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A Look at an AMA Committee's Clout in Setting Medicare Prices
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/a-look-at-an-ama-committees-clout-in-setting-medicare-prices/6149/In a two-part series, as health reform brings a focus on the budget for Medicare, we look from two sides at a little known but influential group convened by the American Medical Association. It's called the Relative Value Scale Update Committee and some critics say it has too much control over the fMedicine in the Nazi Regime: Ethical Lessons Learned
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/medicine-in-the-nazi-regime-ethical-lessons-learned/5897/One of the most horrific disasters in modern history, the Holocaust, is being illuminated through a lens that is of particular interest to medical professionals, through a traveling exhibit called Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race. Nazism's roots in biology and genetics interlinked medical pMedical Assistants: Ghana's Solution to Physician Assistants
https://reachmd.com/programs/partners-in-practice/medical-assistants-ghanas-solution-to-physician-assistants/5788/The Rural Health Training School in Kintampo, Ghana, was established in 1969 by the Ministry of Health. Now this one-of-a-kind school has trained more than 500 medical assistants who are the backbone of healthcare in Ghana. Medical assistants, comparable to physician assistants in the US, provide caAwake Craniotomy and Mapping Techniques for Brain Tumor Surgery
https://reachmd.com/programs/medical-breakthroughs-from-penn-medicine/awake-craniotomy-and-mapping-techniques-for-brain-tumor-surgery/4597/Awake craniotomy offers many advantages to brain tumor surgery, since it allows neurosurgeons to maximize surgical resection, while minimizing neurologic risks. Is this procedure well tolerated by most patients? What role does MRI mapping play in awake craniotomy? Dr. Donald O'Rourke, associate profComplementary Treatment Methods Alongside Traditional Cancer Care
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-future-medicine-and-genetics/complementary-treatment-methods-alongside-traditional-cancer-care/4333/Therapies that maintain or improve the quality of the patient's life are an important part of the treatment process. In cancer care, as Dr. Louis Harrison tells host Dr. Cathleen Margolin, patients who are happier with the quality of their life are often more compliant with treatment, but also may rToward Malaria Prevention and Control
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/toward-malaria-prevention-and-control/4042/Malaria is the most deadly vector-borne disease in the world, and physicians need to be current on its biology, global disease burden, and advancing treatments. Dr. William Collins, senior biomedical research scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been a leading expert on mEndobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration
https://reachmd.com/programs/medical-breakthroughs-from-penn-medicine/endobronchial-ultrasound-guided-transbronchial-needle-aspiration/4014/Until recently, bronchoscopy has involved using cameras with CT guidance to determine abnormalities along the airway and lymph nodes. How is ultrasound now being used for bronchoscopic needle biopsies? What are other novel therapeutic applications for endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial nEstablishing Community Protocols for Treating ADHD
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-public-health-policy/establishing-community-protocols-for-treating-adhd/3689/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) holds the distinction of being the most extensively studied pediatric psychiatric disorder and one of the most controversial. Does the response from the public and from healthcare institutions impact our diagnosis and treatment of patients with ADHD? DCommunity-Acquired Pneumonia: Is The First Antibiotic Dose a Good Quality of Care Measure?
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/community-acquired-pneumonia-is-the-first-antibiotic-dose-a-good-quality-of-care-measure/3065/The time to first antibiotic dose in patients with community-acquired pneumonia is a core quality measure by which hospitals and physicians are evaluated. Might this time pressure have a negative effect on the accuracy of diagnosis of pneumonia? Dr. James Welker, the Director of the Franklin SquareA Million Annual Smoking-Related Deaths in India
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-global-medicine/a-million-annual-smoking-related-deaths-in-india/2990/Impactful research estimates on smoking-related mortality in India project that the country will soon see more than one million smoking deaths annually. Even in a nation as densely populated as India, the sheer size of these numbers is alarming. For more on the specifics of this data, host Dr. Mark