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It's an issue that Democrats would rather not deal with as they shape a health care overhaul. Yet a new Associated Press poll says most Americans support curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits. Complete Story...
Los Angeles County's district attorney says he intends to prosecute owners of marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot.
The Associated Press poll on health care, by Stanford University with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Media from Oct. 29 to Nov. 8. It is based on landline and cell phone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,502 adults. Interviews were conducted with 1,052 respondents on landline telephones and 450 on cell phones.
Hansen Medical Inc., which makes medical robotic technology used with catheters, said Monday its third-quarter loss narrowed as the company lowered costs.
Drug and medical device maker Covidien PLC said Friday it completed its $210 million purchase of Aspect Medical Systems, a company that makes brain monitoring technology.
The off-duty security guard who fatally shot a psychiatric patient as the patient stabbed a doctor says he "just did what anybody would have done."
As the mother of a toddler who survives only because of the breathing tubes up his nose, the feeding tube in his gut, and the expertise of doctors in three cities, Courtney Elliott is keenly aware of the high costs of medical care — in every sense of the word.
Medical products maker ICU Medical Inc. said Tuesday its board of directors added $15 million to the company's stock buyback plan.
Enough already with the whining, moaning, demonstrating and protesting by health care workers. Doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, nurses’ aides, and anyone else who has regular contact with patients ought to be required to get a flu shot or find another line of work.
The AWARE (Awareness During Resuscitation) study is harnessing technology to learn whether “out-of-body experiences” really occur. Here are questions and answers about this new international effort to learn what really happens when we die.
As federal investigators looked for witnesses to the crash of a medical helicopter, funeral services were set Monday for two of the three crew members killed in the rainy weekend accident.
Medical device maker NxStage Medical Inc. said Monday its Medisystems subsidiary signed a three-year agreement to supply its Streamline airless blood tubing sets and MasterGuard safety needles to Reliant Renal Care.
Doctors shouldn't have much to fear from the likes of Wal-Mart or Walgreens but the fact is retail health clinics are becoming a growing phenomenon and are winning the battle against the person in the white coat.
South African runner Caster Semenya has been ordered to undergo a gender verification test, to prove she rightfully won the gold medal in the women's 800 meters at the world championships in Berlin on Wednesday.
The recession has revived an old rural tradition by prompting many health care providers to offer patients the option of paying for the non-covered costs of medical and dental care through barter. Msnbc.com's JoNel Aleccia reports.
About two dozen seriously ill prisoners in Washington state could soon be released from prison — as long as their freedom is expected to save the cash-strapped state money.
ABC News has hired a top government doctor as part of an expansion of its medical coverage.
Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said Thursday it is offering senior debt securities and could use the proceeds to pay debt, buy back stock or fund general purposes.
The U.S. attorney's office has indicted more than 40 people in Southern California linked to a ring that allegedly defrauded the Medi-Cal system out of millions of dollars.
A Canadian nuclear reactor that produces much of the world's radioactive isotopes will be shut down until late this year, the company that owns the reactor said Wednesday.
Highlights of Michael Jackson's headline-making medical history:
A medical-device company illegally tested bone cement during spinal surgery on about 200 patients, three of whom died on the operating table, U.S. prosecutors in Philadelphia charged Tuesday.
Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri has vetoed legislation allowing stores to sell marijuana to medical patients.
The Supreme Court won't hear another challenge to California's decade-old law permitting marijuana use for medical purposes.
Criminal investigators with the Defense Department searched the headquarters of Siemens Medical Solutions USA on Wednesday in connection with a government contract, weeks after the firm won a $267 million medical-imaging contract.
Coke partners with American Academy of Family Physicians to promote healthy soft drink consumptionCoca-Cola has partnered with a leading medical group to promote healthy soft drink consumption. Is there such a thing?
Top 10 Ways to Annoy Your Doctor Program your phone to ring with John Phillip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" from a friend's call. Let him know when you'll be in the doctor's office and give him a call a few minutes before you suspect the doctor will be in the exam room.
UFC's Lesnar Hospitalized, 'In Bad Shape' -Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is seriously ill, according to UFC president Dana White.
