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Firing Doctor, Christian Hospital Sets Off National Challenge To Aid-In-Dying Laws
Centura Health Corp. abruptly terminated Barbara Morris, MD, a geriatrician who had planned to help a terminally ill patient end...
Clinical Care
Doctors Fight Legislation Prompted By Sex Abuse Scandals
Health researchers say these measures are part of a broader national shift in the doctor-patient relationship.
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NJ Doc Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter for Patient's Fentanyl Death
Barry S. Sloan, MD, admitted that he gave medically unnecessary prescriptions for 'Subsys' to a 36-year-old Manhattan man who died...
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Nassar Abuse Fallout: MSU Agrees to Provide Chaperones During Sensitive Medical Exams
The healthcare entities associated with Michigan State University will adopt policies requiring a healthcare professional to serve as a chaperone...
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Industry Dollars Reach Half of NCI Cancer Center Heads
One-quarter got general payments of 'significant financial interest.'
Clinical Care
Infusion Treatments For Low Iron Can Deplete Patients' Wallets
Under Medicare, doctors are paid based on the average sales price of the prescribed drug, which critics say gives them...
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Creator Of Brain Exam That Trump Aced Demands New Training For Testers
The creator of MoCA says growing worries about the validity of test results have pressed him to require those who...
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Boston Hospital Reports Disciplining of Renowned Child Abuse Skeptic
Last September, ProPublica examined Dr. Michael Holick's work as an expert witness for alleged abusers. In the wake of the...
Strategy
Juul Hires Leading Teen Addiction Researcher As Medical Director
Mark Rubinstein, MD, a pediatrician and formerly a leading researcher with UC San Francisco's Center for Tobacco Control Research and...
Clinical Care
AMA Takes on North Dakota 'Compelled Speech' Abortion Laws
Physicians' group and others file suit claiming laws force physicians to mislead patients.
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Lawsuits Delay HHS Conscience Rule at Least 4 Months
Plaintiffs claim the rule will undermine reproductive healthcare access and embolden clinicians to discriminate against LGBTQ patients and others.
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California Broadens Investigation Of Doctors For Issuing Questionable Vaccination Exemptions
The Medical Board of California's investigations are unfolding amid the nation's worst measles outbreak in more than a quarter-century.