The harder the stunt, the harder they may fall.
MIAMI -- Although cheerleading carries a low overall risk of injury, it accounts for more than half of all catastrophic sports injuries in females, Dr. Teri McCambridge said at a meeting on pediatric sports medicine sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics. She discussed some of the...

Checking in after day surgery averts lawsuits.
PASADENA, CALIF. -- Short-stay surgery has many practical and financial advantages, but it deprives the physician of making rounds in the hours and days following surgery--a fertile time for complications and, quite possibly, seeds of a medicolegal action. That's why Dr. Richard Soderstrom, a retired Seattle gynecologist...

Bariatric surgery competence in the spotlight.
KAILUA KONA, HAWAII -- In the last 5 years, the annual number of bariatric procedures has increased 10-fold, from 30,000 to 300,000 worldwide, Dr. Louis F. Martin said at a meeting on medical negligence and risk management. With that increase has come debate about whether new mechanisms...

Difficulties with laborist system.
Many large single-specialty groups, including Kaiser Permanente, assign a physician to cover only labor and delivery for 12- or 24-hour blocks in house ("'Laborists' Branching Off From Hospitalist Trend," July 1, 2005, p. 80). Such a system does offer patients prompt, continuous, and efficient care. The only...

Wisc. ob.gyns. lament cap loss.
Only 11 ob.gyns. were practicing medicine in rural Eau Claire, Wis., when Donald Weber, M.D., joined his practice in 1986. Now there are 23. There's no doubt that the state's longtime cap on noneconomic damages for medical malpractice cases has been responsible for the increase,...

Teledermatology services offered worldwide.
VIENNA -- Teledermatology is expanding in Europe through an online international dermatology community that provides open-access consultations. H. Peter Soyer, M.D., reported at the 10th World Congress on Cancers of the Skin. The consultations are free of charge for now, and they are available in five different...

Specialists paid to take emergency call in 47% of hospitals.
Most hospital officials are having trouble getting specialists to take emergency department call, according to a national survey of physician executives. About 64% of physician executives surveyed reported having a problem getting specialists to take call at their hospitals. Many of them--about 47%--report that their hospitals are...

BATTLE FOR A WAR STORY.
Byline: Karen McCowan The Register-Guard WALTERVILLE - A tiny publishing house here is in the cross-hairs of a $700,000 lawsuit backed by the Special Forces Association, a fraternal organization for current and former U.S. military special operatives. On the one side are Kris Millegan's Trine...

Difficulties with laborist system.
Many large single-specialty groups, including Kaiser Permanente, assign a physician to cover only labor and delivery for 12- or 24-hour blocks in house ("Laborist Movement Poised to Take Off in 10 U.S. Hospital Systems," July 1, 2005, p. 81). Such a system does offer patients prompt, continuous,...

All Things Considered; On one hand, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.
Byline: Michael P. Elbinias DECRIMINALIZING libel is thought to benefit the media. But will doing so benefit society? One's honor is sacred. His right to privacy is a constitutional right guaranteed and protected by the Constitution. No one has a right to invade another's privacy....