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Spain Opens Second Life Clinic for Teens

Virtual doctor's office welcomes those who hate the real thing

May 10, 08 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Spanish health officials are opening a virtual clinic in the popular online world Second Life, where they plan to advise teens who are too shy to consult flesh-and-blood doctors, the Guardian reports. It will appear as a consultation room for now, but officials hope to expand the service and... More »

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health care • Internet • Spain • doctor • medical treatment • Second Life • teen health • avatar

 Docs Suffer
 Highest Suicide Rate 

One-a-day average tops all professions

Apr 27, 08 5:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Depression among physicians sparks 300 to 400 suicides a year, the highest rate of any profession, Newsweek reports. While male suicides outnumber female 4 to 1 in the general population, the rate among male and female doctors is about the same. "Undiagnosed and untreated depression is the culprit here,... More »

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suicide • doctor • documentary • substance abuse • suicide prevention

 Forget the Hype:
 Most Overrated
 Careers 

Being a cop, lawyer or chef might seem glamorous—but don't be fooled

Apr 22, 08 6:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cops might look cool on TV, but they do a lot of paperwork off screen. Most chefs churn out the same dishes nightly in assembly-line fashion. Before hopping onto the latest career fad, see US News & World Report's list of most overrated lines of work: 
  1. A great
... More »

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police • list • chef • doctor • nonprofit • attorney • career • teacher

Nosy UCLA MDs Got Off Easier Than Other Staff

Some of the non-docs who peeked at Britney's files were fired

Apr 12, 08 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The MDs who wrongly looked at Britney Spears’ medical records while she was being treated on two occasions at UCLA hospitals have gotten off easier than other staff, the Los Angeles Times reports. Of the at least 53 snoopers, 18 non-doctors retired, resigned, or were dismissed, but none of... More »

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Britney Spears • hospitals • privacy • doctor • UCLA • confidential information • Maria Shriver • UCLA Medical Center • medical records • invasion • Farrah Fawcett

Medicare May Be Behind Prostate Treatment Move

After funding cut, more doctors used surgical castration over injection

Apr 7, 08 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Slashed Medicare reimbursement might have altered how doctors treat prostate cancer, pushing them to favor castration surgery over hormone therapy, USA Today reports. A study in the journal Cancer shows hormone-therapy injections jumped in the 1990s and early 2000s, while castration surgeries decreased. But when Medicare halved what it paid... More »

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prostate cancer • surgery • Medicare • doctor • urology • hormone therapy

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

Pro-Life Docs Need Not Perform Abortions: Board

Body clarifies ruling that had feds, physicians worried about certifications

Mar 20, 08 2:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Obstetrician/gynecologists who don’t want to deal with abortions don’t have to, the certifying board for their specialty said today, responding to Bush administration fears that the board was going to refuse to certify doctors who decline to perform them or refer patients to someone who does. The US... More »

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health care • abortion • pregnancy • Department of Health • doctor • Mike Leavitt • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists • American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology • obstetrician-gynecologists • ob/gyns • pro-life

 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
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medicine • health • physician • list • doctor

Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

Docs must ask ER
patients if they use cocaine, AHA says

Mar 17, 08 7:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors should ask younger patients if their heart attack symptoms are really due to cocaine use, the American Heart Association said today. Coke can cause chest pain similar to a heart attack, it said, but heart medication can be fatal to cocaine users. "Not knowing what you are dealing... More »

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hospitals • cocaine • emergency room • blood pressure • doctor • heart attack • American Heart Association

NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity

New head of state is funny but also solemn

Mar 17, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Paterson was sworn in as New York’s governor this afternoon and gave a speech that mixed humor and solemnity, the Albany Times-Union reports. “I never expected to have the honor of serving as governor,” said New York’s first black governor, who repeatedly stressed the importance... More »

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New York • doctor • Eliot Spitzer • budget deficit • endowment • David Paterson • Albany

Doc Linked to 17 Aussie Deaths Busted in Portland

Bungling 'Dr. Death'  faces extradition

Mar 12, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor accused of leaving a bloody trail of surgical mistakes from New York to Australia to Oregon, has been arrested in Portland, the AP reports. Jayant Patel, a US citizen, fled to Oregon in 2005 after an inquiry was launched into botched operations linked to 17 deaths at a... More »

