Physicians

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• Minor medical problems and trauma. Long waiting times. “In the surgical, ENT, ophthalmology and gynecology groups, almost one in three patients could have been managed by a GP …”

  
  LASIK Eye Surgery — Authority: 131
  “It has been established that patients prefer receiving health information from primary care physicians.” 1 “In Greece, recent reforms supporting urban primary healthcare have not been enacted, and long waiting times in Athens’ emergency departments are common.” Researchers from Laiko General Hospital, ...
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• THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER REQUIRING NON-COMPETES

  
  Virginia Non-Compete Law Blog — Authority: 126
  The University of Virginia Medical Center is adding “ non-competition ” clauses to the employment agreements of its 800 clinical faculty members. Under the new policy, clinical faculty involved in primary care — such as pediatrics or family medicine — are prohibited from practicing medicine within a ...
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• Affordable Multipurpose Makeup Kits

  
  Everyday Baby Steps — Authority: 112
  I dont need to state that Im a makeup junkie. Anyone who reads my blog or knows me in real life knows that. Because of my addiction to love of cosmetics, Im finding myself with a bit of a dilemma - an overflowing makeup drawer in which I can never find what Im looking for. This is very counterproductive. We have ...
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• Lose Weight Seattle With Holiday Meal Planning From Mary McDougall

  
  Hypnosis Health Info — Authority: 129
  You can lose weight in Seattle (or anywhere else) over the holidays with holiday meal planning from Mary McDougall . It is exciting to hear Slender For Life™ clients from all over the country share with me their interest in trying healthy new recipes and new healthy ways of preparing old family favorites. ...
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• ‘Million Med March’ Draws Hundreds in St. Louis

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 531
  A crowd of more than 300 gathered at Memorial Plaza outside the St. Louis County (Mo.) Government Building in Clayton Saturday afternoon as part of the Million Med March protest against health care reform measures now under consideration in the nation’s capitol.Medical professionals, many of whom donned white coats, ...
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• Report: Coal’s Assault on Human Health

  
  EnviroKnow — Authority: 542
  Physician’s for Social Responsibility : Physicians for Social Responsibility has released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human Health,” which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, ...
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• New micro-endoscope may help detect tumours early

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  London, Nov 21 (IANS) Physicians currently insert camera-equipped endoscopes into patients to hunt for visible abnormalities, such as tumours, on internal organs. Now, a researcher is designing one that is capable of seeing deeper and may even help detect tumours at earlier stages.Huikai Xie, associate professor of ...
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• URGENT! Senate votes tomorrow. Extra action needed!

  
  Liberty Maven Liberty Maven: For Liberty, One Individual At A Time — Authority: 582
  D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t c h WE’RE SENDING A SECOND DOWNSIZER-DISPATCH TODAY BECAUSE the healthcare bill needs 60 votes in the Senate TOMORROW in order to move forward. We must do everything we can, RIGHT NOW, to make sure it gets 59 votes or less. If your Senator is on the list below, please call ...
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• Rep. Patrick Murphy votes to protect seniors, veterans

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 603
  Legislation Ensures Seniors and Soldiers Can Access Health Care, Choose Their Doctors (Washington, DC) - Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Murphy (D-8 th District) cast a vote to ensure that seniors and service members have access to health care and the doctor of their choice with his support for H.R. 3961, the ...
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• Senator Reid: Should You Opt-Out?

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 118
  The press is singing the praises of Senator Harry Reid as an impresario of political tactics. Sadly, political tactics by the left and the right are what have most Americans most deeply upset these days.  It is clear that back room dealing is going on like never before and millions upon millions of tax payer dollars ...
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• Survey: 92 Percent of Physicians Back Tort Reform

  
  Bob McCarty Writes — Authority: 531
  Ninety-two percent of the almost 2,000 physicians who responded to a Jackson Healthcare survey of physicians agree with Dr. Chad Hewitt. The number one way to reduce health care costs may be tort reform.While Dr. Hewitt, a podiatrist friend of mine in the Kansas City area who’s been in private practice for three ...
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• Sir John Crofton, Pioneer in TB Cure, Dies at 97

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  Sir John Crofton, a pioneering clinician who demonstrated that antibiotics could be safely combined to cure tuberculosis, a dread disease that once killed half the people who contracted it, died on Nov. 3 at his home in Edinburgh. He was 97. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh announced his death. Sir John ...
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• Physicians Group Comes Out Strongly Against Coal Power

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  It’s been known for a long time that the emissions from coal are harmful, both to the environment and human health. Yet, because it’s so plentiful, the U.S. still gets the majority of its electricity from coal-fired power . With the world focused on increasing the use of plug-in cars, where we get our future ...
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• Physicians Group Comes Out Strongly Against Coal Power

  
  Gas 2.0 — Authority: 623
  It’s been known for a long time that the emissions from coal are harmful, both to the environment and human health. Yet, because it’s so plentiful, the U.S. still gets the majority of its electricity from coal-fired power . With the world focused on increasing the use of plug-in cars, where we get our future ...
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• House Passes Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009

  
  Medicare Update — Authority: 133
  On November 19, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed (by a vote of 243-183 ) the Medicare Physician Payment the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R.3961).   As previously reported, H.R.3961 would repeal the now 21.2 percent Medicare payment rate reduction forphysician services in 2010 ...
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• Doctor Shortage in America: Whats the Problem? Dr. Boyce Analyzes

  
  Black Entertainment, Money, Style and Beauty Blogs - Black Voices — Authority: 155
  Filed under: Other One of the obstacles being faced by President Obama as he works to overhaul the health care system is the shortage of doctors across America. Our country is woefully unprepared for the number of primary care physicians that we will need as the American population ages. The problem is that ...
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• White House Expresses Support for Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act

  
  Medicare Update — Authority: 133
  On November 18, 2009, the Office of Management and Budget released a statement strongly supporting the U.S. House of Representatives passage of the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R.3961). The American Medical Association reports that the House may vote on H.R.3961 today.  H.R.3961 would ...
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• Obamacare Would Accelerate Doctor Shortage

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 516
  Joseph Stubbs, president of the American College of Physicians — the second-largest doctors group in the country — confirms that “the supply of doctors just won’t be there” for the 30 million new patients President Barack Obama wants to cover. Noting that the doctor shortage is “already a catastrophic ...
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• Physicians And Open Source Health Advice

  
  Better Health — Authority: 575
  Last week someone posted on Twitter that they had swallowed a plastic toothpick. What to do? So they turned to the hive for help. “What should I do?” I thought as I read my Twitter feed. I was paralyzed in a way. I wanted to share my experience with hundreds of patients had swallowed pins, toothpicks and other ...
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• Silence = Death: A Healthcare Call to Action

  
  SF Gray Panthers — Authority: 117
  Silence = Death: A Healthcare Call to Action By John Iversen Decisions in the coming weeks will affect the delivery of healthcare in America for decades to come. We are at a crossroads. On Thursday, October 29, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pulled Dennis Kucinich’s (D-OH) state single payer (Medicare for All) ...
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