The House is expected to pass the bill next week, and President Bush has indicated that he will sign it, likely breaking a more than decade-old logjam on the issue. WebMD Health News
NMA 2007: Regardless of where your hospital stood yesterday, tomorrow it will be judged by new standards of quality measures. Medscape Internal Medicine
German lawmakers voted on Friday to ease restrictions on stem cell research although the approved changes did not go as far as many scientists had hoped. Reuters Health Information
To be clinically relevant, statistics have to be expressed in terms that mean something in the clinic and that can be used in decision-making. Medscape Business of Medicine
Japanese patients infected with hepatitis C in a high-profile scandal over tainted blood, on Thursday rejected a government compensation proposal. Reuters Health Information