Epocrates Inc., which makes mobile clinical and decision support software for doctors and other health-care professionals, has named Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge as chief medical officer and executive vice president of product development, and MaryAnn...
Drug companies spent about $4.7 billion on advertisements aimed at consumers in 2008. Three-quarters of the money spent on marketing is still aimed doctors and other professionals.
The state agency that licenses doctors has accused a Moses Lake cosmetic surgeon of unprofessional conduct for performing breast reduction and liposuction on a 15-year-old girl.
A suicide bomber disguised as a veiled woman blew himself up at a graduation ceremony Thursday in Somalia, turning a rare reason to celebrate into carnage that killed at least 22 people — including medical students, doctors and three government...
