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NEWS ABOUT: medical care

medical care stories: 14 news summaries

 Senators Tweet It Out 
 Over 'Death Panels' 

Specter accuses Grassley of spreading false info

Aug 14, 09 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Arlen Specter and Chuck Grassley engaged in a very 21st-century sniping match today, ABC's Jake Tapper reports. The 79-year-old Pennsylvania Democrat took to Twitter to accuse the 75-year-old Iowa Republican of spreading "myths about health care reform and imaginary ‘death panels.' " He was referring to comments... More »

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health care • social networking • Iowa • Senate • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Charles Grassley • health care reform • medical care • Twitter • death panel

(Newser) - Everybody's thinking small on health care reform, writes David Goldhill in the Atlantic. Our system is so abysmal—the headline on his lengthy piece is "How American Health Care Killed My Father"—that it needs a radical restructuring, and that should start with insurance. Let's just stop buying... More »

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health care • health insurance • hospitals • health care industry • health care reform • medical care

analysis

 GOP Backed 
 'Death Panels' 
 ...in 2003 

End-of-life counseling provided in Medicare bill

Aug 14, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - They’re up in arms against it now, but Republicans voted for a measure providing end-of-life counseling in 2003, Amy Sullivan writes for Time. That year’s Medicare prescription drug bill, which boasted support from 204 GOP representatives and 42 senators, offered funding for “counseling the beneficiary with respect... More »

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health care • Congress • Senate Republicans • Charles Grassley • health care reform • medical care • House Republicans • Congressional Republicans • death panel • end-of-life care

OPINION

 These Kooks 
 Aren't Fooling Anyone 


Aug 14, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “wild-eyed rants” reverberating through town hall meetings are pretty amusing. But do Republicans “really think the country is dopey enough to mistake microwave mobs staging Potemkin village protests” for actual American rage, asks Scot Lehigh of the Boston Globe. “If so, they’re delusional.”... More »

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health care • protests • Enron • health care reform • town hall meeting • medical care

OPINION

 Reform? 
 We Need a Revolution 


Aug 12, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Diane McWhorter’s experience with a doctor caring for her elderly mother has her hoping for more than health care reform. “Socialized medicine, hell,” she writes on DoubleX. “How about a cultural revolution?” Her mom’s doctor, due for a vacation, dumped her on a “hospitalist”... More »

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physician • patients • illness • doctor • hospital • health care reform • medical care • Obama administration

glossies

 Autism's Secret: 
 The Kids Grow Up 


May 15, 09 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Autistic children do something that most medical research on the subject rarely addresses: They grow up, Karl Taro Greenfeld writes in Time. The brother of autistic, 42-year-old Noah, Greenfeld recounts the struggles of shuffling a low-functioning autistic between state facilities, visiting him, worrying about him, and watching him degenerate... More »

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autism • children • medical care

(Newser) - US hospitals are running short of nurses as the high-pressure work pushes many to walk out, the AP reports. With little on-the-job training, one in five are quitting in less than a year—forcing hospitals to invest in residency programs to try to keep them. "It really was, 'Throw... More »

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nurses • hospital • medical care

 Cruise: Jett's Death 'Horrific' 

Actor slams 'false' accusations against Scientology

Jan 8, 09 5:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Tom Cruise mourns the sudden death of John Travolta’s son and defends Scientology in an appearance on The View taped to air tomorrow, ABC News reports. "It's just horrific. Here you have a man, both of them doting parents, they're wonderful people and…” Cruise says, trailing off.... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • John Travolta • The View • funeral • Scientologists • medical care • Jett Travolta

'Conscience' Rule Threatens to Reignite Abortion Battle

Bush's last-minute new rule for medical workers sparks controversy

Dec 2, 08 8:29 AM CST
(Newser) - An expanded "right of conscience" rule for medical workers planned by the Bush administration could hand Barack Obama a major battle over medical ethics, the Los Angeles Times reports. Doctors and nurses can already legally refuse to perform abortions, but the new rule would allow any health care worker... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • abortion • contraception • doctor • Michael O. Leavitt • medical care • morning after pill • George W. Bush • President Obama

ANALYSIS

 US Military Showing Softer Side 

Greater emphasis on humanitarian operations seen by some as 'out of whack'

Jul 28, 08 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite recent focus on shooting wars, the Defense Department has tweaked the core mission of US armed forces to promote “soft power,” such as humanitarian aid, the Boston Globe reports. Some civilian onlookers say the foreign policy is “out of whack,” and “too dominated by... More »

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Department of Defense • US military aid • disaster zones • medical care • humanitarian aid • international aid • soft power

 China Death Toll Nears 40,000 

Foreign medical workers arrive as focus shifts toward aiding survivors

May 20, 08 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The official quake death toll climbed to nearly 40,000 in China’s Sichuan province today, the Guardian reports, as foreign medical teams and equipment arrived on the scene. Relief efforts began shifting away from finding survivors to aiding the more than 200,000 injured and 5 million left homeless.... More »

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China • foreign aid • death toll • relief • panda • natural disaster • medical care • earthquake • aftershock

 Battle Brews Over 
 Medical Marijuana, 
 Organ Transplants 

Seattle man dies awaiting donor liver

May 19, 08 2:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Potential organ recipients who are using medically prescribed marijuana are being removed from transplant waiting lists, raising serious questions about transplant programs' screening processes, reports the LA Times. A Seattle man died last month after being denied a donor liver, and a critically ill man in Washington state has been... More »

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organ transplants • medical marijuana • Washington • medical care • medical ethics

 1 in 50 US Infants Mistreated 

Study finds parents 'not being able to really care' for newborns

Apr 3, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 1 in 50 US children under age 1 is a victim of nonfatal neglect or abuse—particularly among the uninsured, a survey finds. One-third of the 91,000 victims were a week or younger when the maltreatment occurred. "It's not primarily kids being hit, but parents … not... More »

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parenting • health insurance • drug addiction • medical costs • child abuse • abuse • infant • child neglect • new parents • newborn • uninsured • medical care

Don't Get More Than Seasick

Cruise ships provide docs, but aren't responsible for them

Jan 20, 08 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - If you're one of the 10 million or so Americans who take a cruise this year, make sure you understand that “all-inclusive” doesn’t apply to medical care, says ABC News. Cruise ships have doctors on board, but the operator won’t take responsibility for them. Cruise lines, says... More »

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health care • travel • contractors • doctor • liability • cruise ships • cruise lines • medical care

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