Only poor pay and low status of pediatrics helped women doctors buck discrimination
...ediatricians were able to carve out careers in the specialty because it paid poorly and carried insufficient st...nsequence of which may have been to help make it a specialty "that could look beyond the confines of the ivory towers, and become more conscious of the world out...ACP tells Congress: Pilot test patient-centered medical home
...allas, told the subcommittee. ACP is the largest specialty society in the U. S., representing 120,000 internal medicine physicians and medical students. More Medicare patients count on internists for their care than any other type of physician. "Medicare will pay for an office visit or procedure," Dr Ki...Rush University Medical Center programs ranked among the nation's best in US News and World Report
...alty, according to the magazine. In three of the specialty areas, no other hospital in Illinois ranks higher than Rush. These include Orthopedics (#6 in the nation), Neurology and Neurosurgery (#12 in the nation), and Kidney Disease (#21 in the nation). The rankings of other Rush programs are: Endocrinolo...ACP and The Doctors Company offer liability insurance credit
...Maintenance of Certification process in either the specialty of general internal medicine or their subspecialty...y recertify. ACP is the nation's largest medical specialty organization, representing 120,000 internal medicine physicians. The Doctors Company is the nation's...ESC recommends interdisciplinary collaboration in non-invasive imaging
...tement from the Presidents and Chairmen of several specialty groups within the European Society of Cardiology the European Association of Echocardiography, the Working Group on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, the Working Group on Computers in Cardiology, and the Working Group on Nuclear Cardiology togethe...Mount Sinai Global Health Center receives $1M grant
...ts usually only train within the confines of their specialty but this award will help further their curiosity and interest in global health." ...ACP commends CMS proposals to increase values assigned to evaluation and management codes
... the RUC, made up of physicians appointed by major specialty organizations, to make a recommendation on the appropriate work RVU for the E/M and the other services the agency included in the Five-Year Review. The ACP-led coalition worked with the RUC for about a year considering national survey data and other...$20 million gift to Rush University Medical Center kicks-off campus redevelopment
...m building will be devoted to surgery, imaging and specialty procedures. This includes new, larger operating rooms that can accommodate more specialized equipment and technology, including imaging equipment and robotics. Nearby will be the facilities and equipment required for interventional radiology, cardiol...Did you know that tooth decay is still the most common human disease?
...t about becoming more involved in the IADR and its specialty Groups and Committees. This reception is generously supported by the Colgate-Palmolive Co. For the 26th consecutive year, commercial exhibits will be featured at the Meeting. Meeting participants are encouraged to visit the booths of the following: ...There's no modern substitute for some old-fashioned one-on-one
...ups, one influence on a female student's choice of specialty may be that women experience more gender discrimination and sexual harassment during undergraduate education. "Surgery is still a male-dominated profession, and this should also be addressed," says Ehrlich, "The surgical and clinical experiences in ...Number of children and teens treated with antipsychotics increases sharply
...thnicity; the length of the visit; the physician's specialty and whether the patient received psychotherapy. The number of outpatient health care visits during which patients between the ages of 0 and 20 years received antipsychotic medications increased six-fold between 1993 and 2002, from a yearly average of...Women leaders call for global action on osteoporosis
... Improve their knowledge about how their field of specialty relates to osteoporosis Spend the time to advise patients about osteoporosis prevention and treatmentGovernment health officials to: Recognize osteoporosis as a health priority Pay for bone density scans and improve the availability of bone densit...The Public Library of Science launches the new open access journal PLoS Clinical Trials
...knowing it will receive broader exposure than in a specialty journal and because it is open-access": Citation: de Craen AJM, Gussekloo J, Blauw GJ, Willems CG, Westendorp RGJ (2006) Randomised controlled trial of unsolicited occupational therapy in community-dwelling elderly people: The LOTIS trial. PLoS Cl...Particular treatments effective for alcohol dependence
...are never treated and, if they are, do not receive specialty care. Several behavioral treatments and at least two medications approved by the U.S. FDA, naltrexone and acamprosate, have shown efficacy in the treatment of alcohol dependence. However, no large-scale randomized controlled study has evaluated wheth...Study shows racial/ethnic disparities in medical/oral health status and care for minority children
...h their usual source of care, and problems getting specialty care. These racial/ethnic groups had pronounced ad...ng a doctor in the past year, and problems getting specialty care. Multiracial children also experienced multiple disparities, including significantly higher r...Many breast cancer survivors not getting recommended mammograms
...s in the fifth year. While the impact of physician specialty in mammography screening has been demonstrated in the general population, this is the first report of this association in breast cancer survivors. In addition, older women, particularly those with other medical conditions, and those with late-stage t...Accentia Biopharmaceuticals to begin shipping MD Turbo
...iopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABPI), through its specialty pharmaceuticals subsidiary, TEAMM Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has received initial inventory of MD Turbo, a patented advancement in respiratory delivery, from its development partner, Respirics Inc. In preparation for launch to healthcare professionals, ...Surgical critical care team at HUP earns Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence
...ognition in Spring 2006 from the AACN, the largest specialty nursing organization in the world. Critical care units that receive the Beacon Award have exhibited high quality standards, including exceptional care of patients and their families, as well as healthy work environments. Criteria for winning a Beaco...Nation sees downward trend in primary care: Press Briefing Teleconference
...nited States. ACP, the nation's largest medical specialty society, will release extensive recommendations for reforming the way that primary care physicians are compensated, educated, and trained, in an effort to address issues that are negatively impacting the stability of the internal medicine workforce. ...University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ranked #3 in nation by US News and World Report
...l 3rd. Penn was also ranked in the top ten in four specialty programs including Internal Medicine (#5), Drug/Alcohol Abuse (#6), Women's Health (#4) and Pediatrics (#2). The School of Medicine was also ranked 16th among the top 50 medical schools for students going into primary care. "Penn's ranking in the su...