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Some jurisdictions are prepared to go even further. Next month Washington state will vote on an initiative that would legalize physician-assisted suicide for patients with six months or less to live. If the proposal passes, Washington would become the first state to legalize active euthanasia. No Western country has yet done so. Earlier this year, Dr. Timothy Quill of Rochester, N.Y., wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine about helping a patient with acute leukemia kill herself with barbiturates. A state panel of physicians found his actions medically and legally appropriate, and a local grand jury cleared...
...pressing their claims for compensation, miners are at a distinct disadvantage. Most lawyers decline to accept black lung cases because they know that claimants have little chance, says Dr. Mohammed Ranavaya, a West Virginia physician who has examined thousands of black lung patients. "It's not an even playing field, because you have a small-town coal miner vs. a big, resourceful company. It's David and Goliath...
...western Ohio, a radical plan is taking shape. To renew your Medicaid eligibility, you must sign up for a state-sponsored Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Then you choose a primary care physician. This keeps people out of emergency rooms with anything less than an emergency. The huge reduction in emergency room visits improves the quality of emergency room care for everyone...
...center will be directed by Stranahan Professor of Pediatrics David A. Nathan, who is the physician-in-chief at Children's Hospital, and will be a collaborative effort between Children's Hospital and the University's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology...
Despite the seemingly positive relationship between aspirin use and reduced heart attacks, Manson warns people not to jump on the bandwagon too hastily. "No one should take aspirin regularly without consulting a physician," she says...