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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Doctor who lost and regained his license now accused of homicide

July 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
Note: California Watch co-reported this article with Orange County Register reporter Landon Hall. An Orange County doctor who gave up his license in 2002 amid accusations of gross negligence and saw it reinstated is now facing accusations that he committed homicide in the 2009 death... + read more
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Doctors who hired hit men, molested patients got licenses back

June 7, 2010, 12:11 AM
Here's a must-read, in case you missed it. Last week the Orange County Register published an investigation looking at the Medical Board of California’s decisions to reinstate doctors after stripping them of their licenses to practice medicine. The story was a comprehensive... + read more
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Doctors hired by Pfizer faced official discipline, reprimands

May 11, 2010, 12:09 AM
Thirty doctors paid to promote drugs or educate other physicians about Pfizer’s medications have been disciplined by a state medical board or reprimanded for questionable research practices by the FDA, according to the website New Scientist. Reporters there reviewed recently-released... + read more
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Furlough ruling may delay action against dangerous doctors

March 5, 2010, 12:02 AM
A San Francisco Superior Court Judge ruled yesterday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was within his powers to furlough staff of the state’s Medical Board, delivering a defeat to the state’s leading physician advocacy group. The California Medical Association filed the lawsuit in... + read more
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Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Medical board allows one reprimanded doctor to supervise another

February 3, 2010, 12:09 AM
The California Medical Board appointed a doctor who lost his license after a patient died in childbirth to supervise a California physician who lost and regained his license after the death of two infants. Since the board approved the arrangement, the doctor under supervision stands accused... + read more
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Medical board executive director to resign

January 15, 2010, 11:25 AM
Update: The California Medical Board released a statement today about the departure of its executive director, Barbara Johnston: After achieving many of her goals, including implementing the Telemedicine pilot in partnership with the UC Davis Health system and integrating technological... + read more
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