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KevinMD...a bold suggestion! perhaps too visionary for average PCP practice, though the pain may drive its consideration sooner than later! keep reading »
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Healthcare provider stress is real, the effects are real, and if not controlled the outcomes can be dangerous. keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: obesity  cancer  medications  2008  
A look back at the top health stories of 2008: keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: bedside manner  doctor  quality  
Does good bedside manner predict a good doctor? keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: mid-level providers  
Why nurse practitioners and physician assistants will not solve the primary care shortage - KevinMD.com keep reading »
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My job is to listen to people complain. The reason that patients come to my office is called the "chief complaint." When I say "how are you doing?" I am not just being polite, I really want to know. keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: medicare  insurance  
The FDA has turned down a tentative registration of a handgun as a medical device. keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: death  television  suicide  
TV suicide wife: Why I want the world to watch my husband's death. The first televised assisted suicide. keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: cancer  who  heart disease  
Cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's top killer by 2010, part of a trend that should more than double global cancer cases and deaths by 2030, international health experts said in a report released Tuesday keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: acls  death  code blue  
A driver's seat view of how a code blue can and does work, apart from what you see on television or what your taught in class. keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: death  patient  doctor  
Do you want your doctor to talk about death? keep reading »
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Category: Medicine     Tags: flu  phone  warning  
A maker of over-the-counter cold and flu remedies released a program this week for the T-Mobile G1, also known as the "Google phone," that warns the user how many people in an area are sneezing and shaking with winter viruses. keep reading »
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