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ISLAMABAD: Blood sugar levels at the high end of "normal," coupled with other risk factors for type 2 diabetes, may help identify apparently healthy men at increased risk of the disease, a new Israeli study suggests.

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Health care reform is front and center in the national debate now, and two groups will be impacted by these decisions more than most - older West Virginians, who frequently need care as they get older, and West Virginia nurses, who face tough challenges in helping patients stay healthy.

The public is invited to a Partners In Education talk by Dr. Nikhil Joshi on Wednesday, October 28 from 11:30-12:30 at L.I.F.E. Center Specialty Hospital, 1111 Gallagher Drive in Sherman.

If a proposed 21% cut in payment rates goes through in 2010, it could spark a physician boycott against new enrollees.

Jackson County Memorial Hospital welcomes Sherry Roles, D.O., to the medical practice of Main Street Family Medical Clinic at 3000 North Main in Altus.A She joins Dr.

Dr. Randy Silverstine said he was practically going bankrupt running a solo internal medicine practice.

Touro University's College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean Michael Clearfield has been elected president of the American College of Osteopathic Internists for the 2009-10 year, the Vallejo university announced.

JEDDAH: About 80 percent of doctors and medical practitioners who took part in a recent survey said they would not take the anti-swine flu vaccine and would not give it to their children.

Philip O. Katz, MD, FACG, was elected by the membership as the 2009-2010 president of the American College of Gastroenterology , a national specialty association representing more than 11,000 clinical gastroenterologists and other specialists in digestive diseases.

" West Chester Medical Center welcomes Edward Crane, MD, as medical director of oncology and hematology services.

The intensive care unit at the Campbell River Hospital may have to close next year, if the hospital can't hire more internists.

Hot dogs, pizza, and mac'n cheese on the chopping block? Just a little respect? Not for obese patients Posted by Catherine Guthrie Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 1:50 pm A new study seems to confirm what many obese people have long suspected...that doctors think less of their heaviest patients.

The American College of Physicians, representing 129,000 internal medicine physicians and medical student members, is gravely disappointed by the failure of the "cloture" vote today in the U.S. Senate on S. 1776, the Medicare Physician Fairness Act of 2009.

I have written about this subject often. The current system of "fee for service" does not fit good primary care delivery.

RT: @WBUR a doctor with MS crosses the line and reveals her disease to a frightened patient.

Too few resident physicians have been trained in skin cancer examinations or watched or practiced the procedure, U.S. researchers report.

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Dr. Anthony J. Japour sold a three-bedroom, three-bath condo at 1000 S. Pointe Dr.

Four Dreyer physicians have recently been recognized by professional boards: Fred V. Kemp , M.D., dermatologist, has been recertified by the American Board of Dermatology.

Although the Congressional Budget Office now believes that tort reform would significantly curb defensive medicine and its cost, the agency's numbers are still far short of the savings claimed by some advocates for tort reform.

Main Category: Pain / Anesthetics Also Included In: Palliative Care / Hospice Care Article Date: 13 Oct 2009 Pain is undertreated in three-quarters of dialysis patients and a recent survey reveals why.

Dr. Robert L. Grubb, III, and his wife, Dr. Jessica R. Grubb, have listed for sale a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 7463 York Dr.

Hospitals increasingly are turning to palliative care programs to care for their most seriously ill patients.

The South Dakota Chapter of the American College of Physicians has honored three doctors who are faculty members of the Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota.

Podcast Podcast: Inflammatory breast cancer - Know the symptoms With Mayo Clinic medical oncologist Timothy Moynihan, M.D. read biography Biography of Timothy Moynihan, M.D. Timothy Moynihan, M.D. "As a practicing medical oncologist, I meet with patients and families every day to help manage their course through this disease called cancer.

Thursday, October 08, 2009, 2:57pm POTSDAM - Another internal medicine physician, Syed Zia Ur Rehman, has joined Canton-Potsdam Hospital.

After 33 years of practicing internal medicine in Lewis and Jefferson counties, Dr.

The American Board of Family Medicine, or ABFM, has announced that it is joining forces with the American Board of Internal Medicine, or ABIM, to establish a pilot program for Recognition of Focused Practice, or RFP, in Hospital Medicine.

Dr. Ramzi Hajjar has listed for sale a four-bedroom, three-bath home at 11003 Martin Grove for $599,900. Dr.

Expanding health coverage might not cost as much as policymakers assume. New findings from researchers at Harvard Medical School demonstrate that individuals who were either continuously or intermittently uninsured between the ages of 51 and 64 cost Medicare more than those who had continuous insurance coverage in the years prior to Medicare ...

The Medical Recovery Audits system has designated various contractors to execute this program to audit physician's practices searching for errors and overcharging.See here for CMS 's description of what is in store and what has happened so far with this program.

Dr. Glenn Smith is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in Alzheimer's disease.

Dr. Arquimides G. Losada bought a five-bedroom, three-bath home at 15845 W. Prestwick Place in Miami Lakes from Louis and Cynthia Navarro for $585,000 on Sept.

A Loyola University Health System study has found that high-risk surgery patients experienced significantly shorter hospital stays when they were seen by general internists trained in managing medical complications in surgical patients.

Colusa has three new doctors, all from the Yuba-Sutter area, and they will be seeing patients before the UC Davis Medical Group leaves on Nov.