Tufts Medical Center to drop Blue Cross coverage
BOSTON - Tufts Medical Center is informing patients that the hospital's doctors will no longer accept Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO coverage after Jan. 31 because the insurer...

Nigeria: Patients Groan as Doctors' Strike Paralyses Lagos Hospitals
Lagos ? HEALTH-CARE in Lagos State-owned hospitals was brought to a standstill yesterday as members of the Medical Guild, an association of doctors under the employment of the state government, made good their threat to embark on an indefinite strike over differences on doctors' welfare and the need for improved healthcare delivery in the state.

Patients could testify at doctors' hearings
The state Board of Medical Examiners will ask the 2009 Nevada Legislature to approve a measure to increase transparency and efficiency, and let patients participate when errant doctors are disciplined. Read comments

Senior Doctors Warn Against Health Cost Cutting
?Senior doctors are warning district health boards about cost cutting in response to the economic recession? said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today.

Bahrain doctors on mercy mission
THREE Bahraini doctors will leave for Egypt today for an emergency meeting in Al Arish, where they will meet medical experts from across the Arab region to plan a response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. They will also hand over BD10,000 collected during three days of fundraising in Bahrain, before heading to the Egyptian border with Palestine to administer treatment to those allowed through ...

Bahrain to Send More Humanitarian, Medical Aid for Palestinians in Gaza
MANAMA - Ten Bahraini doctors announced on Monday their decision to go to Gaza to assist medical teams there to cope with the devastating health situations.

Doctors Will Make Web Calls in Hawaii
Doctors will be able to make face-to-face Web calls on patients in Hawaii starting Jan. 15.

Patients could testify at doctors? hearings
Mon, Jan 5, 2009 (12:51 p.m.) The state Board of Medical Examiners will ask the 2009 Nevada Legislature to approve a measure to increase transparency and efficiency, and let patients participate when errant doctors are disciplined.

More medical myths: Turkey doesn't make you tired?
A medical journal debunks health myths that even some doctors believe.

Nevada medical board proposes patient testimony at doctor discipline hearings
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - The state Board of Medical Examiners will ask the 2009 Nevada Legislature to approve a measure to increase transparency and efficiency, and let patients participate when errant doctors are disciplined.

Doctors urged to train in Wales
Cardiff Unversity School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education has teamed-up with the British Medical Association in Wales to encourage the next generation of doctors to train in Wales.

Nigeria: Doctors' Strike Paralyses Lagos Hospitals
Lagos ? The industrial action called by a factional group of Lagos State Medical Guild began yesterday, taking its toll on some patients seeking treatment at state government-owned hospitals in the state.

Nigeria: Doctors' Strike Paralyzes Hospitals in Lagos
There was total compliance of strike yesterday in Lagos State by members of the Medical Guild after the expiration of 21 day ultimatum given to the state government to tackle issues described as sacrosanct to their effective ser-vice at the state owned hospi-tals.

Nigeria: Doctors' Strike Paralyses Lagos Hospitals
Lagos ? The strike embarked upon by doctors in the Lagos State General Hospitals, has paralyzed activities in the hospitals, as many patients were stranded and left unattended, yesterday morning.

Fighting In Gaza Overwhelms Medical System
The heaviest fighting in the Gaza Strip since the 1967 Six Day War is taking an enormous toll on the territory's civilians. The medical system is particularly strained. Medical personnel are struggling under dangerous conditions and with limited supplies.

The reason we have 'one-problem' doctors
Have you seen this sign in your doctor's office? It reads, "One problem per visit, please." An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal says [...]

Nigeria: Doctors' Strike Paralyses Lagos Hospitals
Doctors in public hospitals in Lagos began an indefinite strike on Monday with the backing of the Democratic Peoples' Alliance (DPA) which wants the state government to dialogue with them.

Mom fought doctors for answers
For five months, doctors kept telling Katie Tregunno her toddler just had a cold or a virus. But she instinctively knew something more serious was going on.

Doctors stuck at Gaza border
Doctors, willing to aid the injured in war-torn Gaza, are frustrated after Egyptian authorities denied them entry into the coastal area now under an Israeli ground invasion.

Mass. hospital to drop Blue Cross coverage
Tufts Medical Center is informing patients that the hospital's doctors will no longer accept Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO coverage after Jan. 31 because the insurer refuses to pay Tufts doctors at a "reasonable rate."