Word: physicians
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Homecoming, a debauch-fest that apparently makes Harvard’s tailgate look like a coffee klatch. This year’s Homecoming, however, smashed records and more than a few windows—police handed out at least 600 fines and arrested 138 people. A local emergency room physician declared that, “loss of life is inevitable” if Homecoming remains on the calendar. Kingston residents, up in arms for years about the chaos in their streets, stepped up their lobbying efforts, and Homecoming started earning the university some very negative national attention...
...Faculty members who work at the hospitals are subject to the school’s conflict of interest rules, but are paid by the hospitals or physician organizations at the hospitals, not by Harvard...
...hasn't been the best time to be a Republican - and even worse if you are a black Republican. Take the experience of Ada Fisher. This fall, the Salisbury, N.C., physician ran for a state general-assembly seat representing a mostly white, working-class district. Several black college students who campaigned on her behalf were dissed by peers as "Uncle Toms." Then, in September, as Fisher walked toward the local Republican Party's booth at a county fair, a white man told her to go back to the Democratic Party booth "where she belonged" and to support Barack Obama. Never...
...real mistake happens later, according to Edelman, when the initial trial fails and the physician doesn't rethink the diagnosis or run the proper tests - and instead addresses the problem by using different drugs. "We need to pay attention to what symptoms mean and patients' response to treatment. We cannot accept lack of responsiveness to medication. It could be a misdiagnosis," Edelman says...
...have someone come in and duplicate those facilities, the financial framework for those hospitals is jeopardized. And that’s what’s been happening.” The new measures affect any company seeking to open outpatient clinics costing more than $25 million and all physician-owned day surgery centers. In recent years, several of Boston’s city hospitals—including the HMS affiliated and top-ranked Massachusetts General Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Children’s Hospital Boston—have planned and embarked on multi-million dollar expansion projects...