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...widely accepted as a mainstay of end-of-life care. Opponents of terminal sedation argue, however, that some doctors misuse the practice as a substitute for euthanasia. A study published last week in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) indicates this may be the case in the Netherlands. Physician-assisted suicide has been legal there - though highly regulated - since 2001, but its use has dropped in recent years. At the same time, Dutch physicians have turned more often to terminal sedation to treat patients at the end of life - 8.2% of all deaths in 2005 involved terminal sedation, up from...
...Health, mirrors similar efforts by rival Microsoft and Revolution Health Group, led by AOL founder Steve Case. All three products will allow patients to access records from anywhere in the world, letting the user upload medical records from one health-care provider and then easily share them with another physician or hospital - a capability more and more health-care providers are looking to adopt. Tullman says Allscripts plans to collaborate with both Microsoft and Google, particularly in the area of providing patients with prescription data, and emphasizes that such initiatives should further alleviate privacy worries associated with electronic records...
...with her demotion. Carol A. Warfield is seeking recovery for the “loss of her career, her income, her reputation, and all of the consequential damages that flow from these injuries,” according to the complaint filed at the Suffolk County Courthouse. Warfield, a leading physician known for her work in pain medicine, rose from the ranks of a resident and a fellow in the 1970s to chair of the hospital’s anesthesia department in 2000. A year later, Josef E. Fischer became the new head of the surgery department at Beth Israel...
...issue is the fact that Jarvik, while a graduate of medical school, is not licensed to practice medicine, and therefore not legally able to write prescriptions for medications. In the ads, he admits to taking Lipitor himself, and appears to give medical advice as a practicing physician. "We chose ["Dr. Jarvik"] because he is a well respected heart expert, inventor of the Jarvik heart, and we thought it was appropriate because he is well respected in the area of cardiology and vascular research," Vanessa Aristede, director of corporate communications at Pfizer, told TIME. In defending his decision to become...
...small percentage of participants in Boden-Albala's study suffered from severe daytime sleepiness, but a full 47% reported moderate levels of uncontrollable dozing. "That's a public health problem," she says. "If you think you have a sleep problem, bring it up the next time you see your physician. And if you're falling asleep every single day watching television or when you try to read a book, that might be something serious...