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Salary disparities among practice areas plays a major role in the shortage of family medicine doctors.

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  • Sleeping Giants
    The growing use of soporifics comes as healthcare professionals warn of the dangers from lack of sleep.
    September 05, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • Too Darn Hot
    Climate change will not only impact the economy, but take a toll on human health as well.
    July 24, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • Forgoing Care
    A growing number of Americans delay getting needed medical care or go without.
    June 27, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • A Chronic Problem
    The aging population in the United States is helping fuel a growing burden on the healthcare system.
    June 06, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • Oklahoma Not OK
    State-by-state rankings find disparities in quality of healthcare for children.
    May 29, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • Brain Food    
    Vitamins may be good not just for your body, but for your behavior as well.
    April 16, 2008 - IRENE CASELLI - Health - Public Health
  • STDs Gone Wild
    CDC Study finds more than a quarter of teenage girls have a sexually transmitted disease.
    March 13, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • A Waiting Game
    A growing imbalance between supply and demand has extended the wait for some organs, but waiting times fall for hearts and lungs.
    March 07, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • Breathing Easy    
    Doctors find that age shouldn't be a barrier to successful transplants of lungs and other organs.
    February 25, 2008 - ANNE BURKE - Health - Public Health
  • Sound Medicine
    Report finds nearly 1,500 commonly used drugs are involved in errors linked to confusion caused by similar sounding or similar looking names.
    January 30, 2008 - Health - Public Health
  • A Tangled Web
    A think tank's study finds misleading medical information is rife on the Internet and could pose a threat to public health.
    January 09, 2008 - PETER PITTS - Health - Public Health
  • Junk Science, Junk Food    
    A letter from the editor
    November 22, 2007 - WILLIAM PATRICK - Health - Public Health
  • The Price of Compassion
    Caregivers sacrifice financial and physical well being to care for older loved ones.
    November 20, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • Shock and Awe
    The cost of the war in Iraq has already surpassed the amount spent on the Vietnam War, but the healthcare bill that will follow to care for veterans could total as much as $660 billion.
    November 12, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • Dr. Atkins Agonistes    
    Good Calories, Bad Calories
    Gary Taubes
    Knopf, 336 pp, $26.95

    November 01, 2007 - WILLIAM PATRICK - Health - Public Health
  • A Chronic Problem
    A handful of diseases are costing the economy more than $1 trillion a year, but much of the cost is avoidable.
    October 17, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • A Big, Fat Irony
    Researchers discover diners consume more calories at low-cal restaurants.
    September 28, 2007 - ERIC WAHLGREN - Health - Public Health
  • A Small Consolation
    The rising cost of health insurance slows, but wages still fail to keep pace.
    September 26, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • The Fat of the Land
    Report finds obesity epidemic in the United States continues to grow.
    September 03, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • My Healthcare Crisis    
    Why I had to pay $7,345 a month-- for a single drug.
    September 01, 2007 - JUDITH M. LAYZER - Health - Public Health
  • Putting Off The Inevitable
    July 16, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • Diabetic Shock
    Study finds one of eight federal healthcare dollars in 2005 spent on diabetes care.
    June 25, 2007 - Health - Public Health
  • Eye on the Street
    The latest news and numbers from Wall Street.
    January 22, 2008 - Business - Markets
  • Eye on the Street
    The latest news and numbers from Wall Street.
    January 22, 2008 - Business - Markets