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Medical schools plug holes in conflict-of-interest policies
The University of Colorado School of Medicine approved new rules explicitly prohibiting physicians from participating in drug company's speaker's bureaus. With ample wiggle room for "research and educational opportunities."
‘Obamacare’ foes eye interstate compacts
Governors who oppose the national health care act have no shortage of strategies they are willing to try —…
Financial ties bind medical societies to drug and device makers
From the time they arrived to the moment they laid their heads on hotel pillows, the thousands of cardiologists attending this week's Heart Rhythm Society conference have been bombarded with pitches for drugs and medical devices.
Medicaid block grants explained
One of the most controversial ideas in Washington right now is to turn Medicaid into a block grant program. Republicans vow it will lower the deficit. Democrats say it will gut the social safety net.
Will federal health law survive without individual mandate?
Of all the complaints that have been made about the new federal health care law, the angriest have been against…
Aftershock: The Blast That Shook Psycho Platoon
At 8:20 p.m. on Sept. 21, 2010, Iraq veteran Brock Savelkoul decided it was time to die.
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