Ovarian germ cell tumor patients treated with platinum-based chemotherapy and fertility-sparing surgery are likely to retain their menstrual function and reproductive ability, according to the largest and most comprehensive survey of survivors ever conducted.
AMA doctors spoke with one voice at the organization’s annual meeting in Chicago, calling on Congress to stop Medicare physician payment cuts and instead update payments in line with practice cost increases. Next year, Congress plans to cut Medicare physician payments by 10 percent, placing seniors’ access to health care at risk.
Today, America’s doctors said loud and clear that they want to improve the federal health insurance program that protects America’s children, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
The AMA voted to support federal legislation to increase resources for global and domestic tuberculosis (TB) control.
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the nation’s physicians today voted to approve a set of strategies for containing health care costs and achieving even greater value for health spending. Physicians at the AMA Annual Meeting asserted that successful cost-containment must focus on balancing costs and benefits.
Chancellor Larry Hollier, MD, announced that the Louisiana Board of Regents voted to award LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans a $3.3 million grant and an equal share of a $5.9 million grant from their Research Commercialization and Education Enhancement Program.
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation’s largest physician group, voted at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new policies.
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted new principles for health courts, special medical courts composed of judges trained in medical standards that could render more accurate decisions on whether or not medical malpractice has actually occurred.
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that it would call for investigations into potential conflicts of interest posed by joint ventures between store-based health clinics and pharmacy chains.
The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted policies at its Annual meeting to address factors that may be adding to the increase in obesity among Americans.