Topic: American Medical Association

Non-stick cookware may boost cholesterol: study

Exposure to chemicals used to make non-stick cookware and which are found in microwave popcorn may raise blood cholesterol levels in children, a ...

N.C. Blues' request for 7% rate hike is lowest in 3 years

Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina has requested a 7% average rate increase for its individual coverage, the lowest such request in three...
Children under the age of five who don't get enough sleep at night are more likely than kids who do get their 40 winks to become obese at a young ...

AMA vs. greedy lawyers

Yes No Undecided OtherLogin to Vote. . View results. . A proposed special-interest tax break for plaintiffs' lawyers would add billions of dollars...

Controlled substance dilemma

It is hard for community pharmacists to listen to the news about the "War on Drugs" when every day we are intimately involved in it. The sad thing...
Last December, the Senate Finance Committee's Chuck Grassley sent letters 33 medical advocay groups, including the American Medical Association...
Medical Terminology Billing training involves learning medical terminology. The tutorial provided by the National Library of Medicine provides an...
Children under the age of five who don't get enough sleep at night are more likely than kids who do get their 40 winks to become obese at a young age, a study published Monday showed."We found a robust longitudinal ...

Admitting errors doesn't increase lawsuits: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research hints that when doctors are open about their mistakes, patients don't file more lawsuits and the healthcare system doesn't shell out more money in claims.While many doctors agree that admitting to medical errors ...

Bigger waistline, bigger risk of dying: study

The bigger a person's waistline, the more likely they are to die of any cause, regardless of whether they are overweight or not, a study published Monday says.Researchers at the American Cancer Society in Atlanta looked at the association between ...