Family Practice News

There's a new trend in Austin doctor's offices, offering both eastern and western medical practices under one roof.

The one doctor who is supposed to enable prevention and early detection of illness, cure small problems before they become large ones, get to know his or her patients most intimately, and follow their health ...

The key barrier to health care reform is a growing shortage of first-line family physicians.

Jet lag can dampen the fun of any trip when your body struggles to adjust to a new time zone.

With fewer medical school students choosing residencies in family medicine, Georgia is facing a shortage of family doctors.

It should come as no surprise that there is a shortage of family physicians in Georgia.

By KEVIN FREKING The Associated Press Monday, July 21, 2008; 5:34 PM WASHINGTON -- Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity.

Dr. Bev Karras dislikes using the word 'crisis' to describe the shortage of doctors in rural Saskatchewan, but she says it reflects the reality.

Cutting health costs by paying doctors more? That is the premise of experiments under way by federal and state government agencies and many insurers around the country.

With fewer medical school students choosing residencies in family medicine, Georgia is facing a shortage of family doctors.

The following is a reader take by Ian Furst. Massachusetts' health care system is a bell-weather for what is to likely to become of health care reform in the United States.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Primary Care / General Practice Article Date: 19 Jul 2008 The California Academy of Family Physicians today congratulated the state's Congressional ...

Here is my submission to the Annals of Family Medicine: "If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." - Abraham Maslow As an internist, I have 28 years experience teaching medical ...

Tillsonburg has ratcheted up its efforts to get more family doctors to locate and practice in the community.

Daycare centers can be a great source of comfort for working parents. But sometimes there are warning signs that your child should be cared for elsewhere.

' A number of residents without a family physician will find themselves once again able to access primary care when Dr.

The pay boost rewards doctors who reshape their practices to recreate an era when a trusted family physician helped patients through hospitalizations, coordinated specialist care and provided routine ...

General practitioners carry out a vital role in the community and often care for several generations of one family.

July 7, 2008 Funeral Arrangements Set for Dr. Jose Ricard Special to Huntingtonnews.net Huntington, WV -- Dr.

It's a hospital lottery with a twist, and nearly half the people in the Gander area eagerly threw their names into the draw for a chance to be seen by one of the new family doctors starting practice this summer ...