State's Doctors At Odds Over Medical Marijuana: Compassionate Solution Or A Reckless Leap?

Years of debate and fine-tuning in the state legislature over allowing medical marijuana still have not settled all the questions Connecticut doctors have about medical marijuana. Is it, as some contend, a humane solution for patients who can't get relief from other medicines, or a reckless move toward something that hasn't been fully tested scientifically?
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-medical-marijuana-doctors-0520-20120518,0,3468660.story?track=rss

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 13:07:14 -0700

Florida medical board ranks 42nd in U.S. for disciplining doctors

For the fourth year in a row, Florida ranked in the bottom 10 U.S. states for its record of punishing doctors who violate state standards, according to an annual survey by the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen.
http://sunsentinel.feedsportal.com/c/34258/f/623294/s/1f7d6ab9/l/0L0Ssun0Esentinel0N0Cfl0Eboard0Eof0Emedicine0Ediscipline0E20A120A5180H0A0H59799750Bstory0Dtrack0Frss/story01.htm

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 14:56:34 -0700

Nigeria: Reflections On the Lagos State Government's Onslaught On Doctors

[Fahamu] A recent crackdown on doctors in Nigeria is symptomatic of a wider state attack on the working class.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201205180552.html

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 03:20:18 -0700

Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule'

A new law grants doctors access to information about trade-secret chemicals used in natural gas drilling. Doctors say they need the information to treat patients who may have been exposed to chemicals. But the law also says doctors can't tell anyone else — not even other doctors — about what's in the formulas.
http://www.npr.org/2012/05/17/152268501/pennsylvania-doctors-worry-over-fracking-gag-rule?ft=1&f=1007

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:16:38 -0700

Doctors, Healthcare Providers Denounce Proposed Health Insurance Rate Regulation Initiative As Bogus And Flawed

SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Doctors, physician groups, hospitals, health care providers and business groups today responded as Consumer Watchdog submitted signatures to qualify a self-serving ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/doctors-healthcare-providers-denounce-proposed-183100472.html

Published: Fri, 18 May 2012 11:31:00 -0700

More doctors are ditching the old prescription pad

WASHINGTON—Dropping a paper prescription at the drugstore is becoming old-school: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.
http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_20643507/more-doctors-are-ditching-old-prescription-pad?source=rss

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:39:16 -0700

Poor State Salaries Send Doctors to Pharmaceuticals, Abroad

MOSCOW — All across Russia, hospitals need doctors. Health and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova told a conference last month that the nation lacks almost a million medical professionals. The government is frantically developing programs to boost the numbers.
http://www.sptimesrussia.com/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=35637

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 16:06:33 -0700

Nigeria: Government Doctors Join Striking Colleagues in Lagos

[Vanguard] Ikeja - The face-off between the Lagos State Government and sacked 788 doctors, yesterday, took a dramatic turn, as doctors in federal hospitals in Lagos, said they will today embark on an indefinite solidarity strike.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201205180081.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 23:19:18 -0700

Doctors ditching the prescription pad as more than a third of prescriptions now are electronic

WASHINGTON - Dropping a paper prescription at the drugstore is becoming old-school: More than a third of the nation's prescriptions now are electronic, according to the latest count.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/doctors-ditching-prescription-pad-more-third-prescriptions-now-075508795.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:17:42 -0700

Doctors of Toddler Abused with Bleach Under Investigation

Seattle doctors who may have been slow to report abuse in a toddler whose mother allegedly put bleach in the child’s eyes -- nearly blinding her -- are under state investigation.
http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Doctors-of-Toddler-Abused-with-Bleach-Under-Investigation-151881055.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:15:54 -0700