Mar 31, 2007By: Michael KnoxIndependent Tribune (N.C.)KANNAPOLIS - A Kannapolis doctor whose license was suspended by the North Carolina Medical Board after he was charged with practitioner unlawfully dispensing a controlled substance has filed a petition challenging the board’s suspension.Chun-Ho Patrick Ng, 47, of Kannapolis, was charged Jan. 23 by the Kannapolis Police Department, according [...]
Mar 28, 2007Author UnknownJavno.comPeople addicted to opioids, such as certain prescription painkillers and heroin, can be conveniently and effectively treated in their primary care doctor's office rather than in a special clinic, researchers from Massachusetts report.Specialized clinic-based treatment programs, which have long been used to treat opioid dependence, reach only a fraction of those in [...]
Mar 27, 2007Author UnknownVietnamnet.vaThree out of 4 doctors and nurses don’t know how to make people feel better, according to a recent investigation conducted in Hanoi, HCM City, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh and An Giang.Mr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Deputy Head of the Department of Treatment at the Ministry of Health, said investigation results revealed that [...]
Mar 27, 2007By: Gregory D. KesichThe Portland Press HeraldA doctor described as a giant in the field of addiction treatment will spend six months in prison for forging prescription slips and medical records, a judge decided Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.As a psychiatrist in Illinois, Marc Shinderman, 64, wrote groundbreaking articles on the [...]
Mar 27, 2007By: John TierneyThe New York Times (NY)ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 — The case of the United States v. William Eliot Hurwitz, which began in federal court here on Monday, is about much more than one physician. It’s a battle over who sets the rules for treating patients who are in pain: narcotics agents [...]
Mar 26, 2007By: Polly ClevelandMountainmail.com
My father is 96. A month ago he shuffled around the house, up and down the stairs - quite well by himself. Then, as he put it, "I fell on my arse!"Oops! Compression fracture of the spine. Treatment: painkillers and bed rest. But, if he is ever to walk again, he [...]
