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Ten months after Aria Sabit arrived in Ventura, Calif., local hospital staffers noticed he suddenly developed a preference for an obscure brand of spinal implants for many of his surgeries.
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On a recent business trip, I grabbed a copy of the in-flight magazine and was surprised by a tease on the cover for an article inside: “ADHD in Adults.”
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A confluence of events signals HHS will launch its anticipated healthcare reform law education and outreach campaign next week.
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Loyola University Chicago is accepting applications from students rarely found in medical school: undocumented immigrants.
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Getting out front of possible federal regulation of their industry and its products, a trade group representing more than 40 developers of electronic health-record systems issued an EHR Developer Code of Conduct. By signing on, vendors would commit to dropping “gag clauses” that hinder...
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Hundreds of federal workers had advance word of a Medicare decision worth billions of dollars to private insurers in the weeks before the official announcement.
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A simple vinegar test slashed cervical cancer death rates by one-third in a remarkable study of 150,000 women in the slums of India, where the disease is the top cancer killer of women.
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Senate Republicans have intensified their calls for scrutiny of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' efforts to raise money from private donors to help implement the healthcare reform law.
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Wall Street investors hungry for advance information on upcoming federal health-care decisions repeatedly held private discussions with Obama administration officials, including a top White House adviser helping to implement the Affordable Care Act.
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Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a licensed physician, was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients before he was elected to Congress, according to documents released Thursday.
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