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Doctors tend to agree that accepting free samples from pharmaceutical companies is acceptable; but, while they suspect such incentives create bias among their peers, they don't think they are susceptible to being biased themselves.
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Ann Latty was facing a bleak situation. Diagnosed with a cataract that needed immediate surgery, but without money or insurance to cover the operation, she wasn't sure her vision could be preserved.
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When Virginia teenager Abraham Cherrix decided early in 2006 to take control of his treatment for Hodgkin's disease, his aversion to traditional chemotherapy drove him to seek an alternative, herb-based therapy available in Mexico a decision that put him and his family at odds with his physicians and the Virginia Department of Social Services, which sought to force him into chemotherapy and petitioned for custody.
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Promising new HIV prevention approaches are within reach, but international AIDS experts say the world is not prepared to make those approaches accessible to populations most at risk.
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) is looking back on the role of nurses during and after Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and wants to take what was learned during that time, coupled with the ANA Code of Ethics, and come up with guidelines and policies to assist nurses in making ethical decisions during disasters.
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Supreme Court: Rules on EMRs not too lax; Report: Lax handling of doctors who do crimes?
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The Texas Medical Association says the state has more physicians who are willing and able to provide needed medical care to sick and injured people because of the state's 2003 health care liability reform changes.
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Some states have adopted policies recognizing that controlled substances are necessary for public health, that pain management is part of quality medical practice, that medical education should include pain management and palliative care, ...
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