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Rawlins Hospital Outlines Recruitment Obstacles

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:46:34 +0000

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — The head of the Rawlins hospital says the community needs more amenities to recruit doctors.

The Associated Press reports that Ned Hill, chief operating officer of Memorial Hospital of Carbon County, says about one in 25 doctors recruited by the hospital ends up signing on

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Phony Doctor Injected Cement Mixture Into Plastic Surgery Patients [PICTURES]

Kathy Landin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:00:44 +0000

A transgender woman was arrested in Miami for performing medical procedures without a license. She’s also charged with causing great bodily harm cause by her phony enhancement procedures, where she injected a mixture containing Fix-A-Flat, a tire inflator and sealant, into her patients.

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Millions of Unneeded Antibiotics Are Prescribed to Kids Every Year

Shauna Wright — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:00:33 +0000

A new study from researchers at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City found that pediatricians write more than 10 million prescriptions for unnecessary antibiotics every year.

In the two-year study, 65,000 kids were profiled to determine the type of diagnosis they were given during doctor’s visits as well as the type of of drugs, if any, they were prescribed. The research revealed doctors prescribed antibiotics during one of every five visits.

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Study Finds Doctors Rate Pain Symptoms Lower in Patients They Dislike

Shauna Wright — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:00:37 +0000

A new study from the University of Ghent in Belgium, which studied the relationship between health professionals and patients with chronic pain, suggests that clinicians who don’t like their patients tend to discount the level of pain they suffer from.

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