Sep 1, 2006
Imagine students in developing countries and the United States simultaneously reviewing the same medical curriculum and learning from each other. That is e-learning at its best in an Internet classroom, and it's the goal of WomensHealthSection.com.
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While universal coverage sounds like a great idea on the surface, those who champion the cause have yet to answer many complex social, economic, and ethical questions.
Oct 1, 2008
By:Arnold W. Cohen, MD
While universal coverage sounds like a great idea on the surface, those who champion the cause have yet to answer many complex social, economic, and ethical questions.
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An appreciation for Michaelangelo's Pieta can help doctors find a balance between their professional and personal lives.
Aug 1, 2008
By:Mark P. Trolice, MD
An appreciation for Michaelangelo's Pieta can help doctors find a balance between their professional and personal lives.
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Dr. Pellecchia is training residents and reminisces about his own training with a team of residents and how hard working and responsible they were.
Jan 1, 2008
By:Ralph Pellecchia, MD
Dr. Pellecchia is training residents and reminisces about his own training with a team of residents and how hard working and responsible they were.
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If the message is you don't need a Pap smear, many patients will hear: you don't need a visit.
Oct 1, 2007
By:Steven R. Goldstein, MD
If the message is you don't need a Pap smear, many patients will hear: you don't need a visit.
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The current tort system has all the makings of a perfect storm. As long as we physicians frame our arguments in terms of the burden we bear to pay premiums, and demand caps on non-economic damages as a necessary condition for any systematic reforms, we will continue to fail to transform the system.
Sep 1, 2007
By:Joshua A. Copel, MD
The current tort system has all the makings of a perfect storm. As long as we physicians frame our arguments in terms of the burden we bear to pay premiums, and demand caps on non-economic damages as a necessary condition for any systematic reforms, we will continue to fail to transform the system.
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Medicine's backbeat has changed. Physician recommendations never used to be questioned. Then, managed care entered the scene and third party payers became reticent.
Aug 1, 2007
By:Nanette F. Santoro, MD
Medicine's backbeat has changed. Physician recommendations never used to be questioned. Then, managed care entered the scene and third party payers became reticent.
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One simple way to eliminate breast cancer risk and provide cardiovascular benefit is to use cyclic hormone therapy (HT).
Jul 1, 2007
By:Hugh S. Taylor, MD
We should strive to maintain the use of estrogen therapy wihile minimizing or finding alternatives to the progestins. Patients want a safe way to withstand the menopausal transition, and we can begin by using the lowest effective dose of estrogen with less progestin.
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A recent meta-analysis concluded that OCs increase the risk of premenopausal breast Ca ...
Jun 1, 2007
By:Leon Speroff, MD
A meta-analysis is a systematic review of studies that measures the quality of each study and combines the findings in an unbiased manner.
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