Links: Health and Health Care News
Recent Articles & Blogs
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Only 2 percent of medical students are pursuing general internal medicine.Read the article;
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A New York Times article explaining guaranteed health care coverage for all citizens in Switzerland.Read the article
Archived News
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Dentists are in such short supply in Maine that primary doctors who do their medical residency in the state are learning to lance abscesses, ....Read the article >
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Dr. Robert L. Martensen has treated an estimated 75,000 patients and says the health care crisis is one of money, people and systems -- A New York Times ArticleRead the article >
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A Washington Post Article on the first serious national discussion on health care in 15 years.Read the article >
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Washington: Under any set of plausible assumptions, an immense shortage of physicians is impending, according to the Association of Medical Colleges.Read the article >
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A Post-Bulletin article on small-town family doctors.Read the article >
News Sources
New York Times - Health
The New York Times has excellent articles on current health and health care issues.
New York Times
The tyranny of a patient's diagnosis on subsequent interactions between patients and doctors.
New York Times
Three Europeans Win the 2008 Nobel for Medicine
Reuter's Health Information, Healthday
Coverage of news articles from Reuters Health Information and Healthday on a variety of topics, compiled by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
AAMC Newsroom
The Association of American Medical Colleges has an excellent site reviewing health care issues in the news.
Department of Health and Human Services
The
Department of Health and Human Services provides excellent statistics and articles on health.
WomensHealth.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health provides extensive information on women's health issues.
UPenn's Center for Bioethics
University of Pennsylvania's Center for Bioethics is a good website to check out, as it often provides articles on current ethical issues affecting the practice of medicine.