completes stock offering - May 7
- Humana offers new PPO for small businesses - May 7
- Nashville doctors wield clout over Aetna - May 7
- California begins asking physician groups about finances - April 23/30
- Texas bill puts spotlight on pay for women's procedures - April 23/30
- N.J. hospital drops length-of-stay plan - April 23/30
- PacifiCare hopes to regroup financially in Colorado - April 23/30
- Alabama firm plans all-digital hospital - April 16
- Welcoming or wary? Drug reps increasing - April 16
- Your practice is closing. Where will the medical records go? - April 16
- New York medical society takes insurers to task - April 16
- Florida plan stops paying for fertility tests, treatment - April 16
- States look at cutting costs with drug purchasing pools - April 16
- New faces, yet same old story at Aetna - April 16
- HMOs pledge to be doctor-friendly - April 9
- How many physicians does it take to make a practice? - April 9
- Doctors question whether Oxford has really transformed - April 9
- Embezzled: When it happens to you - April 2
- Physicians scoff at WellPoint as "most admired" - April 2
- In Arizona, multispecialty groups are facing extinction - April 2
- Insurers test direct-deposit pay for claims - March 26
- What Bush tax cut plan could mean to physicians - March 26
- Practice Pointers: Cuts or not, there will be changes for 2001 income taxes - March 26
- Size matters: Doctors leery of small HMOs - March 19
- Unhappy patients will leave their physicians - March 19
- Some insurers embracing defined contribution plans - March 12
- Despite first failure, new IPA launched in Texas - March 12
- States get tough on retroactive denials - March 12
- Earnings up for some major insurers despite rising costs - March 12
- PPOs overtaking HMOs, at least for now - March 5
- Capitation at the crossroads: The trend back to fee for service - March 5
- Connecticut medical society sues six managed care plans - March 5
- Anthem announces plans to convert to a for-profit - Feb. 26
- Use of physician extenders poses coding problems for practices - Feb. 26
- Doctors find hospitalists save time, money - Feb. 19
- Marketing protocol: A well-planned campaign is essential to your practice's success - Feb. 19
- Georgia fines Cigna for not paying promptly - Feb. 19
- New York mulls IPA reserve requirement - Feb. 19
- New Jersey requires health plans to cover annual physicals - Feb. 19
- Patients bypassing primary doctors for emergency care - Feb. 12
- Physicians finding it hard to drop Aetna's all-products clause - Feb. 12
- Allied forces: Hospital alliances benefit both sides - Feb. 5
- New Jersey loosens HMO drug formularies - Feb. 5
- Physicians, Southwest Texas HMO sue to force Texas IPA into bankruptcy - Feb. 5
- Same-day appointments catching on with doctors - Jan. 29
- Merck-Medco moves generics into drug sampling plan - Jan. 29
- When your HMO or IPA goes bankrupt - Jan. 22
- Physician practices struggling to stay profitable - Jan. 22
- Employers bracing for steep jump in health benefits costs - Jan. 22
- Aetna cuts all-or-nothing arrangements - Jan. 15
- Group of traditional medical practices bucks HMO trend - Jan. 15
- Physicians fight to keep names off premature HMO provider lists - Jan. 15
- Five questions for your future: Control issues - Jan. 1/8
- Florida doctors charge racial discrimination by Humana after being dropped from panel - Jan. 1/8
- California insurer WellPoint boosts bid to seal merger with Georgia Blues - Jan. 1/8
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46% of large companies offer health-related financial incentives to employees.
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Opinion 2001
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More than 50% of physician practices have five physicians or less.
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Technology 2001
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37% of U.S. adults say those with unhealthy lifestyles should pay higher health insurance premiums.
