The American College of Physicians reaffirmed its opposition Monday to the expanding legalization of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia, citing legal, clinical and other concerns in a position paper.
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The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that an apology by a medical provider cannot be used as evidence in a civil lawsuit, even if the statement admits fault.
Read moreA Pennsylvania woman claims in court that she was drugged and sexually assaulted by her doctor, who is accused of using hypnosis to lure her into submission during a routine checkup.
Read moreNew York City’s mayor said Friday evening one doctor is dead and several others are fighting for their lives after a gunman opened fire at a city hospital.
Read moreA judge on Friday ordered a longtime doctor at Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics to stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting six young gymnasts who said he molested them while they were seeking treatment for various injuries.
Read moreThe American Civil Liberties Union, its Arkansas chapter and the Center for Reproductive Rights sued Arkansas officials to stop four new laws they say could upend a woman’s constitutionally protected right to abortion care in the state.
Read moreAn attorney challenging New York laws that treat physician-assisted suicide as felonies told the state’s highest court on Tuesday that the ban forced his lead plaintiff to die alone and in a stupor.
Read morePolicies that restrict direct pharmaceutical promotion to physicians lead to fewer prescriptions of brand-name drugs – with doctors opting to order generic versions instead, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Read moreThe former girlfriend of a New York City neuroradiologist claims in court that he slipped Plan B birth control into her drink to keep her from getting pregnant.
Read moreThe Texas Senate passed two anti-abortion bills Monday, including one that would effectively ban second-trimester procedures.
Read moreThe family of a delirious Bahamian doctor who died in police custody in Connecticut can bring wrongful death and medical malpractice claims against police and a hospital, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreFormer USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, already facing nine charges including first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under age 13, was also charged with sexual assault Wednesday in a growing scandal.
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A Dallas County jury deliberated for one hour Monday before sentencing neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch to life in state prison for maiming an elderly patient in a botched surgery.
Read moreA Texas jury found a neurosurgeon guilty Tuesday of maiming an elderly patient in an exceptionally rare conviction of a medical doctor for giving substandard care.
Read moreA Kentucky law requiring ultrasounds and heartbeat monitoring for women seeking abortions has been challenged by a group of doctors less than a day after the law took effect.
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More than a quarter of medical students are depressed, many of whom reported thoughts of suicide during medical school.
Read moreThe Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday refused to throw out a $122.5 million judgment against a former doctor convicted of bombing the state medical board’s chairman.
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