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Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform

Ninety-two percent of the almost 2,000 physicians who responded to a Jackson Healthcare survey of physicians agree with Dr. Chad Hewitt. The number one way to reduce health care costs may be tort reform. While Dr. Hewitt, a podiatrist friend of mine in the Kansas City area...

Physicians for Human Rights: More Torture Investigation Needed

In an eight page paper entitled, Aiding Torture: Health Professionals' Ethics and Human Rights Violations Revealed in the May 2004 CIA Inspector General's Report, Physicians for Human Rights...

C384-Canadian Proposed Euthanasia Bill - A dilemna for Doctors

This fall Bill C-384, which would make physician assisted suicide legal, will come up for second reading in the Canadian Parliament this fall.  This is the furthest such a bill has ever gone in Canada. It is...

President Obama Launches Health Care Push

President Barack Obama is meeting today with a group of what the White House calls “health care reform stakeholders.” Those attending represent insurers, hospitals, physicians, medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies and, of course, labor union representatives...

US doctors plan to quit or cut back :cause overwork

Well this is fatigue of overwork or financial maket collapse syndrome time will tell, but the US healthcare will suffer, as it depends heavily on immigrated doctors.The refusal to recommend medicine as profession will have very bad effect on the mindset of the...

Abandoned Miami Baby Found Under A Bush Now in State Care

THE mother of the Miami newborn baby, Lorena Godinez Perez, 19,   has been released from hospital  and went straight to court on a US$25,000 bond 12th September, charged with attempted murder....

Survey: Many believe in divine intervention

"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. ...

Ill Palestinians 'asked to spy'

In a staratling revelation a human rights group has accused Israeli governement of forcing injured and sick Palestinians to become their spy. The allegation came after Israel granted temporary refuge to more...

Medical Wikipedia in the works

A new project to compile the largest online medical resource is underway. It's based on the same technology used by Wikipedia and is intended to make esoteric medical information widely accessible and easy to...

Congress Overrides Veto of Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers A...

On July 15, 2008, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate voted to override President Bush's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.

Britney quietly released from LA hospital

Beijing (ANTARA News) - Britney Spears quietly left the Los Angeles hospital where she was receiving treatment for mental evaluation, media reported Wednesday.The pop star was released from the hospital after spending seven days in the psych ward of the UCLA Medical Center...

Bayer Trasylol Heart Surgery Clotting Drugs Sales Suspended Worldwide

"MONDAY, Nov. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Bayer AG suspended worldwide sales of Trasylol, a clotting drug using during heart surgery to prevent bleeding, on Monday following a request from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to remove the drug from the American market for safety...

Provigil Side Effects include Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) Warns the FDA

FDA WARNING Provigil which is made by drug manufacturer Cephalon, is used to treat people suffering from narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea and stops them falling asleep at random times during the day.The FDA...

Boston Scientific receives CE Mark approval for Dilatation Catheters

"Apex is a high-performance balloon catheter that allows physicians to reach and cross the most challenging atherosclerotic lesions. Designed for use with drug-eluting stents, Apex has been developed specifically to address physicians' need for a catheter that can reach not...

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