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Health & Science 2001
- Changes sought to combat drug, vaccine shortages - Dec. 24/31
- Public health: A victim of its own success? - Dec. 24/31
- Studies show pharmaceutical ads piquing patient interest - Dec. 24/31
- Dispatch from the front lines: From Pakistani refugee to APHA chief - Dec. 17
- CDC offers strategy to contain smallpox - Dec. 17
- Number of syphilis cases hits all-time low - Dec. 17
- Doctors warn of Cipro resistance - Dec. 10
- Progress and setbacks in 30 years' war on cancer - Dec. 10
- Statins found to work better in studies than in practice - Dec. 10
- Applying the science: Identifying victims after Sept. 11 - Dec. 3
- FDA to address impairment from OTC, prescription drugs - Dec. 3
- Doctors and patients learning about CF test - Dec. 3
- Physicians focus on hepatitis among African-Americans - Dec. 3
- Unhealthy aftereffects for rescuers and New Yorkers - Nov. 26
- Pharmaceutical fakes, knockoffs a growing problem - Nov. 26
- Researchers look for quicker ways to identify anthrax - Nov. 26
- Shortage feared as flu vaccine strained by anthrax worry - Nov. 19
- Soothing the wounds of war: One physician's journey - Nov. 19
- Problems prompt closer scrutiny of human research - Nov. 19
- How genetic testing is changing medicine - Nov. 19
- Are leaner times ahead for charities? - Nov. 12
- Smallpox vaccine: Balancing the benefits and the risks - Nov. 12
- Researchers say mammography doesn't cut mortality - Nov. 12
- Doctors, health system facing new challenges from anthrax - Nov. 5
- Evolutionary healing: A new -- but old -- approach to care - Nov. 5
- Negating the stigma associated with certain diseases - Nov. 5
- Certification of vitamins seen as way to fill regulatory void - Nov. 5
- FDA vacancy: Is top slot getting too hot? - Oct. 22/29
- Emergency responders assess how the system worked - Oct. 22/29
- Physicians are early warning system against bioterrorism - Oct. 15
- Headaches: A spectrum of pain presents a dilemma for doctors - Oct. 15
- Spirited patriotism boosts blood donations - Oct. 15
- Hawaii reports outbreak of dengue fever - Oct. 15
- Autoimmune diseases could share common genetic etiology - Oct. 8
- Technology triggers debate about uterine fibroid treatment - Oct. 8
- Better follow-up for brain trauma urged - Oct. 8
- A question of male maturation: boys to men too soon? - Oct. 8
- Aftermath of attack on America: Doctors ready; few to save - Oct. 1
- Cardiovascular disease: The heart of the family - Oct. 1
- Health of rural, urban residents lags behind suburbanites, HHS study says - Oct. 1
- WHO plan seeks to stanch global antimicrobial resistance - Oct. 1
- Quick action key to reducing heart attack toll - Oct. 1
- The honeymoon may be over for Viagra - Oct. 1
- Athletes needing asthma drugs face extra hurdles - Sept. 24
- Advances rated by value to patients - Sept. 24
- Institute of Medicine panel wrestles with racial, ethnic disparities in care - Sept. 24
- The invisible caregiver: How can doctors care for them, too? - Sept. 17
- Scientists strive to spare diabetics from the needle - Sept. 17
- Study advances insight into autism's genetic hot spots - Sept. 17
- Orders for flu vaccine maxed out already - Sept. 10
- Promising melanoma predictor studied - Sept. 10
- Antidepressants may ease insomnia in some patients - Sept. 10
- Medical truths are no strangers to fiction - Sept. 10
- Annual screening day focuses on depression - Sept. 10
- Full-body scans: Buying peace of mind - Sept. 3
- Ob-gyns take prenatal care into fast lane - Sept. 3
- Early testing of new drugs remains mostly a guy's game - Sept. 3
- Stem-cell research decision: Some funding, many questions - Aug. 27
- Battling the bulge: Philadelphia trims the fat - Aug. 27
- Hunting for ovarian cancer test - Aug. 27
- Public health urges earlier HIV detection - Aug. 27
- Meningitis: Still a health concern on college campuses - Aug. 27
- Diet and exercise best medicine in preventing diabetes - Aug. 27
- Target prevention: Researching the epidemiology of gun violence - Aug. 20
- Nation's blood supply failing to meet demand - Aug. 20
- Anti-doping efforts look at sports doctors - Aug. 20
- New markers get to the heart of MI screening, diagnosis - Aug. 20
- Time to inject booster of vaccine awareness - Aug. 20
- Texas researchers regroup after Tropical Storm Allison - Aug. 13
- Stem-cell research potential tempered by ethical issues - Aug. 13
- Club drugs more agony than ecstasy for young patients - Aug. 13
- Cultural competency critical in elder care - Aug. 6
- A weighty matter: Obesity, leptin and beyond - Aug. 6
- Education key to safety in substituting diabetes supplies - Aug. 6
- Treatment breaks common in AIDS/HIV care - Aug. 6
- Project seeks osteoarthritis biomarkers - Aug. 6
- Artificial heart still years away for most - July 30
- Recent tragedies focus attention on postpartum depression - July 30
- Puzzling malaise: Unlocking the clues - July 23
- Struggling to seal cracks in the immunization system - July 23
- Heart disease linked to societal disparities - July 23
- Questions swirl around drug ads for patients - July 9/16
- AMA recognizes bullying as public health problem - July 9/16
- Scientists find new directions in cancer battle - July 9/16
- Dr. Corlin takes aim at gun violence - July 9/16
- Changing times: AIDS 20 years later - July 2
- Teacher scores singing songs of sickness - July 2
- Debate flares over family's place in emergency department - July 2
- Return to sender: FDA takes on issue of imported drugs - June 25
- Proteomics: The next frontier in personalized medicine - June 25
