Health Care Providers & Specialties

An employee can ask a physician to create a wellness plan for him or her if the employee rejects or is unable to meet requirements of the employer's regular program, according to Affordable Care Act r… Read More

Listen to the audio from Drs. David and Debbie Oliver's moving 2013 AAHPM & HPNA Annual Assembly plenary presentation and learn what a patient and caregiver need from palliative care, what their cance… Read More

A public education campaign is being prepared by the Obama administration to connect directly with 2.7 million U.S. citizens with limited or no health coverage in the months before implementation of a… Read More

Seven of 17 randomized controlled trials on the pediatric use of osteopathic manipulation showed that the method was more effective than the other method tested in treating certain conditions such as … Read More

New Jersey hospitals have reduced readmission rates 7.5% since 2010, according to a report from Healthcare Quality Strategies. Medical director Andrew Miller said hospitals are working with nursing ho… Read More

Tai chi, an ancient form of Chinese exercise that includes slow, circular movements, can be an ideal fitness option for adults, fitness experts said. "In this high-tech world that's all about speed, g… Read More

In testimony during a Small Business Administration Regulatory Fairness Hearing in Seattle last week, AOPA Executive Director Tom Fise detailed how fraud allegations by the Office of Inspector General… Read More

Only half of the 2,365 U.S. physicians surveyed by the American Medical Association Insurance Agency say they review their finances quarterly, and nearly half said they are behind in retirement planni… Read More

The combination of smartphone-enabled diagnostics, widespread genome sequencing and other changes in the digital age will fuel a revolution in health care delivery, cost effectiveness and the democrat… Read More

The Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013 was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Friday. The law calls for a more effective federal review process for gene… Read More

A survey suggests that patients are open to seeing physician assistants and nurse practitioners -- and in many cases prefer to do so. The findings, published in Health Affairs, may boost efforts for t… Read More

Transoral outlet reduction fared better than sham treatment in improving body weight and waist size at three and six months in gastric bypass patients who regained weight following the procedure, a st… Read More

St. Louis is tackling racial disparities in breast cancer care by creating a health navigator program, locating community centers in ZIP codes with high death rates and having cancer survivors act as … Read More

Babies who received inhaled racemic adrenaline for acute bronciolitis were no less likely to need nasogastric-tube feeding, supplemental oxygen or ventilators than the inhaled saline group, according … Read More

Researchers from University College London analyzed data and found a causal association between low levels of vitamin D and hypertension. They reported findings at the European Society of Human Geneti… Read More

Some plastic surgeons are marketing liposuction, Botox injections and other cosmetic procedures as Father's Day gifts. No substantial data confirms a surge in demand around Father's Day, but an increa… Read More

SCAI President Dr. Theodore A. Bass is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its radiation protection guidance for X-ray procedures to better address effects on operators and staff … Read More

Florida Hospital Flagler has begun an intensivist program to coordinate ICU care. Medical director Dr. Miren Schinco said an important part of care delivery using an intensivist model is having standa… Read More

Eli Lilly and Co. has discontinued a Phase II trial of its investigational Alzheimer's disease drug LY2886721, a beta secretase inhibitor, after cases of abnormal liver tests were identified. Lilly be… Read More

U.S. researchers looked at more than 1,700 childhood cancer survivors and found that 98% of them had at least one chronic health condition as they became adults. The most common chronic ailment was ab… Read More

The call for applications for the 2013 Future Leaders in Pain Research Grants program is now open. This grant program was established to fund pain research projects of doctoral-prepared investigators … Read More