The Federation of State Medical Boards House of Delegates has adopted a new policy addressing patient safety and other issues related to physicians re-entering clinical practice after a significant leave of absence from medicine. Separately, the

New research about why people forego colorectal cancer screening suggests that three fears play a significant role. Fear of embarrassment, fear of getting AIDS, and fear of pain may make some seniors skip the potentially lifesaving tests.The of

Alarming increases of Type 2 diabetes in children are no closer to being managed successfully, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine showing common diabetes-control medications failed to work in children.The study also that

Though an estimated 26.7 million Americans age 50 and older have hearing loss, only about one in seven uses a hearing aid, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers.The finding adds clarity to less rigorous estimates by device of

The American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, the American Cancer Society, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology have released new guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer. The guidelines a in

A Canadian study led by researchers from Ryerson University and Dalhousie University found that nurse practitioners play a vital role in providing rapid access to health care for residents living in long-term care settings, such as nursing homes be

Fresenius Medical Care, the Waltham, Mass.-based renal therapy provider, says it recently began offering nighttime dialysis treatments for patients in its Hayden Lake clinic.The clinic is the company's first in Idaho to do so, says Clint the The