Word: physician
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Before the toilet finishes flushing, its sensors have completed a urinalysis and stool test. The information is automatically patched through to a secure website that contains all her medical records. If anything alarming, such as a spot of blood or some defective DNA, shows up, both she and her physician will receive a health-care alert. By the same token, if she ever falls ill while traveling, doctors can instantly punch up her records, using her medical ID card to gain access...
...witnessing the early days of a wired revolution in medicine. The Web has shattered the physician's tightly held monopoly on information. Specialists are starting to provide consultations via the Internet. Some doctors are experimenting with computer programs that monitor how often an asthmatic refills a prescription, alerting them when the pattern indicates that stronger medicines are needed to head off a more serious attack...
Predictably, the American Medical Association opposes opening the Data Bank to public eyes, on the grounds that it maintains records of groundless or dismissed malpractice suits, which could unfairly poison a good physician's career. It is unclear whether Bliley has much support for his measure, which has failed to pass Congress in the past. In addition, points out TIME medical correspondent Christine Gorman, the information contained in the Data Bank is largely available from other sources. "In fact," says Gorman, "the government is not always the best source of information. There are lots of reputable Internet sites and consumer...
...lowering effect of the diet was essential for allowing the body to burn fat more effectively. He also contended that reducing insulin levels could help prevent many diet- and weight-related diseases, including high cholesterol, hypertension and diabetes. Atkins is a cardiologist too, but he is selling books. This physician, with no vested interest, made it clearer to me that carbohydrates are often the culprit. Certainly the majority of my overweight patients are carbohydrate junkies...
Jack Kevorkian must be rolling over in his jail cell. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would outlaw the use of federally controlled drugs in physician-assisted suicide. The bill, sponsored by Henry Hyde, is a pointed rebuke to Oregon voters, who passed the Death With Dignity Act in 1997, permitting doctors to prescribe (but not administer) lethal levels of painkillers to terminally ill, mentally competent patients who are within six months of dying. Under a law modeled on Hyde's bill, doctors convicted of aiding in a suicide could spend at least 20 years...