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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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They are considered one of the most valuable teaching tools for doctors in training, yet they also are the topic of a highly charged ethical debate the bodies of newly deceased patients.
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Many hospitals have adopted more generous charity-care guidelines for uninsured patients after a barrage of publicity about aggressive hospital billing and collection practices and a spate of lawsuits alleging hospitals overcharged uninsured patients, according to a health care policy expert.
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For many patients dying of cancer, home is where they want to spend the last weeks of their lives. Their caregivers often spouses, life partners or children may be willing to give whatever care their loved one needs, but can find themselves overwhelmed, unsure, and at risk for depression and other health problems themselves.
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When hiring new physicians, health care practices might want to look beyond grade transcripts, according to a medical school professor in California who has determined that medical students who were disciplined in school for irresponsible attendance or patient care are nearly nine times more likely to be disciplined by their medical boards when they become practicing physicians.
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The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) plans to revise the sexual boundaries policy used by state medical boards in determining sexual boundary violations by physicians.
