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physician stories: 29 news summaries

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 AMA Mellows on 
 Medical Marijuana 

Doctors group nudges Feds toward reclassification, research

Nov 11, 09 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The American Medical Association has finally softened on marijuana, urging the government to give it a new classification that would open the door to serious research on its medical merits. Now a Schedule I drug, with no accepted medical uses, under the AMA proposal it would become a Schedule II... More »

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medical marijuana • smoking • physician • medical research • prescription drugs • cannabis • American Medical Association • doctors • Schedule I narcotic • Schedule II narcotic

OPINION

Health Industry Shakedown Imperils Reform

Obama must ignore lobbyists for insurers, doctors, drug makers

Oct 19, 09 3:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - In dealing with pharmaceutical companies, insurers, and the AMA, President Obama should take a page from David Letterman's book and not fall prey to blackmail, writes former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Promises the administration made to those three constituencies in exchange for staying neutral or positive about health care reform... More »

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physician • blackmail • extortion • David Letterman • American Medical Association • health care reform • Robert Reich • pharmaceutical industry • insurance industry • Obama administration • doctors • President Obama • health insurance industry • shakedown

 I'd Vote for Health Bill: Frist 

Obama's reforms are a step in the right direction, former Senate majority leader says

Oct 2, 09 6:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Health care reform legislation has the unexpected support of a prominent physician: former Senate Republican leader Bill Frist. If he were still in politics, “I would end up voting for it," Frist said. The surgeon also blamed some Republicans for not engaging seriously in the health care debate:... More »

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health care • Republican • Senate • Bill Frist • physician • doctor • health care reform • incentives • Obama administration

German Doc Probed in Poison Death of 2 in Therapy

12 rushed to local hospital during session

Sep 20, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A German doctor was being investigated today for possible homicide after two patients in his therapy group died of poisoning, reports AP. Twelve others were rushed to a local hospital after one called emergency services. One is in a coma. The doctor has admitted giving his patients various drugs and... More »

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crime • murder • physician • doctor • therapy

(Newser) - A new Investors’ Business Daily poll showing doctors opposed to President Obama’s health care reform is generating some buzz today, but it's so flawed that Nate Silver has only this advice: “Completely ignore” it, he writes on FiveThirtyEight. Here’s why:
  • It's conducted by mail: Hardly
... More »

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physician • poll • health care reform • opinion polls • doctors • Nate Silver • Investors' Business Daily • methodology

INVESTIGATION

Fake GOP Panel Recruits Docs in Health Reform Battle

Fraudulent 'Physicians' Council' uses names without permission

Sep 4, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican members of Congress have been touting a "Physicians' Council for Responsible Reform," which supposedly consists of 100-odd doctors working with the GOP leadership in the fight against Obamacare. In fact, writes Timothy Noah for Slate, the council doesn't exist; it's a PR exercise, not to mention a... More »

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Republican • physician • doctor • scam • health care reform • NRCC • National Republican Congressional Committee

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

investigation

Costs Soar as Docs Order and Perform Tests

Fishy practice
highlights challenge
of medical regulation

Jul 31, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Congress wrestles with health-care reform, studies show it’s tough to regulate the status quo: Doctors’ “self-referrals” for medical imaging have continued despite efforts to legislate against them, the Washington Post reports. Doctors who own the equipment that scans patients stand to make more cash—and tend to... More »

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health care • health care costs • CT scans • physician • MRI • health care reform • CT scanner • doctors • Bernard Madoff

OPINION

 Obama's Health 
 Plan Will Crack  
 Whip on States 

States mishandle Medicaid, get bullied by private firms: doctor

Jul 29, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors nationwide are “outraged” by President Obama’s health care plan, but “I call it progress,” writes one Missouri physician for Salon. The reform would take oversight out of the hands of states, which seemingly specialize in “lax regulation of private insurers” and poor handling of... More »

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health care • health insurance • physician • Medicaid • health care reform • state spending • state governments • health insurers • President Obama

(Newser) - Court records filed today identify Michael Jackson's personal physician as the target of a manslaughter investigation into the singer's death, the Los Angeles Times reports. The development isn't exactly a shocker, given that authorities executed a search warrant yesterday at an office and public storage unit owned by the physician,... More »

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physician • singer • Michael Jackson • icons • Conrad Murray • Los Angeles Police Department

(Newser) - An explosion of online forums for the discussion and rating of physicians has doctors fighting back, the Washington Post reports. Afraid of negative—perhaps spurious—reviews on the Web, some MDs are denying care unless a patient signs a non-disclosure agreement. Though opponents call the agreements “illegal, unenforceable, and... More »

