?Tree of Life? honors past doctors and medical staff
As a way to honor the lives of those doctors and staff members who saved the lives of so many, the Houston Northwest Medical Center put the ?Tree of Life? work of art on permanent display.

Dr. Jay Katz, influential expert on medical law and ethics, dies at 86
Longtime Yale professor served on the panel that led to the end of the Tuskegee experiments. His advocacy helped shape the practice of informed consent for patients involved in medical research. Dr. Jay Katz, a psychoanalyst and Yale Law School professor whose analysis of the conflicting interests and motivations of doctors and patients made him a leading authority on medical ethics, died of ...

New RI medical center to help wounded vets
Top doctors and researchers will collaborate on care for wounded veterans at a new facility planned at the Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center.

Doctors applaud council move
Senior doctors are applauding the Health Minister's decision reinstate the right of the medical profession to select doctors to the Medical Council. Tony Ryall made the announcement just days into his new job.

Some doctors complain state medical board too punitive
When Dr. Rodolfo Walss placed an advertisement in the phone book, he had no idea he'd end up with a $500 fine and publicity he wish he'd never received.

Three doctors chosen for Mahidol awards
Three doctors - from Brazil, Japan and China - have won the 2008 Mahidol Award for their outstanding work in medical and public health development. They are Sergio Henrique from Brazil who invent...

Glenwood medical directors were unlicensed
A Des Moines Register review of the hiring practices at a troubled state-run home for the disabled shows that the facility has employed a series of unlicensed psychologists and physicians. For most of the past 14 months, the Glenwood Resource Center has employed eight unlicensed psychologists who have reported to an unlicensed psychology administrator and two successive unlicensed medical ...

Legal shield for doctors
Bhubaneswar, Nov. 21: The state cabinet gave its nod to a draft bill today to prevent violence against on-duty doctors and other medical personnel.

Doctors' sobering barbecue warning
HAVING a cold beer while turning the snags on the barbecue is an Aussie tradition but doctors are begging people to stay sober while doing it.

New medical center to help wounded vets
New medical center to help wounded vets

Insurers entice doctors to prescribe generic drugs
All the doctors had to do was show up, enjoy a free dinner at an elegant Rochester, N.Y., area restaurant specializing in steaks, chops and top-shelf wines, and pocket $100 on the way out the door.

Hope for Tulsa medical training, indigent care
DEBATE over how best to meet the Tulsa area?s indigent-care needs and give life support to Oklahoma State University?s doctor training program got a new twist last week after a hospital stepped forward with a plan to operate the OSU Medical Center and support its teaching component.Tulsa has traveled this road before only to have it end in disappointment. We hope this new development marks a ...

Medical marijuana debate to return
PIERRE - Advocates of a medical marijuana law in South Dakota, buoyed by 48 percent support for an initiated measure in 2006, are preparing to ask the next Legislature to debate the issue. If the Legislature would take up the issue, its members would have an influence on the final form of a law allowing marijuana to be used by patients undergoing cancer treatment, dealing with glaucoma or ...

Bill pledges to shake up state medical board
The state medical board, criticized as lax in disciplining doctors, needs to be more responsive to the public, a North Jersey legislator said.

Doctors to hold central committee meeting tomorrow on security issue
The Government Medical Officers' Association (GMOA) will hold a special central committee meeting tomorrow (23) to decide on further activities regarding the security issue.

Doctors question Nevada Medicaid cuts
Nevada's medical community is raising concerns about plans to cut state Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals for inpatient services by 14 percent, a figure likely to dwarf the shortfall that already has forced some hospitals to eliminate key services. Read comments

Dante Society honors four ?Bologna Boys?
Dr. Louis LaPere, right, was one of four doctors honored by the Dante Society. DANIEL HYLAND / THE SUN WESTERLY ? The University of Bologna Medical School made history again Saturday night when four of its graduates were named as The Dante Society of Westerly?s ?People of the Year? at ceremonies held during the organization?s annual dinner at Venice Restaurant in Misquamicut.

Doctors question Nevada Medicaid cuts
LAS VEGAS ? Nevada?s medical community is raising concerns about plans to cut state Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals for inpatient services by 14 percent, a figure likely to dwarf the shortfall that already has forced some hospitals to eliminate key services.

Senior doctors applaud new health minister
"Senior doctors applaud the decision of new Health Minister Tony Ryall for announcing after only 50 hours in the job his decision to reinstate the right of the medical profession to elect doctors to the Medical Council," said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today.

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells
LONDON -- Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used bot...