Read more doctors stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33810/doctors.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73798/ama-mellows-on-medical-marijuana.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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...http://www.newser.com/story/73798/ama-mellows-on-medical-marijuana.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 9:12:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73696/senate-dems-say-obama-plans-dont-fix-spending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome Democrats in the Senate are worried that reform legislation under consideration doesn't do enough to rein in out-of-control health care spending. President Obama has promised $2 trillion in savings over the next 10 years, but critics say the proposed changes aren't nearly aggressive enough on the current pay-per-visit system...http://www.newser.com/story/73696/senate-dems-say-obama-plans-dont-fix-spending.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:05:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72045/health-industry-shakedown-imperils-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn 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...http://www.newser.com/story/72045/health-industry-shakedown-imperils-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Oct 2009 15:32:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71406/lobbyists-deal-death-blows-to-health-care-cost-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWho's winning the health care battle? Lobbyists, says the New York Times , who've succeeded in blocking virtually every avenue for cutting health care costs that has been put on the table. They've killed proposals that would pinch doctors, hospitals, insurers and employees who are the beneficiaries of so-called Cadillac health...http://www.newser.com/story/71406/lobbyists-deal-death-blows-to-health-care-cost-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 6:50:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71082/obama-gave-out-white-coats-for-doctor-photo-op.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt seems Barack Obama’s address before 150 supportive doctors yesterday was just a wee bit contrived for the cameras’ benefit. The White House had asked the physicians to show up in their iconic white coats, just to be sure the viewers at home got the message: Doctors support health care...http://www.newser.com/story/71082/obama-gave-out-white-coats-for-doctor-photo-op.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 15:05:31 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69569/silver-ignore-poll-showing-docs-opposed-to-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 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...http://www.newser.com/story/69569/silver-ignore-poll-showing-docs-opposed-to-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 15:46:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69136/uc-settles-suits-in-embryo-thefts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe University of California Board of Regents has quietly paid $4.2 million to settle a dozen lawsuits linked to doctors who stole embryos in an Irvine fertility clinic, reports the Los Angeles Times . The physicians fled the US after it was discovered 14 years ago that they moved eggs...http://www.newser.com/story/69136/uc-settles-suits-in-embryo-thefts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 2:55:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68523/docs-urge-caution-on-plastic-surgery-for-migraines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe New York Times weighs in today on the recent study that showed plastic surgery to be effective in curing, or at least cutting the frequency of, migraine headaches. Headache specialists are intrigued but concerned that even if they're not good candidates, patients will rush to have the forehead lifts,...http://www.newser.com/story/68523/docs-urge-caution-on-plastic-surgery-for-migraines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 12:52:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67961/the-memorial-killings-what-katrina-doctors-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the staff at one New Orleans hospital faced a torturous dilemma: For critically ill patients who would have to be carried down as many as 8 flights of stairs and back up to the roof of a garage, evacuation seemed impossible. With rumors of...http://www.newser.com/story/67961/the-memorial-killings-what-katrina-doctors-did.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 10:09:02 CDT