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New Hep C Screening for Baby Boomers 16 Aug 2013 | 10:17 am
If baby boomers weren't special enough, now the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has singled them out as a special group to be screened for Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Individuals born between 1945 ...
Some Doctors Set Their Own Pay 1 Aug 2013 | 12:27 pm
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) sets the rates all physicians get paid and insurance companies base their rates on the same formula. So who creates the formula? Well, it's the doctors, s...
Answer to Challenge 21 Jul 2013 | 12:50 am
Harlequin Color Change The answer to yesterdays Medical Challenge is...drumroll.... #4: Harlequin color change Harlequin color change is a dramatic but benign phenomenon in which the color on 1/2 ...
Medical Challenge 18 Jul 2013 | 11:30 am
I couldn't resist this challenge from the New England Journal of Medicine. Make your best guess in the comment section and answer will be posted tomorrow. One hint: The newborn baby doesn't have a...
Delay Cord Cutting in Newborns 12 Jul 2013 | 10:39 am
A new study has shown that delaying cutting the cord in a newborn baby is associated with better health for the baby because more blood (hemoglobin) passes from the mother to the baby as the cord is s...
Poem - Do Not Resuscitate 23 Jun 2013 | 01:05 am
Do Not Resuscitate I can say your father is dying. I can say wishing will not make it so, belief doesn't change a thing. I can say love does not conquer all, miracles are pretty stories told i...
Morning After Pill Now Available Without Prescription 12 Jun 2013 | 04:34 am
The U.S. Justice Department has dropped its appeal to block a ruling by a New York Federal Judge to allow easy access, over-the -counter purchase of the "Morning After" pill for birth control. The eme...
Morning After Pill Now Available Without Prescription 12 Jun 2013 | 04:34 am
The U.S. Justice Department has dropped its appeal to block a ruling by a New York Federal Judge to allow easy access, over-the -counter purchase of the "Morning After" pill for birth control. The eme...
Answer to Image Challenge 10 Jun 2013 | 08:38 am
The answer to the image challenge this week is #1 - Atherosclerosis. Most of you got the right answer because you obviously know that the diagonal crease seen in the earlobe is known as "Frank's sign...
Answer to Image Challenge 10 Jun 2013 | 08:38 am
The answer to the image challenge this week is #1 - Atherosclerosis. Most of you got the right answer because you obviously know that the diagonal crease seen in the earlobe is known as "Frank's sign...
