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Most investors use the Dow Industrials or the S&P 500 to follow Wall Street's ups and downs. But a lesser-known index is better.

That's the belief of dermatologist Andrew Hendricks, who blew the whistle on a giant lab. After several tense years, his lawsuit reaped $182 million for the Feds.

Once skeptical about inpatient specialists, this doctor has come to love what they do for him. Mostly, they give him time.

Enroll them in assistance programs offered by pharmaceutical manufacturersand watch the quality of their lives improve.

Legislation; Medicare; Fraud'N'Abuse

Lighten up on largecap growth stocks

Should you tell patients if you've been addicted? Confidentiality for patients who use illegal drugs

Snake oil on the Internet

That's the belief of dermatologist Andrew Hendricks, who blew the whistle on a giant lab. After several tense years, his lawsuit reaped $182 million for the Feds.

Thinking about retirement, this country FP wonders if he'll be able to find an oldfashioned physician for himselfinstead of a "provider".

Here are one doctor's tips for bridging the communication gap between you and the people you're trying to help.

Full financial risk for Medicare services torpedoed two physician groups. Are more such failures ahead?

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The stark beauty of ice, tundra, walruses, and polar bears makes the Arctic Circle a "hot" travel destination, says the author.

Founded on a dream in the 1930's, the Burns Clinic collapsed in a nightmare of the '90s, as the cozy collegiality of its physicians gave way to managed care anxiety and a me first attitude.

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This pediatrician's winwin partnership with his state bureaucracy gives indigent children a medical homeand the practice a profit.

Misconceptions and misinformation can wreak havoc with your portfolio, our columnist says.

This pediatrician's winwin partnership with his state bureaucracy gives indigent children a medical homeand the practice a profit.

Misconceptions and misinformation can wreak havoc with your portfolio, our columnist says.

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Ed MemoOn the notion that doctors are not God

Remember when malpractice premiums were $150 a year?

Poor and uninsured, the author's dying patient found a clever way to pay her doctor bills.

Physicians who lose a power struggle with a big insurer may have to cut loose and hope for a soft landing.

So said the patient who taught the author a critical lesson: Some things are more important than diagnosis and treatment.

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