?Tree of Life? honors past doctors and medical staff
As a way to honor the lives of those doctors and staff members who saved the lives of so many, the Houston Northwest Medical Center put the ?Tree of Life? work of art on permanent display.

Penn Medicine to disclose doctors' drug ties
Some local patients may soon be able to learn whether their doctors are paid on the side by pharmaceutical firms or medical-implant makers.

IBM And Merge Healthcare Join Forces For Better Development Of Advanced Medical Imaging Technology
With the help of IBM (NYSE: IBM), Merge Healthcare (NASDAQ: MRGE) is providing doctors, radiologists and other medical professionals easier access to medical images including x-rays, MRIs and CT scans.

Names of Britain's first doctors released by Ancestry.co.uk
Dinah Greek, Computeract!ve , Friday 5 December 2008 at 12:08:00 List contains details of every doctor approved by the General Medical Council between 1858 and 1950 Ancestry.co.uk has launched details of Britain's first doctors to mark the 150th anniversary of the General Medical Council. The site's list contains details of 1.5 million doctors approved by the...

Names of Britain's first doctors released by Ancestry.co.uk
Ancestry.co.uk has launched details of Britain's first doctors to mark the 150th anniversary of the General Medical Council.

Beware cholesterol drugs for kids, journal warns doctors
Canada?s top medical journal is warning doctors about giving cholesterol pills to children, saying there?s scant direct evidence statins are safe for children and that doctors risk committing kids to ?decades of therapy.?

LA BioMed researchers among Southern California Super Doctors
( Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) ) Thirty-eight physician-scientists from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center are honored for being among Southern California Super Doctors.

Doctors Should Prepare To Handle Angry Patients, For Own Protection And To Avoid Complaints, Says Medical Protection ...
The Medical Protection Society is marking Anger Awareness Week by offering advice to doctors who could be confronted by aggressive patients, upset at their perception of some aspect of the service they have received.

Doctors Test Robotic Docs At Jackson Memorial Hospital
Hospital patients soon could see robotic doctors maneuvering through the halls of hospitals, some medical officials say.

Clinic To Disclose Doctors' Industry Ties
The Cleveland Clinic is making it easier for the public to find out if its doctors get money from pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers. The move could help patients evaluate whether the doctors are acting in their best interests.

Angola: Cuban Doctors Improve Medical Aid in Malanje
At least 43 Cuban physicians of different specialities, distributed in some hospitals of Malanje, have enabled the betterment of health assistance in the province.

Judge upholds ban on medical 'balanced billing'
A Sacramento Superior Court judge issued a ruling Wednesday upholding state regulations that prevent doctors and hospitals from billing patients when their health plan doesn?t pay enough to cover their bills, state regulatory officials announced.

New doctors
Somali medical school's first graduates for years

Does More Sleep Make for Better Doctors'
At the 78th hour of the workweek, young doctors of today must decide how to spend their last few hours in the hospital.

Medical
The Cleveland Clinic said it will publicize the business ties its 1,800 doctors and researchers have with drug companies and device makers.

Medical residents told to catch some zzz's
Traditionally viewed as a baptism by fire for future physicians, a new report said the lengthy, grueling schedules of medical residents may be hurting patients and doctors-to-be - instead of helping them.

Anti-bleeding drug study won't affect U.S. doctors
A study out of Canada that casts more doubt on the safety of a drug commonly used in major heart surgery won't affect doctors in the United States, where the drug has been taken off the market.

Cleveland Clinic disclosing doctors' business ties
The Cleveland Clinic says it will publicize the business ties its 1,800 doctors and researchers have with drug companies and device makers. The move, announced Wednesday, is the clinic's latest effort to guard against medical conflicts of interest and follows...

Trainee Doctors Need More Sleep And Supervision, US Report
A new report from medical and scientific experts recommends among other things that trainee doctors' hours and workload in the US be reduced and their supervision be increased because they make too many fatigue-related medical mistakes and they need a better learning environment.

Upper Yoder woman?s recovery surprises doctors, thrills family
Everyone tells 78-year-old Rose Reed she?s from strong stock. Now, even she might believe it. Reed left Johnstown?s Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday ? nearly three months after doctors thought she?d never make it through one night.