22% of physicians see malpractice premium increase
Twenty-two percent of physicians saw an increase in malpractice premiums in 2021 compared with 2020, according to Medical Economics' "2022 Physician Report" released June 18. Data for the report was ...
Massachusetts Doctors Warn ‘New Wave’ of COVID Is Possible
The Boston Herald 's Rick Sobey reported that "Two omicron subvariants are on the rise across the region, and new evidence about the highly contagious COVID strains means they could spark 'a new wave' ...
‘A scary time’: Fear of prosecution forces doctors to choose between protecting themselves or their patients
State laws criminalizing abortion have put physicians under intense scrutiny and made them fearful, with implications that extend well beyond abortion.
Staggering 10 percent of GP prescriptions are unnecessary, say doctors
According to Professor Powis, 10 percent of all GP prescriptions are unnecessary. This works out at as 114 million drugs wasted every single year. All of this comes at a cost of £1billion to an ...
American College of Physicians calls US food insecurity a threat to public health
Inadequate access to nutrition has become a threat to public health in the U.S., amplifying existing food insecurity and social issues, the American College of Physicians declared on Monday. With ...
American College of Physicians says food insecurity is a threat to public health in the United States
Inadequate access to nutritious food negatively impacts the health of many Americans, which in turn can significantly exacerbate food and nutritional insecurity and other social factors impacting ...
Study on transgender physicians shows lack of professional support
A study is calling for both “structural and interpersonal changes” to promote inclusion of transgender physicians in the workplace and to address what it calls “emotional distress associated with ...
As abortion pills draw big interest, doctors wary of a new method of desperation
Women who want to end a pregnancy in their second trimester and don’t have the resources to travel may turn to medications long past the time they are considered safe.
The end of a life: One doctor’s view of abortion
Ultrasound shows us a formed fetus with a beating heart in the first trimester, while, at the same time, the abortion pill RU-486 has provided doctors ... for more than 50 percent of abortions.
Federal jury delibering fate of four doctors accused of operating prescription drug ring
The defendants are accused of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit health care fraud over six years from 2013 through 2018 while operating The Pain Center USA ...
Aid in dying: Most Delaware doctors support End of Life Options Act. Pass it | Opinion
We believe it’s our duty as physicians to provide the facts and to dispel erroneous concerns about this compassionate legislation.