West Hollywood's medical marijuana success story -- latimes.comAt list people can buy it in a nice and clean place
Feds ignored Medicare scam warnings for yearsMIAMI — The federal agency that is supposed to prevent Medicare fraud repeatedly ignored internal watchdog warnings about swindlers stealing millions of dollars over three years.
FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugsWASHINGTON — Federal health regulators say they have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme. The Food and Drug Administration says bits of steel, rubber and fiber in drug vials could cause serious adverse health effects for patients.
Three scientific societies urge officials to base their recommendations on scienceResearchers backed off the conclusions of a study that found that N95 masks protect against the flu better than surgical masks. The study had previously been presented at the Interscience Conference of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.
The Worst Drug Company Marketing Techniques (PHOTOS, POLL)"Marketing departments of many drug companies don't respect any boundaries of professionalism or the law," says Jerry Avorn, a professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston and author of "Powerful Medicines: The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs" (Random House, 200 …
Doctor-drugmaker ties: Psychiatrist Dr. Michael Reinstein received nearly $500,000 from antipsychotic drug's manufacturerExecutives inside pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca faced a high-stakes dilemma. On one hand, Chicago psychiatrist Dr. Michael Reinstein was bringing the company a small fortune in sales and was conducting research that made one of its most promising drugs look spectacular.
Primary Outcomes Often Altered Prior to Clinical Trial ReportingA review of 110 randomized, controlled trials listed in open registries and subsequently published in five major journals showed that the primary outcome had been changed -- without disclosure -- in 31%, according to Robert Ewart, MD, of Southern Illinois University in Springfiel …
AMA endorses medical marijuana researchAt its 2009 interim meeting, the American Medical Association has adopted a statement urging that marijuana be considered as medicine and that further research be conducted into its medical value.
Doctor gives risky drugs at high rateInside Chicago's Maxwell Manor nursing home, Dr. Michael Reinstein's patients suffered from side effects so severe that they trembled, hallucinated or lost control of their bladders.
Study Shows 44,000 to 98,000 Americans Die Each Year as a Result of Medical and Diagnostic ErrorsDoctors readily recall instances when they've misdiagnosed patients, or diagnosed them too slowly, suggesting that unacknowledged diagnostic errors are common, according to a new study that identifies potential improvements in medical practice.
Hospitals Acting Unethically, Keep Patients in the Dark on Adverse Events When hospital patients suffer adverse effects from treatments, they seldom get explanations from medical personnel, even though the disclosure may improve patients' ratings of care, researchers said.
Screening: Many Doctors Do Unneeded Pap Smears, Study Finds Many doctors are performing unnecessary Pap smears, ignoring guidelines issued by major medical organizations and adding to health care costs, a survey of physicians has found.
For those of us that have vehemently pushed for national health care reform in America, tonight's historic vote is a breakthrough. However, we will have to wait four years to see it's full impact . Affordable health care access for all Americans.
Mother: 5-Year-Old Accidentally Given Wrong Drug In AmbulanceA local mother is urging parents to keep a close watch on their children's medical treatment after she said her 5-year-old was accidentally given the wrong drug in an ambulance.
Pop Quiz for SeniorsWhen you hear I'm from the government and I'm here to help....RUN FOR YOUR LIFE........
Should Ore. let medical marijuana users pack heat?The right of Oregonians to use marijuana for medical reasons and also to obtain concealed handgun permits is being challenged by local sheriffs who say federal law prevents those people from packing heat.
Faith Healing Being Snuck Into Health Care Bill -- latimes.comReporting from Washington - Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses.
Family goes to extremes to cure autismLike most eight-year-old boys, Matthew Faiella of Williamsville loves playing with his action figures. Unlike most boys his age, he has an incredible talent for sketching, and can also speak Spanish.
Obama to Lift HIV/AIDS Travel BanIt appears that President Obama is doing everything in his power to enforce laws against the majority of Americans.
A visit to the medical marijuana doctorI felt like I was in a Coen brothers movie. The big empty room, the unseen doctor behind the door, the furtive glances between patients.
A Manufactured "Epidemic"Excerpts from Robert Whitaker's Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America
Cancers Can Vanish Without Treatment, but How?...screening appears to be finding many small tumors that would not be a problem if they were left alone, undiscovered by screening. They were destined to stop growing on their own or shrink, or even, at least in the case of some breast cancers, disappear. More Articles
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