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physician stories: 29 news summaries

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OPINION

 Skip Doctor-Rating Websites 

Physicians find sites mostly content-free, easily manipulated

Nov 28, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The Internet allows people to rate just about anything, so you’d think that rate-your-doctor websites would be a useful, possibly even live-saving resource, right? Not so, writes Kent Sepkowitz for Slate. A physician himself, Sepkowitz set out to find out what he could learn about himself and various colleagues.... More »

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Internet • physician • doctor • website • reviews • approval ratings

obituary

 Michael DeBakey Dead at 99 

Heart pioneer developed key devices, operated on thousands

Jul 12, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael DeBakey, the pioneering heart doctor considered to be the father of modern cardiovascular surgery,  died last night at 99 in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reports.  During his long career, DeBakey operated on some 60,000 patients, including figures like Russian president Boris Yeltsin, trained thousands of surgeons,... More »

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physician • obituary • surgeon • heart surgery • Michael DeBakey

Dems Ready to Slap McCain on Medicare Bill

GOP senator absent with 1 vote needed to save doctor payments

Jul 9, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are preparing to attack John McCain for hurting doctors, the elderly, and veterans—all by not showing up, The Hill reports. Medicare legislation to stave off a 10.6% cut in physician payments is one vote short in the Senate, and the presumptive GOP nominee, repeatedly absent when it... More »

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John McCain • elderly • Senate • Medicare • physician • American Medical Association • American College of Surgeons

Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances

'Dr Death' gets enough signatures to be on Michigan ballot

Jul 8, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(AP) - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan. The Oakland County elections director says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures—about 200 more than needed. More »

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Congress • physician • assisted suicide • Michigan • Dr. Death • ballots • Jack Kevorkian • Bill Maher Grid

Nurses With Doctorates
Ease Shortage

Advanced degrees, 'hybrid practitioners' raise questions

Apr 2, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - As part of the effort to counter the worsening doctor shortage, some 200 American nursing schools plan to train "hybrid practitioners" with doctorates in nursing practice who can function as independent primary care givers. But even as the concept of the DNP catches on, some physicians and nurse practitioners... More »

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medicine • education • nurses • physician • health care industry • doctor • shortage • nursing • Doctor of Nursing Practice

 When to Dump Your Doc 

If you leave feeling worse than you did when you arrived, find a new physician

Mar 19, 08 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Is it time to break up with your doctor? View your next physical the same way you would a date, then decide. Forbes outlines 10 red flags that might indicate "It's over."
  1. Your personalities just plain clash.
  2. Your doctor doesn't give you enough information about your
... More »

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medicine • health • physician • list • doctor

Doctor Sues
3 Officials in Anthrax Case

Claims they leaked
info, caused 'severe emotional distress'

Jan 13, 08 5:02 PM CST
(Newser) - A former army doctor identified as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks is suing three US officials for leaking information about him, the Los Angeles Times reports. In his five-year-old suit, physician Steven Hatfill claims the case caused him "severe emotional distress" and hindered his... More »

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Department of Justice • US attorney • FBI • John Ashcroft • physician • lawsuit • doctor • District of Columbia • anthrax • steven hatfill

Record Highs Scorch West

Sizzling towns open swelter shelters for elderly as heat goes on

Jul 6, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A searing heat wave is likely to continue barbecuing the western U.S. today after record temperatures soared to 127 in Death Valley, 125 in nearby Baker and 116 in Phoenix yesterday. Las Vegas sizzled at 116 degrees with humidity in the single digits, and even northeastern Oregon cracked 107... More »

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weather • California • elderly • West • Arizona • Las Vegas • physician • United States • temperature • heat • heat wave • sun • hot • humidity • Idaho • rain

Kevorkian
Set to Leave
Prison Friday

'Doctor Death' will retire from mercy killing, won't stop lobbying for legalization

May 27, 07 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack Kevorkian, the champion of mercy killing, will be released from prison June 1 after doing eight years for helping a Michigan man commit suicide. The 79-year-old retired pathologist spent a decade assisting terminally ill patients end their lives, using a homemade machine to administer the fatal drugs and then... More »

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prison • pain doctor • Jack Kervorkian • mercy killing • physician • assisted suicide • doctor • Oregon • painkiller • Jack Kevorkian

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