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The Oregon Medical Board needs to do more to fairly and consistently discipline the health care professionals it regulates, a new Oregon Secretary of State audit found.
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A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states, including California, are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.
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You may wait a while to get an appointment with doctor, and may wait a while to SEE the doctor, but how long in the room WITH the doctor? In most people's…
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The many health insurance discussions generally do not include any mention of direct primary care (DPC). The payment scheme in DPC is like a cable TV or…
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While Congress is still debating the near future of the American health insurance system, how about a refresher course in the healthcare system itself?…
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There are those who walk in the forest, and those who walk in the forest and recognize what grows there. Scott Kloos is firmly in that second category. He…
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Cass Ingram is a believer in marijuana as a healing agent. But there's room in his heart and in his osteopathic practice for other herbs, as well. Dr.…
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The world wasn't created yesterday. And over the years, human beings have learned a few things about how the body works and thrives. Some of the things…
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The doctor arrives in the exam room after you've waited a while. And it's great that she's finally here, but is she really present? Doctors are thoroughly…
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President Kennedy talked about putting humans on the moon by the end of the 1960s. The job got done, but it took a lot of people, money, and work. Now…
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Multiple sclerosis, MS, has no cure... and over time, MS patients generally see a decline in neurological and other functions as the disease advances.…
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We're often cautioned not to think of doctors as something like gods. But they do hold the power of life and death over us in extreme cases. And one…
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It's not the stethoscope, it's the ears. Doctors have a lot to listen to when a patient arrives complaining about a health matter. But the patient's story…
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Getting politicians to agree on HOW to reform health care can be a chore, since they don't even agree on a RIGHT to health care. Naturopathic doctors…