American Medical Association

Not enough doctors

2012-05-10 11:44:00

The Supreme Court's ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, expected in June, will determine the future for countless Americans. Health care reform debates have elevated the plight of millions of uninsured Americans to the national...

Helicopters help save lives, Hopkins study finds

2012-04-17 17:36:00

Severely injured patients are more likely to survive if transported by helicopter rather than ambulance, according to new research by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine that adds fuel to the debate over flying patients to receive care. The...

Dr. Raymond L. Markley Jr.

2012-03-11 15:20:00

Dr. Raymond L. Markley Jr., a retired Baltimore gynecologist whose specialty was female urology, died March 4 of pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. The former longtime Towson resident who was residing at Oak Crest Village, was 89. The son of...

The wrong fix for Medicare

2012-04-02 07:07:00

Medicare is in desperate need of reform. Program costs are spiraling out of control and threatening to bankrupt the country. Here in Maryland, on average, each Medicare enrollee costs about $11,400 per year — that's a thousand dollars higher than...

Nation suceeds in reducing its trans fat intake

2012-02-10 04:50:00

� The campaign to limit the amount of trans fats people consumer appears to have made a dent. A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that levels of trans-fatty acids in the blood of white American adults has dropped...

Mark Midei fights for medical license, exoneration

2011-12-10 09:50:00

It took 25 years for Dr. Mark Midei to build his reputation and less than two for it to come crashing down. In the spring of 2009, he was a superstar cardiologist with a seven-figure salary and a staff that adored him. By late April 2011, he was...

Alejandro Rodriguez

2012-01-25 13:59:00

Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez, former director of the division of child psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who also conducted pivotal studies on autism and other developmental disorders in children, died Friday of heart failure at his...

Bahrain's brave health care workers deserve support

2011-11-28 06:13:00

The United States continues to ignore the thwarted Arab Spring in Bahrain. Recently, a quasi-military court in the small Gulf state sentenced 20 doctors and nurses to up to 15 years in jail. The charge against them? Treating injured demonstrators opposing...

Study reveals strongest link yet between organ transplants, cancer

2011-11-26 00:00:00

The most comprehensive study ever on the link between organ donations and cancer is arming physicians with new data that could help make the procedures safer. Organ transplant patients get new kidneys, livers and lungs that save their lives, but they...

Baltimore court is a magnet for same-sex parents

2011-11-12 15:15:00

The rows of wooden benches were filled with seven families for adoption day in Baltimore City Circuit Court last month. A pair of gay men seeking to adopt a baby. Three lesbian couples, two with twins. Two single moms with two kids between them. And...

Maryland should embrace gay adoption

2011-11-14 14:37:00

It's gratifying that same-sex couples in Maryland who are seeking to adopt have found a welcome reception in Baltimore City Circuit Court. Because of a city precedent and a uniform attitude among judges here that sexual orientation should not be a...

Dr. Herbert Leonard Warres

2011-10-05 13:42:00

Dr. Herbert Leonard Warres, a World War II combat surgeon who later became a radiologist and headed the outpatient radiology department at what is now the University of Maryland Medical Center, died Wednesday at North Oaks retirement community in...

U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service 1040 Individual Income Tax forms. Tax Day often sees a spike in fatal car crashes, according to the Journal of the American Medical Assn.

2012-04-11 08:27:47

It's not surprising that police officers made the list, considering the occupation was deemed one of America's scariest jobs, according to a CareerBuilder survey. In addition, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that 40 percent had at least one sleep disorder.

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Anne M. Murphy has been selected as senior vice president of legal affairs and general counsel for Rush University Medical Center. Murphy comes to Rush from the Chicago law firm of Holland & Knight, where she is a partner and chair of the firm�s Chicago health care and life sciences team.

2011-10-26 00:00:00