
Does the United States need to be training more physicians? One might think not, given that we currently have more physicians—both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the population—than at any other time in the last fifty years. It...

Federal regulations limit work hours for pilots and truck drivers, but medical residents who have the safety of their patients in their hands can work 30-hour shifts. Public Citizen and more than 40 other groups say that needs to change...

California clinics and hospitals are divided over a bill (SB 726) would relax California's ban on hospitals' direct hiring of physicians by letting 52 districts in medically underserved areas directly hire up to five doctors each, the Fresno Bee reports...

Washington -- President Obama promised spending freezes during his first State of the Union address, but his $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget request still would protect physicians from Medicare pay cuts and extend enhanced federal support for state Medicaid programs...

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday vowed to continue pressing for an overhaul of the nation's health care system, despite recent political setbacks. "So just in case there's any confusion out there, let me be clear...

Victims of medical malpractice could see the amount of damages they could receive cut in half under a bill that is likely to pit the state's physicians against the lawyers who represent injured patients. SB145, sponsored by Sen...

Corwin Brown, 35, got tired of being teased and called "gimpy" by his co-workers at the Oregon Military Department in Salem. So the Knox Butte area resident recently dropped by the Samaritan North Albany Urgent Care to find out why his left foot was hurting so badly...

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The construction of a new medical centre, which could begin as early as May, will go a long way in addressing the current shortage of physicians in High River, said one of the local doctors who is spearheading the design and construction process. Calling the situation "critical", Dr...

At last week’s amazing Q&A with Obama, House Republicans presented the President with a set of policy proposals. Among them was the GOP plan for health care reform. ...

CoxHealth, St. John’s Hospital and the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri will spend the next year identifying the strategies and resources needed to increase enrollment at the school and expand educational opportunities for students at Cox and St. John’s hospitals and clinics. “...

With an ever-changing political landscape, predicting what will happen to health care in America is pretty much impossible...

Health care is undergoing a dramatic change - one that has hospitals and physician groups scrambling to fill a need of which their communities are largely unaware. Simply put, the problem is this: nationwide, physicians are retiring at a rate that far outpaces recruitment...

The Fiji College of General Practitioners and the Health Ministry will work together to see that more private doctors can provide services at the government hospitals during the week. Ministry's Spokesperson Iliesa Tora said they have spoken to the FCGP and have received a positive response...








