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...aftermath of the Schiavo furor, physician-assisted suicide is likely to erupt as the next big conflagration over end-of-life issues. Indeed, things have already begun to heat up. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed last month to take up a Bush Administration challenge to the Oregon law. The White House wants to revoke the license of any doctor who writes a lethal prescription, arguing that federal drug laws trump states' rights to regulate medical practice. Meanwhile, legislative committees in Vermont and California will vote this month on whether to adopt Oregon-style statutes. Other states have considered similar laws...
...Bertram Zarins, Chief of MGH Sports Medicine Service and the team physician for the NFL’s New England Patriots, the NHL’s Boston Bruins, and MLS’s New England Revolution, granted as much...
...Surgical Research in Fort Sam Houston, Texas, says he routinely gets an e-mail "from some doctor in a tent outside Fallujah," saying a soldier has been burned in an explosion minutes before, and is being flown by helicopter to the combat hospital in Balad. An hour later, a physician in Balad calls Holcomb, saying he's putting the patient on a plane to Germany. At that point, Holcomb can dispatch a burn team to Landstuhl to bring the soldier back to the Army's specialized facility in Texas. "He's here 24 hours after being wounded," he says with...
...CROC DOC Having kept patients waiting, a physician in Zagreb, Croatia, may be fired for spending two hours examining a sick crocodile, assessing the reptile with an ultrasound
...society. For tens of millions of Americans, chronic pain is a catastrophic medical condition that can disrupt every aspect of their lives. Still, the vast majority of doctors receive little training in pain management. Patients need to be persistent. It is important for them to find a caring, involved physician specializing in pain management. Essentially, the physician becomes a partner in their care. Advances in the understanding and treatment of chronic pain can significantly improve quality of life. Although pain cannot always be completely eliminated, it can be reduced to the point that people become more functional and get their...