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Australia • medical malpractice • doctor • Oregon • extradition • surgeon • manslaughter • Jayant Patel

Super-TB Cases Hit Record High

WHO calls for urgent action

Feb 27, 08 1:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are at the highest levels disease experts have ever seen, warns the World Health Organization. A survey of 81 countries found that levels of multi-drug resistant TB and even hardier, almost untreatable TB were much higher than expected, reports the BBC. Urgent action is needed to... More »

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disease • doctor • World Health Organization • drug resistant • tuberculosis

Websites Help Boomers Tend to Mom and Dad

Americans go online for doctors, medical data‚ even automated calls

Feb 25, 08 5:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans who juggle caregiving duties are increasingly turning to the Internet for help, the Boston Globe reports. Care.com, lotsahelpinghands.com, and parentcarecall.com are among sites that offer services like meal calenders and automated phone calls. The online data is "helping families navigate the increasingly complicated healthcare system,... More »

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Internet • baby boomer • doctor • eldercare • medication • caregivers

Wealth Doesn't Always
Aid Health

UN finds child mortality rates uneven in
developing nations

Feb 18, 08 3:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Citing new child mortality statistics, analysts say a nation's wealth doesn’t always translate into better health for its youngest citizens, the BBC reports. Every year, 10 million children die before their fifth birthday, with 99% of the fatalities occurring in the developing world. But even when conditions improve, survival... More »

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health • India • wealth • Gordon Brown • Tanzania • Malawi • doctor • Nepal • Bangladesh • Save the Children • malnutrition • child mortality • Angola • ancient customs • Millennium Development Goals

Firefighting Is US' Sexiest Job

Personal trainer, CEO and cowboy also turn-ons, site finds

Feb 14, 08 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans may ogle the celebrities gracing the covers of gossip mags, but firefighter remains the sexiest job title on the books, the Boston Globe reports. Personal trainer comes in a close second, according to Salary.com's Valentine's Day survey. It's the site's first such survey in three years, and though... More »

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nurses • CEO • sex • firefighters • reporter • doctor • flight attendants • lawyer • veterinarian • interior designers • event planners • job • teacher

US, UK Zero in on Illegal Prescription Drug Abuse

'These drugs are coming from inside our homes,' expert warns

Feb 10, 08 1:09 PM CST
(Newser) - American and British officials have launched campaigns to curb the illegal use of prescription drugs. The target of the British effort is doctors who "mis-prescribe" high doses of painkillers and sleeping pills that officials say are proving dangerously addictive, the Guardian reports. Across the Atlantic, Washington is spearheading... More »

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drug addiction • United Kingdom • patients • prescription drugs • doctor • painkiller • Heath Ledger • sleeping pills • benzodiazepine tranquillizers • over-the-counter drugs

Docs Demand ABC Pull Vaccine-Autism Drama

Pediatricians worry that 'Eli Stone' will give autism fears a shot in the arm

Jan 29, 08 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Angry pediatricians are demanding the first episode of new ABC legal drama "Eli Stone" be pulled because of its dangerous message about childhood vaccinations, reports USA Today. Doctors say the storyline, in which a woman wins a $5.2 million judgment against vaccine companies because of her son's autism,... More »

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television • autism • ABC • vaccine • doctor • pediatricians

More Patients Undoing Nips and Tucks

Thousands get 'undo-plasties' after hating plastic surgery

Jan 21, 08 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands are feeling a little too "cookie-cutter" with their new nipped noses and tucked chins, one doctor says—so they're ponying up for surgery to look like (gasp!) themselves again. These 'undo-plasties' are becoming big business; some doctors spend half their time as "revision plastic surgeons."... More »

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plastic surgery • Courtney Love • doctor • surgeon • Jenna Jameson • 'reversal' plastic surgery

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

Antidepressant Studies Distort Drugs' Usefulness

New study says negative reports often go unpublished

Jan 16, 08 9:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Roughly half of the medical studies involving antidepressants that found little or no effect on patients have gone unpublished or had their findings mischaracterized as positive, a new study reveals. The emphasis on publishing only studies with glowing reviews gives patients and doctors a false sense of the effectiveness of... More »

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FDA • antidepressant • pharmaceutical companies • Pfizer • New England Journal of Medicine • patients • doctor • Zoloft • Wyeth • Effexor

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