The AMA wants two years of positive updates for physicians while a permanent solution is worked out.

Waiving extensive pretest counseling is one way new recommendations could facilitate widespread screening.

The bill allows 90-day supplies of medications bought in Canada but still prohibits foreign purchases via mail order or Internet.

Legal experts say that as long as HIPAA-covered entities play by the rules, they might be spared from prosecution for an employee's alleged illegal actions.

The action could revive a law that has been on the books but not in effect.

Low rates of insurance and too few safety net facilities are two barriers to care, a new study found.

Doctors say the unusual case in Illinois is indicative of an overburdened emergency system and could set a dangerous precedent.

A pediatrician, a professor and a surgeon were selected for originality, creativity and potential to make important contributions.

The specialty-specific research complements national physician work force shortage numbers that others have calculated.

Physicians say Regence BlueShield gave them poor quality ratings using bad data. Regence says it uses professional standards and wants to collaborate on improvements.

Physicians say that the requirement tying them into two networks is not only illegal but bad for patient care.

Paying for care can be a sensitive doctor-patient discussion. Here is some advice for dealing with those uncomfortable situations.

Patients will save money on some commonly prescribed medicines, but observers say the retailing behemoth's initiative won't impact drug costs overall.

The move is part of the fallout from the health plan's unsuccessful attempt to convert to for-profit status.

Medical research, using cutting-edge technology, is showing just how the mind can cause health woes for the body.

Postmarketing surveillance and increased funding are among the recommendations.

Drug-resistant bugs are gaining notice around the world, and global health officials are calling for rapid action.

Conference brings experts together to talk about nausea, depression, insomnia and anxiety related to the disease and its treatment.

Experts say it's important to identify early those at high risk of heart disease, but some say teens have more pressing issues.

PBS on Thursday will begin to air a four-part series called "Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century," which examines efforts to improve the U.S. health care system, including increasing patient safety, reducing medical errors, and creating partnerships between providers and their communities. Summaries of the episodes appear below. [click link for full article]

When normal skin cells become a melanoma tumor, they sometimes turn on genes not usually found in the skin. According to researchers at the University of Virginia Health System, some of these genes are normally active in the male testis at the time sperm are formed. [click link for full article]

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Meanwhile, beneficiaries with higher incomes will pay bigger premiums next year as the result of a 2003 law.

Stanford, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania have adopted policies to create a brighter line between medicine and marketing.

Despite the big money problems that sit in the way, physicians are trying to look at what lies beyond repairing the Medicare pay system. Last in a 3-part series.

With the end of the federal moratorium on physician-owned specialty hospitals, doctors anticipate the debate to move to the state level.

Ohio journalist Margaret A. McGurk tells the story of five child cancer patients whom filmmakers followed for six years as the children were treated at Cincinnati's Children's Hospital Memorial Center.

Doctors fear that the ruling will result in more lawsuits and discourage them from providing care at public institutions.

Physician answering services should always direct clinical calls to doctors, authors of a new study conclude.

Behind the electronic medical record is the emerging field of bioinformatics. But physicians who want to integrate a patient's genetic code into treatment decisions will need the technology and ability to analyze those data.