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Beyond Guantanamo: Torture Thrives in Connecticut

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Medical Ethics, Law, Rape, Arthur Caplan, Physicians, Crime, American Medical Associaton, Prisoners, Civil Rights, William Coleman, Guantanamo, Connecticut, Edward Blanchette, World Medical Association, Human Rights, Health, Doctors, Prisons, Medicine, Bioethics, Torture, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

In the case of Coleman v. Lantz, Connecticut has argued for the right to force feed a hunger-striking inmate in an excruciatingly painful manner.

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Medicare Paid $47 Billion In Suspect Claims, According To HHS

AP | HOPE YEN | Posted 11.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Health Care Bill, Elederly, Poverty, Bush, Dhhs, Health and Human Services, Obama, Cost, White House, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Old, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Poor, Hhs, Medicare Fraud Cost, Medicare, Medicare Fraud, Health Care, Home News

WASHINGTON — The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a ...

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Dr. Brent James Could Be Health Care's Saving Grace

New York Times | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Debate, Brent James, Health Insurance, Idaho, Utah, Fee-for-Service Payment, Advanced Training Program, Health Care Reform, Salt Lake City, Doctors, Dr. Donald Berwick, Intermountain Healthcare, Dr. Mark McClellan, Living News

The health care debate of 2009 has had so many moving parts that it has sometimes seemed impossible to follow. The crisis behind the debate, though, i...

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Stimulus Fuels Gold Rush For Electronic Health Systems

The Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Fred Schulte | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Electronic Health Systems, General Electric, Medical Records, Health, Microsoft, Hospitals, Doctors, Stimulus, Digital Health Records System, Electronic Medical Records, Business News

Editor's note: This story is published in conjunction with American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop. The government's $45 billion pl...

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A Second Opinion About Second Opinions

Ellen Langer | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Decision-Making, Health, Psychology, Evidence Based Decision Making, Doctors, Second Opinion, Wellness, Social Psychology, Medical Advice, Psychological Study, Living News
Ellen Langer

The medical world encourages us to get a second opinion before embarking on expensive procedures. While getting a second opinion may seem straightforward, the process is not so simple.

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Jay Carciero, Psych Patient, Is Killed After Attack On A Doctor

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 10.28.2009 | Home

Read More: Psych Patient, Boston, Jay Carciero Killed, Hospitals, Jay Carciero Dead, Jay Carciero Doctor, Jay Carciero, Doctors, Jay Carciero Attack, Jay Carciero Reading Ma, Jay Carciero Boston Ma, Psych Patient Shot, Doctor Attack, Home News

BOSTON — A man stabbed a doctor while being treated at a psychiatric office at a Boston medical building Tuesday and was fatally shot by an off-...

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The Paradoxical Emotions Of A Fatal Diagnosis

Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Chemotherapy, Health, Death and Dying, Doctors, Cancer, Patients, Health Care, Funeral, Death, Living News
Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.

The first emotion that came to me, the day of my diagnosis, was a surprising sense of freedom.

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Keeping Docs on the Sidelines

D. Brad Wright | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Politics, Doctors, Physicians, Health Care, Health, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

It takes much less effort to convince people that insurance companies need to be made more accountable than it does to convince people that their doctors need to make less money.

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Doctors Tackle The Rickrolling Pandemic

Miles Klee | Posted 10.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Rick-Astley, Internet, Doctors, Rickrolling, Medicine, Comedy News
Miles Klee

Jack Kevorkian: Rickrollers experience no quality of life and want to give up some things more than others.

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Why I Wrote Dangerous or Safe?

Dr. Cara Natterson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Books

Read More: Doctors, Writers, Dangerous, Pediatrician, Dangerous or Safe, Authors, New Books, Books, Books News
Dr. Cara Natterson

I hope that parents find relief with Dangerous or Safe?. I hope that they read it and take a long, deep breath. I hope it changes a few behaviors, but more importantly I hope it affects perspective.

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GOP Using Health Care Debate To Raise Money From Doctors

AP | RITA BEAMISH and ALAN FRAM | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Gop, Doctors, Republicans, Health Care, Health Care Ads, Politics News

The Republican Party is harnessing the furious debate over health care to raise campaign cash from doctors, dangling the promise of including donors' ...

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Let Insiders Make Health Deals

Jim Jaffe | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Plan, Hospitals, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Max Baucus Health Care, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Jim Jaffe

Each time politicians seeking to make a deal try to move the ball forward, there's a vocal reaction from those who can't tell the difference between making a deal and selling out.

