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Belgian doctors give injured woman a new windpipe
LONDON - For more than a quarter of a century, Linda De Croock lived with constant pain from a car accident that smashed her windpipe.
Nations:Australia Source:(AP)
2010-01-13
50 million new patients? More primary docs a must
BOSTON - When Dr. Robert Flaherty launched a private practice in 2001, he soon found himself cramming in as many patients as possible to make ends meet, leaving little time to discuss with them the steps they could take to prevent future health troubles.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 US Health Reform Source:(AP)
2009-09-13
Obama taps African American as top doctor
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama on Monday named rural southern doctor Regina Benjamin as his pick to be the country's surgeon general.
People:Barack Obama Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AFP)
2009-07-13
Obama chooses Ala. doctor as next surgeon general
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama turned to the Deep South for the next surgeon general, choosing a rural Alabama family physician who made headlines with fierce determination to rebuild her nonprofit medical clinic in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Nations:Cambodia People:Barack Obama Activities:Obama Admin. 2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2009-07-13
Docs seek gag orders to stop patients' reviews
CHICAGO - The anonymous comment on the Web site RateMDs.com was unsparing: "Very unhelpful, arrogant," it said of a doctor. "Did not listen and cut me off, seemed much too happy to have power (and abuse it!) over suffering people." Such reviews are becoming more common as consumer ratings services like Zagat's and Angie's List expand beyond restaurants and plumbers to medical care, and some doctors are fighting back.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-03-04
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