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Summer Time Foot Care: Special Awareness Needed for Diabetes Patients

Summer time awareness story that covers foot care and diabetes.

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Data Collection and Analysis Becoming More Integral to Doctor Offices and...

Reports that a variety of issues including reform mandates is creating a transformation of health care by placing greater emphasis on data collection and analysis.

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Being Back in the Office Doesn't Have to Put a Strain on Your Health

Health and fitness tips for those with desk jobs.

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Doctors Have Help in Fight Against Pill Scammers

Resource to help medical teams deal with pill scamming doctor shoppers by understanding red flags and screening tools.

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Pennsylvania Medical Society Appoints Michael Fraser as Executive Vice President

The Pennsylvania Medical Society has named Michael Fraser, former CEO of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP), a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, as its new executive vice...

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Insurance Exchange Launch: the First 24 Hours From the Doctors Perspective...

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Taking Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse to Next Level Through Free...

Appropriate use of long acting and extended release opioids training that covers prescribing, monitoring, assessment, and documentation.

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Lawyers and Doctors Come Together and Agree It's OK to Say 'I'M Sorry'

A new "apology rule" was signed into law in Pennsylvania by Governor Tom Corbett.

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Treat Gun Violence as a Public Health Problem, Say Physicians

Gun violence is a significant public health problem and further research into the epidemiology of risks related to gun violence should be conducted.

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Psychiatric Bed Shortage Stressing ERs

A lack of psychiatric beds is placing stress on emergency departments, according to physicians practicing in Pennsylvania who are recommending a shared bed tracking system be developed.

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Electronic Cigarettes Should Be Treated Like Tobacco, Say Doctors

Pennsylvania physicians recommend that electronic cigarettes be treated from a legislative and educational perspective just like tobacco cigarettes.

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12 Days of Christmas Seen Through the Eyes of Emergency Medicine Physicians

Feature story about health care issues Pennsylvania emergency room physicians see during the December holiday season.

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Doctors to CVS: What about E-Cigs too?

In response to CVS deciding not to sell tobacco products, Pennsylvania physicians ask CVS to keep electronic cigarettes off shelves too.

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Physicians Say Medical Home Successes Ignored by Outdated RAND Study

A response from physicians about a study by researchers at the RAND Corporation that appeared in the Feb. 26, 2014, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. The study evaluated the...

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Prom Time Feature: Should Parents of Tanning Teens Ask More Questions About...

A study suggests that a percentage of teens who use tanning beds may also engage in other risky behaviors include drugs, steroids, smoking, and drinking.

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Pennsylvania Physicians to Parents: Please Immunize Your Kids!

This news release covers Pennsylvania's school-required immunizations, providing background on each vaccine.

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State Health Laws Set Rules for Pennsylvania Fall Sports Coaches and...

State health laws sometimes intersect with high school sports. This release looks at a state law concerning concussions and another law on cardiac health. In addition the release looks at ACL tears and...

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Grandpop and Prostate Cancer

Covers prostate cancer-related information and statistics.

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What to Anticipate After You've Heard Those Dreaded Words 'You Have Breast...

This feature looks at breast cancer and provides insight on what a patient may anticipate.

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Is There Such a Thing as 'Daycare Syndrome'?

Physicians offer advice on child care health.

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