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No Medical Basis for TRAPping Physicians

Study: laws restricting abortion providers harm women's health

May 17, 2016

CardioBrief: LVADs Prolong Life But Sow Confusion at Its End

Uncertainty dogs heart pump patients and their caregivers

Mar 22, 2016

Morning Break: Zika, Zika, Zika; Stem Cell Clinics; Stopping Chipotle Burrito Blues

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 木瓜直播 staff

Feb 08, 2016

Is Your Employer Making You Liable for False Claims?

A physician says her employer was upcoding her bills without her consent

Jun 03, 2015

Cult Members: Aberrant but Are They Insane?

Courts generally don't accept pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity

May 17, 2015

One Battle in the War Over Expert Testimony

Medical expert runs afoul of his professional association's rules.

Apr 07, 2015

The Case for Body Cameras: Good for Doctors -- and Their Patients

Why one doctor wants to see a camera added to a clinician's equipment checklist.

Mar 16, 2015

Concierge Medicine Firm Found Liable for Doctor's Negligence

Believed to be the first-ever judgment against a concierge organization.

Feb 13, 2015

When Docs Sue Their Own Hospital

At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians.

Jan 19, 2015

Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

Aug 21, 2014

Lethal Injections, MOC, and E-Cigs on AMA Agenda

The American Medical Association is being asked to strengthen its ethical stance on physician participation in execution by extending its ban on doctors participating to include all health professionals.

Jun 06, 2014

Murder: Another Ambien Side Effect?

NEW YORK CITY -- Forensic psychiatrists are facing new challenges with murders committed by people under the influence of the sleep drug zolpidem (Ambien) -- not least to persuade the criminal justice system to take their conclusions seriously.

May 07, 2014

Top 5 Reasons Why Internists Are Sued

Not properly diagnosing a condition and nonmedical errors such as equipment failure accounted for more than half of the malpractice lawsuits against internists, a study found.

Apr 28, 2014

Top 5 Reasons Cardiologists Get Sued

Problems with diagnosis -- failing to make one, making the wrong one, or taking too long to get to one -- lead the list of reasons behind cardiology-related lawsuits, revealed closed claims data from a medical malpractice insurer.

Mar 14, 2014

Medtronic Sued by 1,000 Infuse Patients

Medtronic said about 1,000 people have sued the company over its bone morphogenetic protein-2 product, Infuse, and that many more lawsuits may be coming.

Mar 04, 2014

California Docs Sue Aetna Over Out-of-Network Denials

Several medical groups and more that 50 individual physicians in California are suing Aetna, claiming that the insurer often wrongly denies coverage for patients accessing out-of-network providers.

Jul 05, 2012

AMA Adopts Policies on Circumcision, Gun Safety

The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates has adopted a number of new policies at its interim meeting, including policies on male circumcision, physician discussion of gun safety, and a new medical coding system that will go into effect in 2013.

Nov 16, 2011