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By Ryan McMaster/Staff Writer http://www.santamariatimes.com Red, white and blue balloons hung around the back patio at Sansum Clinic Thursday and even the sugar cookies were bathed in the flag’s colors as workers welcomed one of their own back from Iraq.

By Sandy Kleffman CONTRA COSTA TIMES http://www.contracostatimes.com On a typical day, five or six patients used to fill Dr. Michael O’Brien’s small waiting room, cooling their heels until they got 10 minutes with the Castro Valley physician.

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Two newspapers recently published articles related to geriatric and primary care physician shortages. Summaries appear below.

By: James Tayoun, D.O., is the founding member of the Politically Active Physicians Association., Special To The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us While unveiling his health care plan, Governor Ed Rendell indicated “Pennsylvanians use emergency rooms far too much, often because they don’t have access to doctors.” Although the governor admits Pennsylvanians have lost access to adequate physician […]

BY SHELDON TRAVER Appeal Tribune http://www.eastvalleynews.com When 11-month-old Ava Dahlberg was just one month old, she broke out in a rash that covered her entire back.

By PATRICIA NORRIS http://www.masslive.com American Medical Association President-elect Dr. Ronald M. Davis breezed through Hampden County yesterday, addressing physicians, students and business leaders on preventive medicine and health insurance for the uninsured.