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The nations spending on prescription drugs for children and young adults has soared 85% over the past five years, with spending in some categories of pediatric prescriptions jumping more than 600%, according to a report released by the pharmaceutical benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc., located in Franklin Lakes, NJ, and a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical giant Merck Inc.
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For years, professional medical societies have warned their members that accepting the free meals, trips, and other gifts offered by pharmaceutical sales personnel can compromise physician-patient relationships and should be avoided.
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Supreme Court upholds any-willing-provider laws.
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The first national survey of women with heart disease has found that more than half of them are dissatisfied with their health care and face significant obstacles to recovery.
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Following Congressional scrutiny of their business practices, hospital group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are moving to adopt new standards governing how they collect fees, contract with vendors, and manage potential conflicts of interest.
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As controversies over fetal tissue research, cloning, and stem cells grab the headlines, other applications of genetic research are quietly making their way into clinical practice. But many health care providers arent ready for them.
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A 50-year-old man with end-stage heart failure is referred to your medical center for evaluation to receive a heart transplant. He is in reasonably good health, considering his condition, but has only entered a smoking cessation program two months ago. His previous attempts to quit smoking all have been unsuccessful. Is this patient an appropriate candidate for organ transplantation?
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The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is conducting a review of the circumstances leading to a transplant fatality, in which a recipient received a heart-lung transplant from a donor with an incompatible blood type, the network reports.
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According to a recent analysis by the Chicago-based American Medical Association (AMA), 18 states are experiencing a medical liability crisis, with residents unable to get needed medical care because physicians there cannot afford insurance premiums for medical malpractice coverage.
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This article contains an excerpt from the ethics guidelines of the American Medical Association (AMA): E-2.037 Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care.