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An unconscionable conscience rule
Dec 26, 2008 |
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Doctors take an oath to put their patients' interests first. A new Bush administration rule will change that. The so-called "conscience rule" is one of a host of last-minute regulatory changes being made in the waning hours ...
UCLA expert blames American values for health-care crisis
Dec 04, 2008 |
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To heal our ailing health care system, we need to stop thinking like Americans. That's the message of two articles by UCLA's Dr. Marc Nuwer, a leading expert on national health care reform, published this week in Neurology, ...
Cellphones may spread superbugs in hospitals: study
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Cell phones belonging to hospital staff were found to be tainted with bacteria -- including the drug-resistant MRSA superbug -- and may be a source of hospital-acquired infections, according to study released Friday.
9 patients made nearly 2,700 ER visits in Texas
Apr 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Just nine people accounted for nearly 2,700 of the emergency room visits in the Austin area during the past six years at a cost of $3 million to taxpayers and others, according to a report. The patients went to hospital ...
British medics let sick baby die after court ruling
Mar 21, 2009 |
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A seriously ill baby boy in Britain died Saturday, the day after his parents lost a legal battle to force doctors to keep him alive.
Poorer people still excluded from top professions
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors and lawyers are more likely to come from wealthy backgrounds according to new research from the Department of Economics that indicates that the ‘social gap’ that prevents poorer people ...
Study suggests doctors could add to Wikipedia
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Researchers are suggesting that doctors could be spending more time writing and editing Wikipedia pages on medical topics, despite questions that have been raised about the collaborative online encyclopedia's ...
Hurried doctor visits may leave patients feeling forgetful
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2008 |
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Have you ever been whisked through a doctor's visit, and afterward were unable to remember what the doctor said? A University of Rochester Medical Center study disclosed that doctors don't often take the steps necessary to ...
Google Health to safeguard 'end-of-life' wishes
Jul 17, 2009 |
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Google on Thursday invited people to store "end-of-life" wishes at its free online health records management service.
Should doctors be increasing their carbon footprint by flying to medical conferences?
Jun 27, 2008 |
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[B]Are international medical conferences an outdated luxury the planet can't afford?[/B] Every year thousands of doctors and scientists fly to meetings all over the world, but with climate change accelerating, can this typ ...
Doctors must be held accountable for complying with torture
Aug 01, 2008 |
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Doctors who assist in torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment should face prosecution and licensing punishments, says an editorial on BMJ.com today.
Study says cut to junior doctors' hours does not compromise patients' safety
Jul 02, 2008 |
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Research led by a team at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School has found that reducing the hours of junior doctors does not compromise patients' safety and could even dramatically cut mistakes on wards but, ...
Doctors should disclose off-label prescribing to their patients
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Doctors should be required to disclose when they are prescribing drugs off-label, argues a new article in this week's PLoS Medicine. Michael Wilkes and Margaret Johns from the University of California Davis argue that the et ...
Treatment lowers temp, saves patients in cardiac arrest
Dec 30, 2008 |
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Nearly 200,000 out-of-hospital incidents of sudden cardiac arrest occur among U.S. residents each year. For every minute care is delayed, survival is decreased.
Market based reforms have not harmed equity in the NHS, say researchers
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Recent NHS reforms, such as the introduction of patient choice and provider competition, have not had a deleterious impact on equity with respect to waiting times for elective surgery in England, concludes a study published ...
