Posts Tagged ‘Doctors’

More doctors, hospitals using electronic records

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says more doctors and hospitals are embracing technology as adoption of computerized medical records reaches a “tipping point” in America. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Good News for Doctors and Budget Hawks

The price tag for repealing a flawed Medicare doctors’ pay formula will remain near a recent record low, according to a new estimate from the independent Congressional Budget Office released on Tuesday. It’s good news for the physicians and lawmakers who hope to see a permanent “doc fix” in 2013, and suggests the momentum behind [...]

Doctors: Cancer Patients Who Watched The Onion’s Amazon Pilot Daily Showed Signs Of Remission

WASHINGTON—According to dramatic new findings announced by the American Medical Association Monday, thousands of patients at cancer treatment facilities across the United States displayed signs of full remission after repeatedly viewing The Onion… The Onion Tweet This Post

Doctors Reveal Dick Cheney Burning Through At Least 3 Hearts Each Week

JACKSON HOLE, WY—A team of doctors responsible for the care of Dick Cheney revealed Thursday that for the past few years, the former vice president has burned through a minimum of three hearts every week. The Onion Tweet This Post

Humiliated Team Of Cuban Doctors Forced To Continue Treating Long-Dead Fidel Castro

HAVANA—Sources within Cuba confirmed Monday that a group of completely humiliated doctors has once again been forced to administer routine medical treatments to former president Fidel Castro, who passed away in early 2008 after suffering a massive i… Tweet This Post

Meth Actually Not That Bad For You, Report Doctors Dismantling Stereo

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Challenging a growing scientific consensus over the dangers of methamphetamines, a team of doctors frantically prying apart and dismantling a stereo system released the findings of a new study Friday concluding that the synthetic drug … Tweet This Post

Clinton suffered clot between brain and skull, doctors say

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffered a blood clot in a vein between her brain and skull behind her right ear but is expected to make a full recovery, her doctors said on Monday in a statement released by the State Department. Clinton did not suffer a stroke or neurological damage [...]

Doctors upgrade Chavez’s status to “favorable”: Venezuelan VP

CARACAS (Reuters) – Doctors upgraded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s condition to favorable from stable on Thursday after his latest cancer surgery in Cuba, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said. “In the last few hours his process of recovery has evolved from stable to favorable, which allows us to continue saying that there is a growing recovery [...]

Doctors Refuse To Clear Concussed Michael Vick After He Claims Eagles Can Still Make Playoffs

PHILADELPHIA—As they continued to monitor the 12-year veteran for concussion symptoms, Eagles team doctors announced this morning that they would not clear quarterback Michael Vick to play this Sunday after hearing him claim his team “still ha… Tweet This Post

Sandy inspires first Doctors Without Borders U.S. relief effort

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manhattan doctor Lucy Doyle has done stints with the global medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Kenya. But her latest assignment is a real eye-opener: New York City. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Doctors Without Borders has set up its first-ever medical clinic [...]