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The American Medical Association, with headquarters at 515 N. State St. in Chicago, is the nation's largest doctor group. Founded in 1847, the AMA is a trade association that advocates on behalf of physicians. In June of each year, the group meets in Chicago for its annual policy meeting, where doctors' recent debates have put the group on record on a variety of issues. At the AMA, consensus and a focused agenda have become more important as the organization tries to move beyond incidents that hurt membership. One major problem was an embarrassing marketing deal with Sunbeam Corp. in the late 1990s. That deal, in which Sunbeam would have paid the AMA to endorse its products, ended with the A...
The American Medical Association, with headquarters at 515 N. State St. in Chicago, is the nation's largest doctor group. Founded in 1847, the AMA is a trade association that advocates on behalf of physicians. In June of each year, the group meets in Chicago for its annual policy meeting, where doctors' recent debates have put the group on record on a variety of issues. At the AMA, consensus and a focused agenda have become more important as the organization tries to move beyond incidents that hurt membership. One major problem was an embarrassing marketing deal with Sunbeam Corp. in the late 1990s. That deal, in which Sunbeam would have paid the AMA to endorse its products, ended with the AMA paying $10 million to get out. Although overall membership is still down slightly to nearly 240,000, the group says membership has stabilized somewhat. The group credits a re-allocation of its $20 million marketing budget in 2005 to showcase the organization as being in touch with everyday physicians and their patients. In recent years, the AMA has put considerable effort behind stopping attempts to cut Medicare payments to doctors.
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Study: Donating blood may reduce men's health risks
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterENCINITAS, Calif. - A new study shows men who donate blood dramatically reduce their risk of heart attack and stroke. "I started giving blood in high school and I've been pretty consistent after that," blood donor Jason Janecek said. "I try to give...Tags: Men's Health, Blood, Health, Heart Attack, Charity
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Study: 30 percent of ERs closed over past 2 decades
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- Approximately 30 percent of all emergency rooms in non-rural areas have shut their doors over the past two decades, according to a new study released by the Journal of the American Medical Association. This has translated to more than 660...Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Disasters and Accidents, Clubs and Associations
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Going from flab to flab will take women a whole lot longer
FOX 5 San Diego StaffGoing from flab to "fab" will take you a whole lot longer, according to a new study by the American Medical Association. Fifty-eight year old Carol Katz was shocked to find out the study says older women need at least an hour a day of moderate exercise...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, San Diego (San Diego, California), Clubs and Associations
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End of life counseling helps terminal patients
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterA new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association or JAMA shows that end of life discussions between terminally ill cancer patients and a nurse improved the patient's mood and quality of life. "There isn't a surprise in this week's study,"...Tags: Health Organizations, San Diego (San Diego, California), Cancer, Medical Research, Health and Medical Professionals
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Miami face-eater is identified; cause of attack is a mystery
We now know the name of the man who tried to eat another man’s face off on a Miami causeway. What we still don’t know is why he did it. The Miami-Dade County medical examiner has identified the attacker as Rudy Eugene, 31, according to CBS...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, American Civil Liberties Union, Literature, Health, The Miami Herald
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Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, surgeon
Dr. Frank Anthony Faraino, a retired Baltimore thoracic and vascular surgeon whose career spanned more than four decades and who performed the first pacemaker implantation in Maryland, died Saturday of renal failure at his Timonium home.
He was 90....Tags: Roman Catholicism, Timonium, Colleges and Universities, Loyola University Maryland, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Ad attacks Barack Obama health care, tax, debt promises
EDITOR'S NOTE — An occasional look at the claims in political advertising. TITLE: Obama's Promise LENGTH: 60 seconds AIRING: Network affiliates in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and...Tags: Public Finance, George Bush, Republican Party, Crossroads, Financial and Business Services
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Q&A: Ask the pediatrician! Dr. Diana Blythe answers your questions about kids' health
Have a question for Dr. Blythe? Write to her at AskThePediatrician@tribune.com
May 21, 2012
Q: My school-age children have been sick with colds lately and, because of conflicting information in the news, I'm still unsure about which over-the-counter...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Tamiflu (drug), Health Treatments, Abdominal Pain, Intestine
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Florida medical board ranks 42nd in U.S. for disciplining doctors
For the fourth year in a row, Florida ranked in the bottom 10 U.S. states for its record of punishing doctors who violate state standards, according to an annual survey by the consumer watchdog group Public Citizen. But for the first time in years, the...
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Osceola County offers workers free surgeries — overseas
Patients who want to have their surgery for free, with a little foreign vacation on the side, may soon have that choice. Medical tourism, a concept that alarms some consumers and doctors alike, is slowly gaining national momentum, and it will soon be an...Tags: Orlando Health, National Government, Companies and Corporations, Knee Replacement, Public Employees
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Open for business — sort of
There are an estimated 300,000 people who work in the Loop each weekday. This Friday and the following Monday, a good number of them will be staying home. Citing concerns over logistics and security, some downtown businesses will close their doors,...
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Local Voices, May. 09
Mad cow disease The detection of a cow infected with mad cow disease in California shows that current regulation of animal feed in the U.S. is severely lacking and must be tightened. The Food and Drug Administration has refused for almost 10 years to...Tags: Substance Abuse, Aetna Inc., Food and Drug Administration, Pharmaceuticals, Chemotherapy
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