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  • December 2007

    • Docs on Ethics: Do as I Say, Not as I Do

      Washington Post  |  Dec 4, 07 10:26 AM CST

      Docs on Ethics: Do as I Say, Not as I Do

      (Newser) - Doctors often don't practice what they preach, reports a groundbreaking new study. Ethical standards under scrutiny in a survey of 1,600 physicians were almost universally supported but were often overlooked, researchers say. For example, 96% of respondents said doctors should report colleagues' incompetence or impairment, but 45% said they didn't always turn in offenders, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      health care  • doctor  • ethics  • study  • medical treatment

  • November 2007

    • FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'

      Washington Post  |  Nov 21, 07 12:04 PM CST

      FCC Gives Boost to 'Telehealth'

      (Newser) - High-speed Internet access funded by $417 million in FCC grants will change how healthcare is provided in rural or heard-to-reach areas across the US, bringing top-end clinical and diagnostic resourced to underserved patients and doctors, the Washington Post reports. Some 6,000 clinics, hospitals, research facilities and universities will be part of the three-year pilot “telehealth” network. More »

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      technology  • health care  • FCC  • broadband Internet

    • Serbs Reject Charges of Patient Abuse

      Associated Press  |  Nov 15, 07 2:45 PM CST

      Serbs Reject Charges of Patient Abuse

      (Newser) - Officials in Serbia today called "dark propaganda" a report by a US human-rights group that alleged patients with mental and physical disabilities were systematically abused, and that staff at one facility tortured retarded children. "We may be suffering staffing and financial problems," one administrator said, "but for anyone to say that we are tormenting our patients is a total lie." More »

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      health care  • Serbia  • mental health  • psychiatry  • Vojislav Kostunica  • disability

    • Congress Defies Bush on Funds

      Reuters  |  Nov 9, 07 2:40 AM CST

      Congress Defies Bush on Funds

      (Newser) - The Democratic-controlled Congress has approved an extra $10 billion for education and health care, daring the White House to veto the extra funding for popular domestic programs that President Bush seeks to cut. The vote came as the Senate dealt the White House its first veto override on a water resources bill. More »

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      Iraq war  • health care  • House of Representatives  • education  • labor  • presidential veto  • spending bill

  • October 2007

    • Firms Help Workers Kick Butts

      New York Times  |  Oct 26, 07 10:40 AM CDT

      Firms Help Workers Kick Butts

      (Newser) - Smoking, everybody's favorite target, is now drawing fire from employers looking to cut medical costs by helping workers kick the habit, the New York Times reports. Employers gain significantly when employees quit, because a typical smoker racks up $16,000 in additional lifetime medical costs and saps productivity with smoking breaks and absenteeism. More »

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      health care  • smoking  • health insurance  • smoking ban  • lung cancer  • health care reform  • smoking cessation

    • Vodka Was the Best Medicine

      BBC  |  Oct 11, 07 5:32 AM CDT

      Vodka Was the Best Medicine

      (Newser) - Doctors have long recommended a glass of red wine for a healthy heart; but vodka apparently can also do a body good. After running out of medicinal alcohol, doctors in an Australian hospital set up a vodka drip as an antidote to save the life of a poisoned Italian tourist, reports the BBC. More »

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      health  • Australia  • health care  • alcohol  • hospitals  • vodka

    • Arnie Vows to Make Health Insurance Mandatory

      Reuters  |  Oct 10, 07 7:33 AM CDT

      Arnie Vows to Make Health Insurance Mandatory

      (Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger introduced legislation yesterday to provide health insurance to the nearly 7 million Californians without it. Under his plan, all residents would be required to buy insurance, and the state would help low-income people pay for it. Businesses would have to provide insurance or help subsidize it. To help pay for the $14 billion expansion, Schwarzenegger wants to lease the state lottery to a management company. More »

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      California  • health care  • Arnold Schwarzenegger

    • White House Ready to Deal on Kids' Health

      Associated Press  |  Oct 7, 07 3:38 PM CDT

      White House Ready to Deal on Kids' Health

      (Newser) - The White House will work with Democrats toward a compromise on children's health insurance, Health Secretary Michael Leavitt said today. "If it takes more money, we'll put it up," he said, though he didn't specify how much. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is trying to get the 14 GOP votes the House needs to override Bush's veto of the bill, the AP reports. More »

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      health care  • health care costs  • health care reform  • children's health care  • SCHIP  • Mike Leavitt  • health secretary

  • September 2007

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