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03.24.10
New provision in health care bill ensures physicians’ participation in PQRI program

A provision in the health care reform measure passed by the House of Representatives Sunday and signed into law today by President Barack Obama includes participation in the American Board of Medical Specialties Maintenance of Certification® (ABMS MOC®) as an option for the nation’s physicians to fulfill requirements of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI

03.19.10
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Physicians Present Findings At American College Of Cardiology Scientific Meeting

Physician scientists from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute presented new findings on the effectiveness of routine aspirin therapy for preventing heart disease, a drug therapy for atrial fibrillation and the role left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) may play in weight reduction for obese patients with chronic end-stage heart failure who are considered for heart transplantation...

03.11.10
Daylight-Saving Time Switch May Leave You Sleepy, Physician Says

Many Americans will lose an hour of sleep on March 14, the first day of daylight-saving time, when clocks are set ahead one hour at 2 a.m. local standard time-making it harder to wake up, causing difficulty in staying alert and increasing the chance of sleepy-driving car crashes. Ronald D. Chervin, M.D., says Americans can prepare for the daylight-saving time switch...

01.05.10
Autism Speaks lauds recommendations for evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of GI in ASD children

Autism Speaks applauds the consensus statement and recommendations for the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) released online in Pediatrics as one step in advancing physician awareness of unique challenges in the medical management of children with autism.

11.11.09
Life-Saving Transplants May Be Denied To Black And Hispanic Patients Due To Physician Bias

Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Georgetown University Hospital and associate professor of surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, and colleagues explore this phenomenon in the November issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.

11.11.09
Life-Saving Transplants May Be Denied To Black And Hispanic Patients Due To Physician Bias

Physician bias might be the reason why African Americans are not receiving kidney/pancreas transplants at the same rate as similar patients in other racial groups. Dr. Keith Melancon, director of kidney and pancreas transplantation at Georgetown University Hospital and associate professor of surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, and colleagues explore this phenomenon in the November issue of the American Journal of Transplantation.

10.15.09
HealthScape Consumer to analyze patient and consumer data

Healthy Advice Networks, the nation's leading provider of physician office-based patient-education programs, announces a groundbreaking measurement program to track consumer purchase behavior, not just purchase intent, for OTC and consumer health brands.

06.01.09
Pay-for-performance may benefit doctors who care for multiple health problems

Physicians who treat patients with multiple health problems will fare well under pay-for-performance, which bases physician reimbursement on the quality of care provided, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston in a report in the current issue of the journal Circulation.

05.04.09
Some HIV-positive people in Wales denied treatment for common conditions, physician says

Some HIV-positive people in Wales are being denied medical treatment for common illnesses, Olwen Williams, a physician specializing in sexually transmitted infections, said recently, BBC News reports. Williams noted that primary care physicians often refer HIV-positive people to hospitals or HIV specialists for common conditions, such as colds.

03.03.09
UCLA Confers Mani Bhaumik Award to Harvard medical school physician Herbert Benson, a pioneer in mind/body medicine

p The Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA has named Harvard University#39;s Dr. Herbert Benson as this year#39;s recipient of the Mani Bhaumik Award. The award has been established to support investigators in the international community who advance the understanding of the brain and the conscious mind in healing through visionary research, books, and education. /p p Benson, the director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) for Mind Body Medicine at...