Patient protection laws donât favor health providers
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Despite critics who say patientsâ bills of rights laws are actually designed to protect health care providers, new research published in the current issue of the American Journal of Medicine found just the opposite.
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NEW YORK  - Whether a doctor wears business attire, casual clothing or scrubs seems to make little difference in a patient's satisfaction with treatment, the results of a new survey show.
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Health insurance companies are offering more Medicare HMO choices this year, but some local seniors say they aren&#39;t interested.
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A doctor takes a risk and goes against a patient's wishes in order to save his life.
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At the health care institution where this pilot fish works, management is worried about thefts. Well, preventing thefts, anyhow.
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Why is it that when a doctor weighs in on the medical malpractice crisis [&quot;Dispelling Malpractice Myths,&quot; op-ed, Nov. 14], the solution never includes giving the public access to the National Practitioner
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At issue is whether makers of medical equipment approved by the federal government may be sued under state law by patients injured by those devices.
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Many doctors refuse to admit that simple chance is a factor in how well some of their patients do.
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A study concludes the region's largest health insurer is shirking its legal obligation to support public health needs.
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Do not always expect straight talk from your doctor about treatments he or she disapproves of -- 14 percent of physicians believe it is acceptable to withhold information about topics such as birth control, abortion and sedating dying patients, according to a study published on Wednesday.
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You wouldn't ask your banker to  choose stocks for you, or your dentist to check out your bum  knee, even though their fields are related. So don't expect  your life insurance agent to answer all of your questions about  long-term care insurance.
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Patients currently don't have any way to keep their personal information from being shared with third parties.
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OTTAWA -- Minister Ujjal Dosanjh can&#39;t say yet whether a private clinic for medical emergencies would violate the Canada Health Act - but critics say the violation is blatant.
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There is no sugar-coating the fact that the decision by Ontario doctors to reject a deal that would forever change the way they practise medicine is a major blow to the province&#39;s plan to transform the health-care system.
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It&#39;s time Gray Matters put up or shut up, instead of merely complaining about what passes for the American health care system.
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From day care centers to nursing homes, rules donÂt apply to faith groups.
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Patients taking a common drug to prevent blood clots to reduce heart attack and stroke risk now rely on a doctor's determination that they will not suffer excessive bleeding.