American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA) is the professional organization of physicians in the United States. Besides providing a group voice to physicians, it promotes the ...
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Nathan Smith Davis was founder of the American Medical Association (AMA), serving twice as that organization's president, and also as founding editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association...
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The American Medical Association on Monday asked the Department of Justice to block UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s proposed purchase of Sierra Health Services Inc., saying the deal would be anticompetit...
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Pregnant, illegal Hispanic immigrants make up the overwhelming majority of patients seeking emergency health aid for poor immigrants, according to a study of one U.S. state facing a dramatic increa...
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Full-page ads in college newspapers Friday call on university leaders, athletic conferences and the NCAA to "stop the madness" by banning alcohol marketing from college sports.The ads, tied to Marc...
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Full-page ads in college newspapers Friday call on university leaders, athletic conferences and the NCAA to "stop the madness" by banning alcohol marketing from college sports.The ads, tied to Marc...
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The nation's largest doctors' group this week adopted new ethical guidelines for how physicians should talk to pregnant patients about donating their babies' umbilical cord blood.The American Medic...
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Marguerite Harris and her staff of eight provide prenatal care and child immunizations, write prescriptions, and diagnose and treat ailments from diabetes to the sniffles.
Though it m...
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New York (dpa) - A focus on malaria treatment worldwide has led to
gains in reducing its burden in Asia and Latin America, but more can
be done in Africa, primarily by distr...
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who use a pedometer to
measure how far they walk lose more weight, exercise more and
have lower blood pressure than those who do not, researchers
said Tuesday. It was no...
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Washington (dpa) - Americans who spend years without medical
insurance become healthier once they qualify for public health
insurance provided for retirees, a study to be pu...
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The problem was obvious to anyone who looked at the middle-aged woman: After surgery to correct a drooping eyelid, her eyelid was too high. After a second operation, it was too low.Dr. Michael Migl...
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