http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/American_Medical_AssociationFind stories, videos, and photos about American Medical Association from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:02:54 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/American_Medical_Association14433Find stories, videos, and photos about American Medical Association from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/05/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/05/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe push to overhaul health care received a major boost Thursday as the American Medical Association and AARP endorsed legislation drafted by top House Democrats.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/20/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/20/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextSenate Democrats struggled Tuesday to find enough votes to pass a controversial measure intended to ensure that doctors experience no cut in Medicare reimbursement payments over the next 10 years.Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/07/cocaine.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/07/cocaine.vaccine/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn experimental vaccine for cocaine addicts can help some users kick the habit, according to a new study.Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/05/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/05/obama.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama kicked off a crucial week in the health care reform debate Monday by castigating political opponents for spreading distortions about his plan.Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/09/boustany.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/09/boustany.health.care/index.html#cnnSTCTextU.S. Rep. Charles Boustany urged Congress to pass a health-care plan by "working together in a bipartisan way" in remarks delivered after President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/01/zelizer.obama.healthcare/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/01/zelizer.obama.healthcare/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne of the great puzzles this summer has been why President Obama seemed to have underestimated the intensity of the counter-mobilization he would face in proposing health care reform.Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/01/AMA.health.care.reform/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/01/AMA.health.care.reform/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe new president of the American Medical Association, which represents the interests of the nation's doctors, said Wednesday the group is open to a government-funded health insurance option for people without coverage.Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/30/zelizer.obama.polls/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/30/zelizer.obama.polls/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama continues to enjoy high approval ratings.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:06:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/18/ep.health.reform.basics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/18/ep.health.reform.basics/index.html#cnnSTCTextFive years from now, there's an excellent chance you won't have the same health insurance you have (or don't have) right now. That's because members of Congress are gearing up to reform the U.S. health care system, and unlike in 1993 when then-first lady Hillary Clinton tried her hand at changing the medical system, this time the important players -- doctors, insurance companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers -- seem to be on board. You heard a lot about health care reform this week, and you'll be hearing even more in the months to come. It's an incredibly confusing, complex issue, so in this week's Empowered Patient, we break it down for you with 10 frequently asked questions about health care reform.Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/15/obama.ama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/15/obama.ama/index.html#cnnSTCTextHealth care reform should mean all Americans can get coverage while allowing doctors to heal patients instead of being bureaucrats, President Obama told the American Medical Association on Monday.Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:51:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/15/news/economy/obama_health_care_reform/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/15/news/economy/obama_health_care_reform/index.htmHealth care reform should mean all Americans can get coverage while allowing doctors to heal patients instead of being bureaucrats, President Barack Obama told the American Medical Association on Monday.Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:19:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/11/news/economy/healthcare_reformproposals/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/11/news/economy/healthcare_reformproposals/index.htmAdvocating preventive care and streamlining administrative costs are among the steps being promised by the health care industry to help cut $2 trillion in health care expenses over the next decade.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:57:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/28/ent.movie.smoking/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/05/28/ent.movie.smoking/index.html#cnnSTCTextSmoking in youth-rated movies has not declined despite a pledge two years ago by Hollywood studios to encourage producers to show less "gratuitous smoking," according to an anti-smoking group.Fri, 29 May 2009 02:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/08/conscience.clause/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/08/conscience.clause/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn organization of Christian physicians argued Wednesday against an impending rollback of a federal rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide certain reproductive services, saying it's discriminatory.Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/conscience.rollback/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/conscience.rollback/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Obama administration plans to reverse a regulation from late in the Bush administration allowing health-care workers to refuse to provide services based on moral objections, an official said Friday.Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/12/cell.phone.driving/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/12/cell.phone.driving/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe National Safety Council called Monday for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving, a prohibition opposed by the industry.Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:31:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/12/03/smoking.macular.degeneration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/12/03/smoking.macular.degeneration/index.html#cnnSTCTextAge-related macular degeneration is a baby-boomer disease that, according to the American Medical Association, affects more than 10 million Americans. It is one of the leading causes of blindness for people over age 65. A study published in the July 2007 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology found that current smokers are four times more likely to develop this eye problem than nonsmokers.Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:43:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/18/primary.care.doctors.study/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/18/primary.care.doctors.study/index.html#cnnSTCTextNearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative.Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:14:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1841910,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1841910,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new ad campaign by the Corn Refiners Association claims that high-fructose corn syrup is not as fattening as you thinkWed, 17 Sep 2008 17:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/08/senate.medicare/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/08/senate.medicare/index.html#cnnSTCTextRepublicans were facing pressure Tuesday to vote for a rollback of across-the-board cuts in Medicare payments to health providers after a major doctors' group said the cuts could lead to a "meltdown" of the government's health care system for the elderly.Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:31:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/15/bush.medicare/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/15/bush.medicare/index.html#cnnSTCTextCongress voted to halt planned cuts in Medicare payments to doctors Tuesday, overriding President Bush's veto in a battle that pitted health insurers against physicians.Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:54:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/10/ama.racism/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/07/10/ama.racism/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe American Medical Association, the nation's largest organization of physicians, apologized Thursday for its history of discriminatory policies toward African-American physicians, including those that effectively restricted membership to whites.Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:09:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1821530,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1821530,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe American Medical Association on Thursday issued a formal apology for more than a century of discriminatory policies that excluded blacks from participating in a group long considered the voice of U.S. doctorsThu, 10 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1817322,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1817322,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsNew research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin's role in good healthMon, 23 Jun 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207547,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnnhttp://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20207547,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn"I'm all about choice," says the former talk show host, who had her child at homeWed, 18 Jun 2008 23:18:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1738671,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1738671,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn estimated 300 to 400 U.S. doctors kill themselves each year -- a suicide rate thought to be higher than in the general populationFri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730600,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1730600,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMillions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage them from getting quality careMon, 14 Apr 2008 16:20:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1700079,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1700079,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new survey in Chicago finds that about half of doctors occasionally prescribe their patients sham treatmentsThu, 03 Jan 2008 23:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.kevorkian10/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/17/court.archive.kevorkian10/index.html#cnnSTCTextCalling him "libel proof," a Michigan appeals court Monday dismissed Dr. Jack Kevorkian's defamation suit against two medical groups that called him a killer in their literature.Mon, 31 Dec 2007 15:02:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1695812,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1695812,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSeveral new studies show that a simple backrub offers significant pain relief for patients after major surgeryTue, 18 Dec 2007 17:20:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1648412,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1648412,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA new study shows soaring rates of child abuse and neglect in military families after a parent's deploymentTue, 31 Jul 2007 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1645654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1645654,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debateMon, 23 Jul 2007 12:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/14/profile.ama.hill/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/14/profile.ama.hill/index.htmlDr. J. Edward Hill is a week away from being inaugurated as the 160th president of the American Medical Association, which is no small accomplishment for a man who says he became a doctor because he wanted a steady job.Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/02/journal.roundup/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/02/journal.roundup/index.htmlGreat news for seniorsThu, 02 Jun 2005 18:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/03/01/8251199/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/03/01/8251199/index.htmIt's the American way. Trip and fall, find a fast-talking lawyer and a gullible jury, and you too can sue somebody and get rich. Kind of like that grandma who spilled scalding-hot coffee on herself...Tue, 01 Mar 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/01/07/316033/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/01/07/316033/index.htmFor all the pink ribbons and breast-cancer walks, how much progress has society really made in detecting and battling breast cancer, a disease that strikes one in eight women? Not as much as you th...Mon, 07 Jan 2002 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/02/01/296246/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2001/02/01/296246/index.htmIf you're one of the millions of Americans who dabble with herbal remedies, listen up. Doctors and other medical professionals are concerned about the dangers of mixing prescription drugs with thes...Thu, 01 Feb 2001 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283808/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/07/10/283808/index.htmHow can you tell a cashier at Sears from one at Pop's Bagels? Look at their teeth. Odds are, the Pop's worker has no dental plan. Odds are, he has no health plan at all and is skimping on medical c...Mon, 10 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/07/01/283711/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/07/01/283711/index.htmHow can you tell a cashier at Sears from a cashier at Pop's Bagels? Just look at their teeth. Odds are, the Pop's employee has no dental plan. Odds are, in fact, the Pop's cashier has no health pla...Sat, 01 Jul 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266143/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/09/27/266143/index.htmDEAR ANNIE: I work in a petrochemical manufacturing facility. About two years ago, an employee who has a very incendiary personality was fired for sleeping on the job. This person had threatened ab...Mon, 27 Sep 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/05/01/259219/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1999/05/01/259219/index.htmSpring is here, and as a winter-weary nation resumes outdoor activities like golfing and gardening, a resounding cry can be heard throughout the land: Oh, my aching back! Sat, 01 May 1999 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236425/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236425/index.htmOne more turnaround like the rest of them, and Al Dunlap will go to his grave known as Chainsaw Al. "The damn 'Chainsaw.' They'll put it on my tombstone. And then I'll come down and haunt 'em," say...Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234894/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234894/index.htmFred Nahas is not your typical union activist. The 51-year-old doctor is a vascular surgeon in Somer's Point, N.J., and earns a comfortable six-figure income. His only experience with a picket line...Mon, 08 Dec 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/13/232499/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/13/232499/index.htmNext time you're killing time in the doctor's waiting room, ponder this paradox: Congress has concluded that there are too many, not too few, physicians in this country. Washington's remedy for thi...Mon, 13 Oct 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/17/223340/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/17/223340/index.htmLast year, graphic designer Sheri Wood found out that she had thyroid cancer. Isolated from big-city medical resources--she lives in rural Versailles, Kentucky--she turned to the Web to learn more ...Mon, 17 Mar 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/06/01/213198/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/06/01/213198/index.htmAsk just about any broker or financial planner, and you'll be told that doctors are not always the savviest investors. Even so, the American Medical Association has some investing advice for you. I...Sat, 01 Jun 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/06/01/213207/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/06/01/213207/index.htmEvery day, women pay more than men do for virtually identical goods and services. You may already have heard that dry cleaners sometimes charge women as much as three times more than men pay to lau...Sat, 01 Jun 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/10/01/206617/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/10/01/206617/index.htmEarly retirees are increasingly getting stuck for the cost of their health coverage as part of corporate downsizing. For instance, Unisys, the information management company with headquarters in Bl...Sun, 01 Oct 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79536/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/11/79536/index.htm"Something absolutely terrible is going on," says Stanford University economist Alain Enthoven, a leading apostle of unleashing market forces to tame costs and improve the health care system. While...Mon, 11 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/07/01/89016/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/07/01/89016/index.htmMAY'S MONEY NEWSLINE says that 49% of doctors' employees don't get medical insurance and intimates that physicians oppose the Clinton health plan because it would force them to provide healthcare c...Fri, 01 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/27/79436/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/06/27/79436/index.htmOne worries that he behaved churlishly in his recent exchange of views with Dr. Lonnie R. Bristow, chairman of the American Medical Association. There was Lonnie, stuck at migraine-engendering O'Ha...Mon, 27 Jun 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/05/01/88869/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/05/01/88869/index.htmIn the rancorous debate over health-care reform, the American Medical Association -- representing almost half of the nation's 653,000 doctors -- has opposed President Clinton's plan, which would re...Sun, 01 May 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/03/01/88687/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/03/01/88687/index.htmComputer systems analyst tops our 1994 ranking of 100 widely held jobs evaluated on such factors as salary, prestige and security (see the story for details). This table shows the data we used to r...Tue, 01 Mar 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/09/01/88279/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/09/01/88279/index.htmAs a pharmaceutical sales representative, I am getting tired of being painted as a deceitful and conniving person relaying "clever promotional schemes" to doctors. In your June story "Cut Your Spir...Wed, 01 Sep 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/08/23/78232/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/08/23/78232/index.htmPOLICYMAKERS have long argued that medicine is a market unto itself, governed by laws as strange as those of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland or Jonathan Swift's Lilliput. In fact, the forces driving up ...Mon, 23 Aug 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/18/76407/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/18/76407/index.htmYour servant has been boning up on the great Joe Camel dispute, which takes a lot of boning. Like an amoeba, the dispute keeps fissiparously dividing itself into subsidiary disputes: Are those Came...Mon, 18 May 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75211/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/07/01/75211/index.htmHow can America spend more per capita on health care than any country on earth, and still be the only developed nation that leaves about 15% of its population uninsured? How can U.S. companies cont...Mon, 01 Jul 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/02/01/77453/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/02/01/77453/index.htmQuestion: Should boxing be banned? Fri, 01 Feb 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/02/01/86393/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1991/02/01/86393/index.htmIn ''A Cure Your M.D. Won't Like,'' printed in the special year-end edition of MONEY, you hope to ''shift the tide back toward lower-tech, lower-cost treatment'' in an effort to pay doctors less. G...Fri, 01 Feb 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72888/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72888/index.htmWOULDN'T IT BE NICE if all medical advice about life-and-death matters like heart disease were based on clear, unambiguous scientific evidence? But it's not. That disagreeable fact has left million...Mon, 18 Dec 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/10/09/72556/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/10/09/72556/index.htmYOU'VE HEARD BEFORE that farming is a crazy business. Now let me tell you how crazy. I'm a transplanted farm girl living in Washington, D.C., and I can't quite get farming out of my blood. When my ...Mon, 09 Oct 1989 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/04/01/85032/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/04/01/85032/index.htmWhen Anna Brown, a courtroom interpreter in Los Angeles, was charged $400 for blood tests while hospitalized for surgery last year, her husband Jack shrugged, since his insurance company was pickin...Sat, 01 Apr 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/19/71425/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/19/71425/index.htmNew research into the baffling causes of alcoholism is unearthing ever deeper clues that it's largely in the genes. And now researchers are making headway in their search for genetic markers that c...Mon, 19 Dec 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83451/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1986/09/01/83451/index.htmThe American Medical Association's $4 million purchase of the mutual fund group PRO Services Inc., now called AMA Advisers, has raised a debate about why the AMA did it -- and why it should not hav...Mon, 01 Sep 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/24/66041/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/06/24/66041/index.htmDrugs in their variety affect users in a host of ways -- no single physical symptom provides sure evidence that someone is abusing them. A boss who suspects that a subordinate has a problem should ...Mon, 24 Jun 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65617/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/18/65617/index.htmNew York State approved a 52% increase in medical malpractice insurance rates, its largest increase in ten years. The hike cemented New York's place as the state with the highest malpractice insura...Mon, 18 Feb 1985 05:01:00 EST