By BILL HENDRICK http://www.ajc.com

By Eleanor Black Watkin http://www.washingtonpost.com AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND — Being a cautious man, Eugene Horn of Willamina, Ore., did his research when it became apparent that he needed both knees replaced. Years of football had taken their toll, and a fall through rotten flooring while demolishing a house capped it. His knees were shot. Horn […]

By TODD ACKERMAN http://www.chron.com

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http://www.washingtonpost.com TUESDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) — Chemotherapy patients have not lost access to care despite federal legislation that has reduced reimbursements to their doctors in recent years, a new report finds. Critics feared the passing of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 would make treatment more difficult, but investigators from the Duke Clinical Research […]

Cory D. Carroll, M.D. http://www.coloradoan.com “It saddens me to inform you that I will no longer be participating with your insurance – the government programs of Medicare (most Americans over 65) and Tricare (for certain veterans and families). “Over the last decade, the Medicare reimbursement has grown a total of 9.1 percent (less than 1 […]

By Pamela Wells http://www.coalingarecord.com

http://www.wmicentral.com To help increase the number of physicians practicing in rural Arizona, every summer for the past 11 years a select group of physicians in rural communities throughout the state has mentored medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. For four to six weeks in June and July, the physicians […]

by Maggie Mahar http://takingnote.tcf.org