The American Heart Association announces its new leadership for the 2001-2002 fiscal year beginning July 1. The new officers will take office during the association's annual delegate assembly on June 22 and 23...

A study of terminally ill cancer patients and their physicians found that in only 37 percent of cases was the doctor willing to give the patient his or her best estimate of how long the patient could expect to live. Without such knowledge...

In a statement released Tuesday, the Board of the American Medical Association announced that its executive vice president and CEO had filed a lawsuit against the organization, claiming the board exceeded its authority when it prevented him from...

Further review of the Bush administration's delay of and proposed changes to an important bipartisan Medicare anesthesia care rule reveals that the administration's action ``hurts patients, hospitals, and healthcare,'' charged Larry G. Hornsby, a...

In a diabetes study, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers found that physicians who received periodic feedback reports based on chart reviews of their care of patients with diabetes, plus performance goals called "achievable benchmarks...

Training primary care physicians in manual therapy gives them another way to treat back pain patients, but benefits are modest Controversy continues about the benefit of spinal manual therapy (a sequence of maneuvers that adjust and stretch joints...

Training primary care physicians in manual therapy gives them another way to treat back pain patients, but benefits are modest Controversy continues about the benefit of spinal manual therapy (a sequence of maneuvers that adjust and stretch joints...

The National Managed Health Care Congress (NMHCC), the leading provider of strategic business information and education for the healthcare industry, announced today the re-appointment of Julie Brown as President. Uniquely, Brown was one of the...

At this year’s Healthcare Convention Exhibitors Association (HCEA) annual conference, being held June 10-12 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, attendees can for the first time earn credit toward the Certified Manager of Exhibits (CME)...

Four Dallas surgeons have been selected to teach a new heart bypass operation without using the heart-lung machine, to a select group of their peers from around the country. The unique continuing medical education program, sponsored by the Society...