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Dr. Coburn's Peculiar Privilege

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nevada, Law, Marriage, Politics, Senate, Tom Coburn, John Ensign, Oklahoma, Sex, Doctors, John Ensign Affair, Health Care, Bioethics, Medicine, Extra-Marital-Affairs, Physician-Patient Privilege, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

Senator Coburn claims physician-patient privilege to avoid testifying against Ensign. But this is not a "Get out of Jail Free" card for physicians who acquire knowledge outside of their work as doctors.

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Doctors Say Congress Must Include Public Option In Health Care Reform

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Bill, Congress, Health Care Debate, Public Option, Doctors Protest Health Care Reform, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Doctors Health Care Reform, Health Care, Doctors Public Options, Politics News

A new survey was released on Friday indicating overwhelming support among doctors that the public option must be included as a part health care reform...

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Why Medical Malpractice Reform Is Off Limits

wsj.com | PHILIP K. HOWARD | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medical Malpractice Reform, Doctors, American Medical Association, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Philip Howard, Politics News

Eliminating defensive medicine could save upwards of $200 billion in health-care costs annually, according to estimates by the American Medical Associ...

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Gorilla At Colorado Springs Zoo Treated By Local Doctors

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Bill Radford | Posted 11.25.2009 | Denver

Read More: Doctors, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Ear Infection, Gorilla Doctors, Gorilla, Denver News

It was a house call that Dr. Joseph Hegarty and others won't soon forget. Hegarty, an ear surgeon from Colorado Springs Ear Associates, performed sur...

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David Scheiner, Obama's Former Doctor: Insurance Companies "Screwing Up" Health Care

Sep. 24, 2009 | Parija B. Kavilanz | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Doctors, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Health Care, Barack Obama, Health Insurance Reform, Business News

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama's former personal physician of 22 years, Dr. David Scheiner, has been very vocal on the issue of health ins...

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Doctor's Visit: How To Talk To Your Physician

health.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Physicians, Health, Hospitals, Doctors, Patients, Health Care, Medicine, Living News

The way you talk to your doctor may be as important as anything you say. To make the most of an appointment, follow these expert-recommended steps....

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Alzheimer's Disease: Is Our Health Care System Ready?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Dementia Diagnosis, Dementia, Nurses, Social Workers, Department of Aging and Adult Services, Alzheimers Disease, Brain Fitness, Memory Walks, Alzheimers Association, Early Detection Alliance, Diagnosis, Healthcare System, Doctors, Cognitive Health, Caregivers, Health Literacy, Psychiatrists, Alzheimer, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Not enough attention seems focused on ensuring health care systems' preparedness to deal with cognitive health issues -- with Alzheimer's Disease as the most dramatic example.

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What Doctors Don't Know About Marshmallows And Happiness

Tara Stiles | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Happiness Study, Tara Stiles, Science, Doctors, Marshmallow, Happiness, Marshmallow Study, Stanford, Living News
Tara Stiles

How long would you last resisting the marshmallow? That is the question asked in the "kid torture" video, a recreation of the study done in the 1960s at Stanford analyzing behavior, willpower, and success.

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What Do Dreams Say About Your Physical Health?

Anne Hill | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Intuition, Doctors, Dreams, Personal Health, Health, Dream Groups, Heart Health, The Inner Life, Wellness, Living News
Anne Hill

While dream of physical health issues are quite common, doctors have been slow to catch on to the diagnostic potential of dream reports.

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Why Docs Like the Public Option

D. Brad Wright | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Doctors, Physicians, Public Option, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Health Care, Health, Politics News
D. Brad Wright

A poll found that physicians overwhelmingly support a public option approach to health reform. That is, they want to see a mixed public-private approach.

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America's Irrational Health Care Status Quo

Diane Francis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Small Business, President Obama, Veterans Administration, Medicare, Doctors, Medicaid, Business, Seniors Health Care, Health Care, Veterans, Politics News
Diane Francis

As an American living in Canada, it's really embarrassing that a country as smart and rich as the United States cannot get out from under the world's worst medical system.

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Sleep-Deprived Docs Told To Drink 6 Cups Coffee

msn.com | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Insomnia, Doctors, Sleep Deprived, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Exhaustion, Sleep, Living News

Exhausted Australian doctors have been told to drink up to six cups of coffee a day to stay awake during extended shifts, building pressure on Prime M...

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The Witness to Guantanamo Project: In-Depth Filmed Interviews of Former Guantanamo Detainees

Peter Jan Honigsberg | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Guantanamo, Witness, Doctors, Uyghurs, Human Rights, Cia, Interview, Rule of Law, Guantanamo Detainees, World News
Peter Jan Honigsberg

We hope to film hundreds of interviews of former Guantanamo detainees. We are determined to document the systematic human rights abuses and rule of law violations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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