Word: internist
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Until then, women and their physicians will have to make do with the limited information they have. "When you take hormones," says Dr. Dorothy Gohdes, an internist in Albuquerque, N.M., "you have to remember that you don't get them for nothing. There are trade-offs." A woman whose family history places her at high risk for breast cancer might decide to avoid hormone therapy even for the short term, for example, while a woman at high risk for osteoporosis or heart disease would probably be more willing to take her chances...
...government is not about to start second-guessing every internist who insists a cough sounded nasty. But Lauersen, 60, seems to present an extreme case. Prosecutors say he sent out falsified bills and created fictitious office notes, some prepared long after patient visits and then backdated. And the dollar amounts he is accused of defrauding are large: $4 million over the past 10 years...