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3 hrs ago | Business Journal

Which specialties do hospitals bank the most money on?

Dallas-based health care consulting group Merritt Hawkins released its annual survey of how much revenue various physician specialties contribute to hospitals, and for the first time ever, primary care physicians topped average revenues generated by other specialties surveyed.

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Related Topix: Family Practice, Medicine

7 hrs ago | New York Daily News

This Columbia medical grad has become a doctor of culture, as well

Camila Mateo laughs with her roommates, Julie Endrizzi and Steve Situ before their graduation from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Columbia University, Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Inwood, NY

11 hrs ago | NJ.com

Bill would help Scotch Plains toddler, other sick kids, get medical marijuana

TRENTON - Moved by the plight of a toddler with a seizure disorder, two Union County lawmakers announced today they have drafted legislation that would revise the state's medical marijuana law to make it easier for children who qualify for the program to benefit.

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Related Topix: Marijuana, Family, Scotch Plains, NJ, Kids, Union County, NJ, Medicine

14 hrs ago | Optometric Management

Marketing Vision Therapy

Y ou've determined how much space is needed for a room dedicated to vision therapy .

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Related Topix: Marketing, Optometry, Medicine, Internet, Science / Technology, Social Software

18 hrs ago | Slate Magazine

Is My Toddler Autistic?

A few columns ago , while attempting to explain why toddlers do crazy things, I mentioned that my 21-month-old son likes to line up his toy cars over and over and over again.

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Related Topix: Toddlers, Family, Kids, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Medicine

18 hrs ago | IVillage

Ellen Rome, M.D

Dr. Ellen Rome is a board-certified pediatrician who was among the first in the U.S. to be board certified in adolescent medicine.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

22 hrs ago | Florida Today

Nurse practitioners more than qualified to handle patient care

As a practicing pediatrician with more than 22 years of experience, a recent article printed in FLORIDA TODAY about nurse practitioners caught my attention.

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Related Topix: Nursing

Wed May 22, 2013

Canada.com

Experts urge tighter controls on use of antipsychotics

Stronger guidelines are urgently needed to control Canada's mounting consumption of antipsychotic drugs, including potent pills given to children as young as preschoolers, experts say.

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Related Topix: Family, Medicine, Pharmacology, Kids

CJAD

Doctors weigh in on IVF program

Medical specialists, gynecologists, and pediatricians are weighing in on how the government-subsidized IVF/in vitro fertilization program has been working out three years after its creation.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology

How Stuff Works

Buzzy Takes the Sting Out of Shots

In her lecture "Hacking Healthcare: How Makers can Save Medicine" at the 2013 Bay Area Maker Faire, Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Pediatrician advice on how to talk to kids about Oklahoma tragedy

Many parents may be at a loss on how to talk to their kids about the tragedy in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Medicine

MarketWatch

Vital Signs: DSM overhaul stirs controversy

A new guide for health-care workers who diagnose mental-health problems casts a wide net in the hope of helping more people avoid suffering and suicide.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Marketing

The Macon Telegraph

Over 57-year career, pediatrician says, vaccines changed everything

Seat belts in cars were not widely used, much less required. A kid wearing a bike helmet would have been mocked mercilessly.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Garden Grove, CA, Santa Ana, CA, Family, Kids, HPV

Tue May 21, 2013

The Coastal Courier

Urge to compare children is hard to resist

I'm finding it hard not to compare my child to others her age. Reese is healthy, communicative, active and right where she needs to be developmentally.

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Related Topix: Medicine

WTVF Nashville

Lullabies For Baby John: Singing Moms Help Preemies Eat

Half a million premature babies are born in the U.S. every year. To continue the development that should have happened in the womb, many spend their first few months of life in intensive care.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Life, Food, Nutrition, Drink, Milk

KXKT-FM Omaha

Council Bluffs Doctor Charged With Sexual Abuse

The 68-year-old pediatrician is alleged to have had inappropriate sexual contact with a 5-year-old girl outside of his medical practice.

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Related Topix: Medicine

FiveThirtyEight

Well: When Children Pose a Danger to Parents

When Carter Rosengarten was 2, he gripped a Matchbox car and, mimicking the Kung Fu Panda, whacked his mother across the face.

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Related Topix: Toddlers, Medicine, Emergency Medicine

Mon May 20, 2013

Newswise

American Academy of Pediatrics Appoints Dr. Ihuoma Eneli to Institute ...

Ihuoma Eneli, MD, MS , medical director for the Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition at Nationwide Children's Hospital, was recently named as a member of the Institute for Healthy Childhood Weight Steering Committee by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Life, Food, Nutrition, Ohio State University

FiveThirtyEight

Well: Younger Children Seek an Acne Cure

If your 10-year-old has acne , rest assured he or she is not alone. According to treatment guidelines published this month in the journal Pediatrics, acne is common in children ages 7 to 12.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Acne Vulgaris, Health, Dermatology, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens

WTVF Nashville

Pediatrician Says DCS Challenges Medical Opinions

A Spring Hill pediatrician said she has some sympathy as the Tennessee Department of Children's Services tries to sort through claims about children's welfare.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Spring Hill, TN, Opinion