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Bush signs child healthcare extension into law
$10 million to Johns Hopkins to fight eye illness
Women surgeons complain of bias by male chief
Blue Cross of North Carolina lifts co-pays on generics
NY law raises issues of states' reach in patient care
Pregnancy becomes latest job outsourced to India
Hey, it's still me in here
Networks ease way for cancer patients
December 28, 2007
Aetna to end payment for a drug in colonoscopies
Faith, medicine collide in life-threatening case
Searching for similar diagnosis through DNA
Hospitals offer comfort, even if there's no cure
Make a mistake, and this mannequin dies
December 27, 2007
Florida clinic names leader for its orthopedics division
U.S. ruling backs health benefit cut at 65
Mental screening for Massachusetts young to begin
New Jersey requires HIV test in pregnancy
Breast cancer’s genetic marker
Year in health: Here’s to your safety
Two autism approaches: Clinic is behavioral; Monarch uses technology
December 26, 2007
Children’s health insurance hits wall on growth
Cardiology practice affiliates with Nashville's Saint Thomas
Wyeth heartburn drug is challenged
Finding Alzheimer's before a mind fails
Effort to defeat polio faces unique challenges
7 medical myths even doctors believe
Doctors may soon offer what alcoholics need (if not what they want)
December 21, 2007
Study: MDs mum on breast cancer options
December 20, 2007
Captive audience: MDs fighting back on malpractice
Medical gift cards a hot commodity this Christmas
Allergist/immunologist: Biggest factor in rising health costs is doctors
’Hospitalists’ are seen as help
Pfizer is sued over Lipitor marketing
Cancer docs’ bedside manner often lacks empathy
Study: Insured cancer patients do better
December 19, 2007
Tufts Health gives $500,000 to nonprofit
Pilot program aims to train Spanish-speaking doctors
Lawmakers craft reprieve for medical pay
December 18, 2007
Cancer killed almost 8 million worldwide in 2007
December 17, 2007
Pennsylvania governor says he may delay malpractice-fund payments
MDs bone up on remedies once scorned
Doctor ratings revised
December 14, 2007
Malpractice rebate for Maryland Set at $84 Million
December 13, 2007
IH adopts New York AG’s doctor-ranking code
Woman misdiagnosed with HIV gets $2.5 million
The checklist
Many doctors could miss sign of breast cancer
Fight over Georgia health regulation flares up
New Jersey ruling threatens surgery centers
Vote on Massachusetts retail medical clinics delayed
Nation’s hospital bill jumped 7 percent in 2005
December 12, 2007
Pennsylvania senate OKs dollars for doctors, but not for health insurance
Keeping patients from landing back in the hospital
December 11, 2007
White House wants to tie Medicare fee fix to overhaul of IT
Doctors try open-access system to improve care, morale
Massachusetts SJC ruling adds to doctor liability
Time is money? Not for docs
December 10, 2007
Limits weighed on physician-owned hospitals
December 6, 2007
Stark regrets
Broadband telehealth networks coming to rural America
December 5, 2007
Stent maker decides the way to the patient is through the patient
December 4, 2007
AMA meeting: Delegates seek tax credit to help pay for EMRs
Study finds gaps between doctors' standards and actions
Leavitt: Doctors need electronic records
December 3, 2007
How to talk to a doctor
Hospitals marshal resources to wipe out MRSA