Long-Term Use of Estrogen May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer (4.3.12)
Preliminary data demonstrate that women undergoing hormone therapy for ten or more years double their risk of developing breast cancer. Hormone Tx Boosts Breast Cancer Risk
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May 27, 2010
Medical Insurer's Code of Conduct Recently Adopted by American Medical Association (AMA) Stresses Need to Earn Patient Trust (5.27.10)
AMA recently introduced The Health Insurer Code of Conduct Principles, designed in effort to get health insurers to commit to full transparency and accountability with respect to all of their clinical and administrative processes. The effort is focused on holding the health insurance industry accountable to physicians and patients.
The bill was signed by several societies, such as: the American College of Cardiology; American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; American College of Emergency Physicians; American College of Rheumatology; American Gastroenterological Association; and Congress of Neurological Surgeons.
Posted on the Pediatric SuperSite on May 25, 2010; New AMA insurer's code of conduct highlights need to earn patient trust