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medicine • Internet • physician • negative ratings • forum • confidentiality agreement • gag order • non-disclosure agreement • doctors

New iPhone App
Locates Pot Spots


Jul 20, 09 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Instead of hotspots, IPhone users can now find pot spots, thanks to a new app that locates legal medical marijuana outlets, reports Mashable. Apple has approved the $2.99 iPhone app, Canabis, which seeks out legal pot clinics, collectives, advocacy organizations, and prescribing docs throughout the US. The smokin' application... More »

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iPhone • medical marijuana • physician • Apple • marijuana • doctor • application • App Store

'No Red Flag'
in Jackson Doc Interview: LAPD

2nd autopsy done
for family, but likely without singer's brain

Jun 28, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles police interviewed Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, for 3 hours last night and found “no red flag” or indication of foul play in the pop icon's death, a source tells the LA Times. The LAPD says Murray is cooperating and is not a suspect, but Jackson's family... More »

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physician • autopsy • Michael Jackson • coroner • Conrad Murray • cause of death

Docs' Group Opposes Public Health Insurance

Powerful AMA pushes against Obama,
Dem proposals

Jun 11, 09 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just as Republicans and Democrats head for a showdown on health care reform, the American Medical Association is telling Congress that it will oppose a government-sponsored insurance plan—a key, if the most controversial, piece of plans put forward by Dems with support from the White House. The AMA wants... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Barack Obama • health insurance • Medicare • physician • American Medical Association • doctors

 US Doc Boasts  
 He Implanted 11 
 Human Clones 

'The cloned child is coming,' says controversial physician

Apr 22, 09 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial American fertility doctor is boasting that he cloned 14 human embryos and implanted 11 of them them into women, reports the Independent. None of the tranfers led to a viable pregnancy. A documentary filmmaker recorded the procedures involving four women who had hoped to become the first mothers... More »

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pregnancy • fertility • physician • doctor • human embryos • fertility clinic • clone • implanted embryos • human clones • Panayiotis Zavos

 Burn Victim 
 Gets New 
 Face, Hands 

Landmark operation in clinic where docs performed world's first face transplant

Apr 7, 09 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A burn victim has received a new face and hands in a ground-breaking transplant surgery in France, reports the Times of London. A team of 40 doctors worked 30 hours in the same Paris hospital that performed the world's first face transplant in 2005 and first hand transplant in 1998.... More »

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surgery • France • physician • Paris • hospital • face transplant • surgeons • hand transplant

Paging Dr. Nurse:
New Degree Sparks Turf War

Physicians irked at nurses' doctoral status

Feb 23, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A doctoral degree for nurses has sparked a backlash from physicians, who say referring to nurses by the title "doctor" could be confusing to patients, NPR reports. “I can just imagine a patient walking into my exam room and saying, ‘Now, Dr. Smith, are you a doctor... More »

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medicine • nurses • physician • doctor • nursing • advanced degrees

ANALYSIS

 Bill Could Kill 
 Doc-Owned Hospitals 

Feds may see $1.2B in savings if for-profit facilities come under new regulation

Jan 22, 09 12:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A clause in a child-health bill just passed by the House would restrict Medicare payouts for, and the expansion of, doctor-owned hospitals, the specialized-care units blamed for hurting income at nonprofit facilities, the Wall Street Journal reports. There are 200 such facilities nationwide, touted for their efficiency but criticized for... More »

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health care • Congress • physician • doctor • hospital • for-profit hospital • nonprofit hospital • bill • Obama administration • President Obama

Hawaii's Online Health Care Brings Back House Call

Patients can consult with doctors via the web

Jan 15, 09 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Hawaii now allows residents to consult a physician online, CNET reports. Beginning today, Hawaiians can conduct doctor visits via online chat, telephone or video conferencing. Physicians are available 24/7. While even advocates of the system doubt it can replace in-person visits, the service is expected to be useful for follow-up... More »

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health care • Internet • physician • doctor • Hawaii

Drug Companies Agree
to Stop Docs' Free Goodies

Critics charged stacks of free trinkets were attempt to influence doctors' decisions

Dec 31, 08 7:20 AM CST
(Newser) - The piles of freebies drug companies lavish on doctors will go the way of the VHS tape as of tomorrow, the New York Times reports. The industry, facing criticism that it is trying to unduly influence doctors' decisions, has voluntarily decided to stop handing out pens, stethoscope holders, bandages, T-shirts,... More »

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pharmaceutical companies • drug companies • physician • doctor • gift • pharmaceutical industry • doctors

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