- Report targets best practices for postpolio syndrome - June 25
- CDC: Order flu vaccine now for 2001-2002 - June 18
- Where's the nurse? Staffs stretched too thin - June 18
- Beyond cholesterol: New uses for statins - June 18
- Study challenges WHO anemia definition - June 18
- Rough season leads to allergy crunch - June 11
- Gene remedy success brings hope to restore human sight - June 11
- E-health surfers should proceed with caution - June 11
- Managing asthma takes physician diligence - June 11
- Cystic fibrosis: Clearing pathways - June 4
- Supreme Court ruling undermines medical use of marijuana - June 4
- Specialists seek medical answers to organ shortage - June 4
- Extension expected for pediatric drug law - June 4
- Guiding new patients from other countries through the health care labyrinth - May 28
- Ob-gyns address pressure to lower cesarean section rates - May 28
- Cancer drug wins speedy FDA approval - May 28
- Doctors get tips on patient falls prevention - May 28
- Olympic effort: Getting medical care ready for the Games - May 21
- Great minds: Mapping genomes - May 21
- Surgeon general unveils strategy for preventing suicides - May 21
- Advance prescriptions for emergency contraception? - May 21
- Baby boomers need to get, or stay active - May 21
- Potentially addictive medication can present prescribing puzzle - May 14
- Doubt cast on causal link between MMR vaccine and autism - May 14
- Chemotherapy at home improves outcomes - May 14
- Activists want Marlboro Man to ride off into the sunset - May 14
- Looking within: The brain as art - May 7
- CDC's elite investigating corps marks 50th anniversary - May 7
- Federal organ donation initiative is officially launched - May 7
- Census undercount hampers health efforts - May 7
- Doctors play key role in new genetic age - April 23/30
- Mad cow disease could trigger patient concerns - April 23/30
- HPV strain linked to increased mortality from cervical cancer - April 23/30
- New vaccine may boost allergy treatment - April 23/30
- Standardized patients: Uniform medical treatment - April 16
- TB declines in United States, but fight escalates globally - April 16
- Patients respond to good bedside manners - April 16
- Gaps persist in knowledge about women and heart disease - April 16
- Extra medications for sex partners one approach in public health struggle to curb Chlamydia - April 9
- New antiviral drug shows promise in fighting the common cold - April 9
- Pregnancy-related deaths more frequent than reported - April 9
- Is your patient (or child) abusing inhalants? - April 9
- Alzheimer's disease: Mind mysteries - April 2
- Research moves toward malaria vaccine - April 2
- Teens with HIV aren't taking their meds - April 2
- Film mammography still the foundation - April 2
- Bill advances efforts toward FDA regulation of tobacco - April 2
- Pharmaceutical shortfalls trigger treatment dilemmas - March 26
- Pediatricians Reach Out and Read to young patients - March 26
- IOM panel to focus on safety of vaccines - March 26
- FDA may approve new heart drug for blacks - March 26
- Patient orders: When patients ask for specific drugs - March 19
- Tetanus vaccine shortage leads to rationing - March 19
- Feds develop plan in war against antibiotic resistance - March 19
- Effective drug sequencing preserves HIV treatment options - March 19
- Closing the gap on supply and demand for organ donation - March 12
- CDC funds four-year inner-city asthma intervention project - March 12
- Coalition seeks to advance autism research - March 12
- Guidelines may boost cholesterol intervention for more patients - March 12
- Code green: Seeing the side effects of alternative supplements - March 5
- Human genome draft sequence offers clues to health - March 5
- Needles used at home need a place to go - Feb. 26
- California doctors jolted by power crisis - Feb. 26
- Panel urges HHS to require filtering of donated blood - Feb. 26
- Miles to go before I sleep: America is becoming a culture of sleeplessness - Feb. 19
- New care model needed for hip fractures - Feb. 19
- Likelihood of schizophrenia test debated - Feb. 19
- Killing draws public health focus to STDs - Feb. 12
- Diet's role in healing often overlooked - Feb. 12
- AMA, CDC leading the fight against foodborne illness - Feb. 12
- Research challenges theory that weight has a set point - Feb. 12
- Addictive cocktail: Alcoholism and genetics - Feb. 5
- New FDA regulations heighten oversight of tissue banks - Feb. 5
- Links between primary care, addiction services may help treatment - Jan. 29
- Review of popular diets finds many aren't very healthy - Jan. 29
- Health education from television: Patients may bring something from "ER" to exam room - Jan. 29
- Eat your veggies - and lots more of them - Jan. 29
- Air Force physician faces court-martial over refusal to get anthrax vaccine - Jan. 29
- FDA calls for changes in drug labeling - Jan. 22
- A new cardiovascular approach: Eating for life - Jan. 22
- Salmonella showing more resistance to antibiotics - Jan. 22
- Bioimaging research to be focus of new institute at NIH - Jan. 22
- Hospital emergency department capacity may be reaching its limits - Jan. 15
- Health care coalition begins push to end smoking during pregnancy - Jan. 15
- FDA calls for extra labeling for antibacterial drugs - Jan. 15
- New HIV mutation shows resistance to nucleoside analogs - Jan. 15
- Physicians say no to automatic therapeutic drug substitutions - Jan. 1/8
- Flu vaccine: Enough to go around? - Jan. 1/8
- Health disciplines join to curb youth violence - Jan. 1/8
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