PRINTABLE PAGE Closing Clinic Doors By Bob HerbertOriginally published in The New York Times, May 21, 2001 In an era of trillion-dollar tax cuts at the federal level, and proposals to spend hundreds of millions of state and local dollars…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Sharp Rise in Prescribing Drives Drug Spending By Karen PallaritoOriginally published by Reuters Health, July 9, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Physicians are prescribing medications at a far faster clip than they did two decades ago, a…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Safe Haven Opens for Women in Kenya By Matthew J. Rosenberg, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, April 9, 2002 In the heart of Kenya, Mary Solio found refuge from a forced marriage but not from…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hospitalization Can Traumatize a Child By Linda CarrollOriginally published by Reuters Health, June 14, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A stint in the hospital can traumatize a child for months, a new study shows. Researchers found that…
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PRINTABLE PAGE SJC: Foreign Nationals’ Parental Rights Can Be Ended Originally published by The Associated Press, May 4, 2002 BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Judicial Court, ruling on a case of child genital mutilation, said the state can strip foreign…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Developing Empathy in Future Physicians By Vijay Aswani, Ph.D.Originally published in Medscape Med Students, 2001 Introduction One has only to read memoirs of recent medical graduates, such as Melvin Konner’s Becoming a Doctor,1 Shem Samuel’s House of God,2…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Harvard-Led Study Says Blacks Get Poorer Health Care in Medicare Managed Care Plans By Lindsey TannerOriginally published by The Associated Press, March 13, 2002 CHICAGO (AP) — Blacks get poorer quality care than whites when it comes to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Controversial Changes To Patient Privacy Rules Bush administration scraps Clinton-era written consent forms Originally published by MSNBC, March 22, 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Doctors could disclose patient information without written permission and parents would get more access to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Kaiser Foundation Survey Finds Teens Turn to Web for Health Info Originally published by Reuters Health, December 11, 2001 NEW YORK — Teens and young adults use the Web to find health-related information as often as they do…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Abortion: Medicaid Not Responsible Ruling says state shouldn’t pay for poor women’s procedures even if ‘medically necessary’ By Julie KayOriginally published in the Miami Daily Business Review, February 25, 2002 The Florida Supreme Court might be considered by…