By Lauren Meade http://www.philly.com

By Emily Bregel http://timesfreepress.com

Rong-Gong Lin II http://www.sfgate.com Six months after Kanye West’s mother died following liposuction and breast implant surgery, the reverberations continue to be felt. Now lawmakers and physicians are urging greater protections for patients undergoing cosmetic surgery. Across the country, such surgeries are increasingly done outside hospital settings in outpatient clinics, where a doctor can avoid […]

By Joseph B. Martin THE QUESTION OF whether there are enough doctors to care for patients, particularly if the nation moves toward a new scheme for universal health coverage, is the elephant in the room of the presidential campaign debate on health reform. Fifteen to 20 years ago there were worries about too many doctors, […]

By HEATHER WON TESORIERO http://online.wsj.com

http://blogs.usatoday.com On the night of her baby’s seizure in February, Brandy Nannini discovered a harsh reality of today’s overtaxed medical system. The ambulance crew that responded to her 911 call refused to take 23-month-old Bella to a nearby Washington, D.C., hospital where her doctor was waiting. The emergency room was so crowded it was closed […]

By Tanya Pérez-Brennan After healthcare reform was made law in Massachusetts in 2006, the number of newly insured patients in the state started to grow, and so did the demand for care. The demand, coupled with a longstanding shortage of primary-care physicians, is creating a real crunch for community clinics, say advocates of healthcare reform […]

Dan Greenberg http://chronicle.com

Suzanne Legue http://www.simcoe.com  “If we can just get them to spend some time in our community, they will never want to leave!â€? And who can argue with that logic? Janice Skot, RVH’s President and CEO made that comment to elected officials recently while announcing that Royal Victoria Hospital has been chosen as an official teaching […]