Mac Overmyer

Urologists remain high on the list of in-demand medical specialists in the United States, and their services are even more sought-after than in previous years, according to recently released research. To attract them, hospitals and practices are offering more enticing salaries and other incentives.

Chicago-One of the first large studies to determine the 10-year efficacy of brachytherapy in men with prostate cancer shows that patients receiving a dose of at least 160 Gy have a 93% chance of being free of biochemical failure and a 95.4% chance of local control at 10 years.

Only six states in the union have patient populations, physicians, and health care systems that are not suffering some degree of hardship caused by skyrocketing costs of medical liability insurance, according to the American Medical Association.

Chicago--The American Medical Association has taken a step toward reversing a 2-decades-old policy on the national physician workforce. Since the 1980s, the organization has maintained that the country was threatened with an oversupply of doctors.