The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new study indicating that 54 percent of OB/GYNs and 57 percent of family practice physicians report discussing sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) with "all" or "most" of their non-pregnant...

Medical Economics/Thomson Healthcare yesterday announced that its journal, Patient Care for the Nurse Practitioner will now be offered exclusively online at www.patientcarenp.com, beginning in January 2002. According to the publisher, the online...

Does the challenge of developing quality CME with a measurable impact on patient care seem daunting to you? Here’s a conference that can help you bring out your inner leader...

A new study from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) highlights the problem of inappropriate prescribing in elderly patients in the United States. The study also underscores the importance of safe use of prescription...

Representatives of the American Academy of Family Physicians (www.aafp.org) will hold a press conference at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C., on December 14 to discuss the role of family physicians in the dealing with the threat of...

In a report issued earlier this week, Surgeon General David Satcher called for better healthcare for the mentally retarded. The report was the product of the Conference On Health Disparities And Mental Retardation, held in Washington, D.C...

The American Medical Association (AMA) voted earlier this week at its Interim Meeting of the House of Delegates to include the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) in its Specialty and Service Society...

Business Editors/Hi-Tech & Medical Writers ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001-- eMedicine.com, Inc., producer of the vast eMedicine World Medical Reference, announced today an entirely new way for medical institutions and...

eMedicine.com, Inc., producer of the eMedicine World Medical Reference, has announced a new way for medical institutions and organizations to deliver accredited Continuing Medical Education units to their staff at very low cost...

Medical publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and software developer Global eMedicine are collaborating with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military...