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Wikimedia Commons No, Obamacare Isn't the Reason Emory Is Laying Off 101 Staffers
Right-wing media are jumping at reports that the Affordable Care Act is forcing providers to cut jobs. But Emory says the move has nothing to do with the law.
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Meet One of the Most Zealously Pro-Gun Legislators in America
Charles Gregory wants to overturn almost every firearms restriction in Georgia.
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Georgia's Doctors and the Ethics of Execution
The ethical dilemmas raised by Monday's execution of a mentally disabled man call attention to the role of doctors as executioners.
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'The Cyclops Child': Inhumanity in a 1960 Hospital
"Over all the years that followed, I found myself thinking from time to time of that picture, my hand over the baby's mouth. I knew then, and I still think now, that the right thing to do would have been to kill that baby."
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How Dr. Drew Sold His Cred to Big Pharma
The CNN Headline News health journalist comes under scrutiny after admitting he helped a major drug company promote antidepressants to consumers.
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Scientology vs. Psychiatry: A Case Study
Just because one doctor failed to follow the rules doesn't invalidate the entire field of psychiatry.
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The Devil's in the Details for Doctor Transparency
When should doctors disclose their relationships with the wider medical industry?
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Now the Constitutional Battle Is Over, Let's Embrace a Shared Health System
One physicians' sigh of relief at today's ruling.
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Don't Air Sensationalist Trauma: What Al Jazeera Can Teach American Media
The Doha-based news agency refuses to televise footage of France's Jewish school shooting.
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Sharing Public Breakdowns: What We Can Learn From Jason Russell
San Diego police recognized that the Invisible Children founder's episode this week was not a criminal one. Why have most of us ignored that?
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How the Church and Susan Komen Place Themselves Before Health
Ultimately, Americans want the freedom to make personal health decisions on their own, without the various institutions around us.
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How Oregon's Death-Penalty Drugs Ended Up With a New York Firm
Andrew Cuomo should demand the pharmaceutical reseller prevent the chemicals from being used in execution chambers.
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Oregon's Governor Puts Lethal-Injection Drugs Back on the Market
John Kitzhaber has announced an end to death sentences during his term, but he doesn't have a problem with other states ending lives.
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Boston's Brain Drain: The Cost of Being America's Drunkest City
A doctor who oversaw traumatic brain injury cases at two busy rehabilitation hospitals on the medical aftermath of Boston's big problem.
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Oregon Defends Its Redistribution of Lethal Injection Drugs
If the governor is serious about his anti-capital punishment stance, he would make sure the state's death drugs never see another chamber.
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Oregon's New Death-Penalty Hypocrisy
If Governor John Kitzhaber is so opposed to capital punishment, he should end his state's sale of lethal-injection drugs.
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Why America's Death Penalty Just Got Us Sanctioned by Europe
The European Union is now blocking importation of lethal injection technology into the United States
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The Public Health Emergency That Wasn't: Obstetrician Loses License
An editing mistake at the Sun-Sentinel on a story about a doctor losing his license for not reporting a pregnant 12-year-old upset many
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Why Doctors Protest Too Much
We have the right to be political actors -- doctors are citizens too -- but we risk harming the default credibility that comes with the profession if we don't choose our battles carefully
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Keith Ablow's Mentor: What's Wrong With the 'Medical A-Team' Doc's Ideas
Ablow, a member of the Fox News 'Medical A-Team,' doesn't want kids watching Chaz Bono because, he says, it could turn them transsexual
