By Kevin B. O’Reilly http://www.ama-assn.org

http://www.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 20 percent of the U.S. population delayed or were unable to get access to medical care when they needed it in 2007, up from 14 percent four years earlier, a study released on Thursday found. About 9.5 million more people went without medical care in 2007, compared with 2003, the […]

By Adrienne Lu http://www.philly.com

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By Monetta M. Harr – Jackson Citizen Patriot http://blog.mlive.com Change is just about the only constant in medicine, but some patients are surprised when an unfamiliar doctor stops by their room at Foote Hospital. Increasingly, it is not their general practitioner. Instead, it is a physician known as a hospitalist. “Our biggest challenge is explaining […]

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by Nadine Armstrong/Hants Journal http://www.novanewsnow.com As many physicians in Windsor and West Hants near retirement age, the municipalities have raised concerns about a future doctor shortage. At the June 26 joint council, Hantsport nurse practitioner Dawn Lowe spoke on the benefits of collaborative practice as a viable alternative to the standard family physician solo practice. […]

By BILL HENDRICK http://www.ajc.com Elba Ramos is lying on a cot, nervously inhaling laughing gas through a clear plastic nasal mask, but she’s definitely not laughing. Instead, she’s grimacing as Dr. Sam Lorenzo talks to her in a soothing voice while pricking the end of an infected finger with an anesthetic needle. Though feeling no […]

By Amanda Erickson http://www.chicagotribune.com