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Yes, Yes, YES! There Is a G-Spot: French Docs

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:23:08 CST

Yes, Virginia, there is a G-spot. That's what French docs want the world to know in a reminder that when it comes to sex, don't ask the British. UK scientists at Kings College recently declared that there was no proof that the female hyper-pleasure center exists. But French physicians declared...

Pediatrician Filmed in Baby Sex Attacks: Cops

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:57:00 CST

A 225-pound pediatrician videotaped himself sexually assaulting children as young as 3 months old in his examination rooms, according to Delaware court documents. During one brutal assault of a 2-year-old, Dr. Earl Bradley had a "violently enraged expression on his face," an investigator said in a sworn statement. The detective...

AMA Mellows on Medical Marijuana

Harry Kimball — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:12:15 CST

The American Medical Association has finally softened on marijuana, urging the government to give it a new classification that would open the door to serious research on its medical merits. Now a Schedule I drug, with no accepted medical uses, under the AMA proposal it would become a Schedule II...

Health Industry Shakedown Imperils Reform

Nick McMaster — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:32:40 CDT

In dealing with pharmaceutical companies, insurers, and the AMA, President Obama should take a page from David Letterman's book and not fall prey to blackmail, writes former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. Promises the administration made to those three constituencies in exchange for staying neutral or positive about health care reform...

I'd Vote for Health Bill: Frist

Nick McMaster — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:14:54 CDT

Health care reform legislation has the unexpected support of a prominent physician: former Senate Republican leader Bill Frist. If he were still in politics, “I would end up voting for it," Frist said. The surgeon also blamed some Republicans for not engaging seriously in the health care debate: “Clearly, the...

German Doc Probed in Poison Death of 2 in Therapy

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:48:59 CDT

A German doctor was being investigated today for possible homicide after two patients in his therapy group died of poisoning, reports AP. Twelve others were rushed to a local hospital after one called emergency services. One is in a coma. The doctor has admitted giving his patients various drugs and...

Silver: Ignore Poll Showing Docs Opposed to Reform

Harry Kimball — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:46:23 CDT

A new Investors’ Business Daily poll showing doctors opposed to President Obama’s health care reform is generating some buzz today, but it's so flawed that Nate Silver has only this advice: “Completely ignore” it, he writes on FiveThirtyEight. Here’s why: It's conducted by mail: Hardly anyone does this because it...

Fake GOP Panel Recruits Docs in Health Reform Battle

Jason Farago — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:07:59 CDT

Republican members of Congress have been touting a "Physicians' Council for Responsible Reform," which supposedly consists of 100-odd doctors working with the GOP leadership in the fight against Obamacare. In fact, writes Timothy Noah for Slate, the council doesn't exist; it's a PR exercise, not to mention a hustle to...

Reform? We Need a Revolution

Harry Kimball — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:02:48 CDT

Diane McWhorter’s experience with a doctor caring for her elderly mother has her hoping for more than health care reform. “Socialized medicine, hell,” she writes on DoubleX. “How about a cultural revolution?” Her mom’s doctor, due for a vacation, dumped her on a “hospitalist” after he diagnosed a “dangerous build-up...