Editorials

The Supreme Court and the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 By upholding the "Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003," the Supreme Court interferes with a woman's access to the reproductive care most appropriate for her and meddles with a physician's ability.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 06, 2007
Thanks to the Peer Reviewers of MedGenMed for 2003-2005 The editorial staff thanks the reviewers who've contributed their time to the journal.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 20, 2006
Editorial in Response to "What Is Sham Peer Review?" The peer review system, originally meant to resolve quality problems in a collegial and confidential manner, is being converted into a weapon to shatter the careers of targeted physicians.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 15, 2005
Abducens Palsy Following Spinal Anesthesia The only 2 factors that can reliably reduce the risk for PDPH are the caliber and type of spinal needle used for the procedure.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 14, 2005
Healthcare Professionals and Dual Loyalty Mildred Z. Solomon, EdD, Associate Clinical Professor of Social Medicine, Medical Ethics & Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, comments on healthcare professionals and dual loyalty.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 04, 2005
Through a Different Lens: A Mother's Day Lament A 2003 poll by Penn, Schoen, and Berland shows that 78% favor universal media ratings as Thompson, Yakota, and others have proposed, and 70% want an independent group to do the ratings.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 13, 2004
Physical Therapy for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment goals for RA patients focus on early detection and intervention to minimize joint damage as early in the disease course as possible to help limit the need for surgical joint replacement.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 18, 2004
Excerpts and Education The medium may have changed in the 50 years since Dr. Clifton K. Meador attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, but the messages have not.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 22, 2004
Happy Birthday to Open-Access Publishing Pioneer MedGenMed We believe that it is inappropriate for a reader in a developed country whose tax money has paid for medical research to have to pay again to read the results of such research.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 09, 2004
Improving the Quality of Care in Physician Office Practice Could the greatest barrier to quality improvement in American medicine be the local physician's office?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 29, 2003
Polio and Policy Options Dr. William Foege contributes to the debate surrounding policy and programmatic options to be faced by countries following certification of eradication of poliomyelitis.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 19, 2003
Uninvited, Unwelcome Medical Email Messages Are medical spam messages potentially harmful to patients' health?
Experts And Viewpoints, December 17, 2003
Geographic Diseases -- A New Section in MedGenMed Fascinating cases present a sampling of the pathology encountered while caring for a people suffering under an oppressive burden of disease in one of the world's poorest regions.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 25, 2003
The Pathologist of the Century -- F. William Sunderman A fellow pathologist examines the extraordinary life of Dr. Sunderman.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 30, 2003
Medscape Select, our Friendly Clinical MEDLINE Medscape has developed a tool to narrow your MEDLINE searches.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 27, 2003
HIV Testing: 20 Minutes, No Pretest Counseling The CDC is launching a new initiative to increase HIV testing and facilitate prevention of HIV infections.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 16, 2003
Holding Our Breath Healthcare workers, inured to substandard and imprudent behavior from politicians, should strive to be America's moral compass now more than ever, according to William H. Foege, MD, MPH.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 06, 2003
Foundation Report - A New MedGenMed Section MedGenMed launches a new section and a collaboration with the Lasker Foundation.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 22, 2003
Top 10 Medical/Health Stories of 2002 Authors from 3 different countries highlight 10 of the most important experimental results, medical observations, public health occurrences, and policy reports that appeared during 2002.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 20, 2002
Thanks to the Peer Reviewers of Medscape General Medicine A large portion of the success of Medscape General Medicine can be credited to the dedicated work of peer reviewers.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 16, 2002

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