?Tree of Life? honors past doctors and medical staff
As a way to honor the lives of those doctors and staff members who saved the lives of so many, the Houston Northwest Medical Center put the ?Tree of Life? work of art on permanent display.

Doctors qualify in Somali capital
Student doctors graduate from a medical school in the Somali capital for the first time in nearly two decades.

LA BioMed researchers among Southern California Super Doctors
( Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) ) Thirty-eight physician-scientists from the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center are honored for being among Southern California Super Doctors.

Doctors Should Prepare To Handle Angry Patients, For Own Protection And To Avoid Complaints, Says Medical Protection ...
The Medical Protection Society is marking Anger Awareness Week by offering advice to doctors who could be confronted by aggressive patients, upset at their perception of some aspect of the service they have received.

Doctors Test Robotic Docs At Jackson Memorial Hospital
Hospital patients soon could see robotic doctors maneuvering through the halls of hospitals, some medical officials say.

Clinic To Disclose Doctors' Industry Ties
The Cleveland Clinic is making it easier for the public to find out if its doctors get money from pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers. The move could help patients evaluate whether the doctors are acting in their best interests.

Doctors qualify in Somali capital
Student doctors graduate in the Somali capital for the first time in nearly two decades.

Medical residents told to catch some zzz's
Traditionally viewed as a baptism by fire for future physicians, a new report said the lengthy, grueling schedules of medical residents may be hurting patients and doctors-to-be - instead of helping them.

Cleveland Clinic disclosing doctors' business ties
The Cleveland Clinic says it will publicize the business ties its 1,800 doctors and researchers have with drug companies and device makers. The move, announced Wednesday, is the clinic's latest effort to guard against medical conflicts of interest and follows...

Trainee Doctors Need More Sleep And Supervision, US Report
A new report from medical and scientific experts recommends among other things that trainee doctors' hours and workload in the US be reduced and their supervision be increased because they make too many fatigue-related medical mistakes and they need a better learning environment.

Upper Yoder woman?s recovery surprises doctors, thrills family
Everyone tells 78-year-old Rose Reed she?s from strong stock. Now, even she might believe it. Reed left Johnstown?s Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday ? nearly three months after doctors thought she?d never make it through one night.

Cleveland Clinic hosts new website disclosing doctors' and researchers' conflicts of interest
The Cleveland Clinic has begun reporting on its website the business ties any of its 18-hundred doctors and researchers may have with drug and device manufacturers. The disclosures are the latest effort by the Clinic to address potential conflicts of interest after financial links surfaced several years ago between its top doctors and the medical industry. WKSU spoke with Dr. Guy Chisolm, ...

Cleveland Clinic disclosing doctors' business ties
The Cleveland Clinic says it will publicize the business ties its 1,800 doctors and researchers have with drug companies and device makers. The move, announced Wednesday, is the clinic's latest effort to guard against medical conflicts of interest and follows a rising national debate in recent years on the issue. The clinic is posting on its Web site the names of its physicians and ...

Panel: Medical residents need sleep
A national panel of medical experts proposed significant and costly changes for training new doctors in the nation's hospitals, recommending mandatory sleep breaks and more structured shift changes to reduce the risk of fatigue-related errors.

20 young doctors graduate in Somalia, 1st in years
They dodged firefights on their way to school, maneuvering through one of the world's most violent cities. Yet on Thursday, 20 men and women accomplished something that nobody in Somalia has done in nearly two decades: They graduated from medical school. The...

Young doctors graduate in Somalia
On Thursday, 20 men and women accomplished something that nobody in Somalia has done in nearly two decades: They graduated from medical school.

Add sleep break for doctors in training: report
Doctors training at hospitals should limit how long they work without a sleep break to reduce the chances of fatigue-related medical errors and improve their learning environment, an expert panel in the U.S. recommended.

Prevention Of Fatigue-Related Errors Requires Revised Hours And Workloads For Medical Residents
A new report from the Institute of Medicine proposes revisions to medical residents' duty hours and workloads to decrease the chances of fatigue-related medical errors and to enhance the learning environment for these doctors in training.

Study: Medical Residents Need More Sleep
Doctors in training often work shifts that can last as long as 30 hours. But a new report, touted as historic, says medical residents need more sleep.

Medical residents need more rest to prevent deadly errors: study
Worn-out medical residents need more breaks to avoid dangerous slip-ups, according to a report released Tuesday by the Institute of Medicine. The prescription: Doctors in training shouldn't work for more than 16 hours without sleep, which is a drop from previous standards.