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Health overhaul likely to strain doctor shortage

Better beat the crowd and find a doctor. Primary care physicians already are in short supply in parts of the country, and the landmark health overhaul that will bring them millions more newly insured patients in the next few years promises extra strain.

 

Man stabs, kills 8 children outside school in China

The suspect, identified as a 41-year-old doctor with personal and professional problems, is in custody in Fujian province. At least eight children were slain by a man brandishing a knife outside an elementary school in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian, authorities said Tuesday.

 

Doctors amputate wrong foot of Peruvian man

Doctors in Peru mistakenly amputated the wrong foot of an 86-year-old man, then had no choice but to cut off the other one as ...

 

For many quake victims, it's amputate or die

For many quake victims, it's amputate or die

Nearly a week after the Haiti earthquake, an overflow of patients and ongoing shortage of antibiotics often means doctors have few options other than amputation to save a life, says NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman.

 

Doctors to extract needles from Brazilian toddler

Doctors to extract needles from Brazilian toddler

Doctors prepared Friday to perform emergency surgery on a Brazilian toddler to remove some of the 42 sewing needles that were ...

 

'Octomom' doctor expelled from fertility group

The "octomom"'s doctor has been expelled from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the main infertility professional ...

 

Surrounded by doctors, Obama pitches healthcare overhaul

Surrounded by doctors, Obama pitches healthcare overhaul

On the cusp of a key legislative push, President Barack Obama filled the Rose Garden with doctors today to tout his health care overhaul, telling them "nobody has more credibility with the American people on this issue than you do."

 

US Government Launches Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign

US Government Launches Swine Flu Vaccine Campaign

Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee will receive the first doses of swine flu vaccine Monday as the federal government launches the most ambitious vaccination campaign in US history.

 

Medical Malpractice System Breeds More Waste

Medical Malpractice System Breeds More Waste

Researchers estimate that doctors’ fear of lawsuits leads to up to $60 billion a year worth of wasteful treatment.

 

Gold Awarded Amid Dispute Over Runner’s Sex

Gold Awarded Amid Dispute Over Runner’s Sex

Doctors are attempting to determine if Caster Semenya, an 18-year-old runner from South Africa, has too many male characteristics to compete in track as a woman.

 

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