Michael Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, University of California, Los Angeles, discusses electronic medical records (EMR) at UCLA, including data access for doctors, web portals, inpatient nursing electronic…
Marsha Guess, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Yale University, discusses overactive bladder treatment with newer drugs such as trospium chloride, and reminds physicians…
Marsha Guess, MD, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at Yale University, discusses altered sexual function in women and a Yale study that is looking at…
Christian Pettker, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Yale University, discusses multiple pregnancies, the risks associated with them and how they can be made…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in US cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy has increased 10-fold since their introduction, yet there’s been no associated decline in…
This week, the AMA is mobilizing its grassroots network to vote “yes” on H.R. 3961, the “Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009.” This bill would permanently repeal…
A controversial audit program in the process of being rolled out in all 50 states by 2010 is sparking concerns not just from the nation’s largest hospitals, but…
This week, the AMA sent a letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi outlining its support for the concurrent passage of two health system reform bills before…
This week the House of Representatives unveiled two bills addressing health system reform, The Affordable Health Care for America Act and the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act. See…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Liquid-based cytology is no better than conventional Pap tests in detecting cervical cancer precursors, according to a report in the Journal of the…