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TMA Flu Fighters Dispel Flu Vaccine MythsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Myths about the flu shot are circulating like flu bugs. TMA's Flu Fighter physicians want to set the record straight about the safety of seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - November 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Doctors Encourage Minority and Disadvantaged Students to Overcome Obstacles, Become PhysiciansEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Work hard and persevere, and you can achieve most anything." That was the message of approximately 50 minority physicians and medical students to more than 450 minority and disadvantaged students Thursday in Houston. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - November 5, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TEXPAC Endorses Gov. Rick Perry for ReelectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Calling Governor Perry a sound leader on patient care issues, TEXPAC, the political arm of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), announced today that the organization has endorsed Texas Gov. Rick Perry for reelection in 2010. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - November 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TEXPAC Hosts First Forum for All Prospective 2010 U.S. Senate CandidatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Texas Medical Association’s political action committee, TEXPAC, is sponsoring the first forum for all prospective candidates in the 2010 race for U.S. Senator from Texas. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA “Flu Fighters” Recommend H1N1 Vaccine for Pregnant WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA “Flu Fighter” physician leaders have a message for patients, especially women who are pregnant: Get your H1N1 shot as soon as possible ― the vaccine is safe and can protect you from getting sick. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Critical Vote for Medicare Fix Before U.S. Senate on MondayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA physicians urge the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of S 1776, the “Medicare Physicians Fairness Act of 2009.” The bill repeals the flawed funding formula used to pay physicians for Medicare services and eliminates the $245 billion debt that has accumulated under the current payment system. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 16, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Chronicles History of Tobacco Advertising and PromotionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA presents "Smoke and Mirrors - A History of Tobacco Advertising," a fascinating and chilling exhibition of more than 100 years of tobacco advertising, promotion, and news coverage. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TEXPAC to Host First Forum for All Prospective 2010 U.S. Senate CandidatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Texas Medical Association’s political action committee, TEXPAC, is sponsoring the first forum for all prospective candidates in the 2010 race for U.S. Senator from Texas. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Urges Cornyn to Continue Fight to Fix What’s Wrong, Keep What’s Good in U.S. Health CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to vote on its $829 billion health care bill, TMA urges Sen. John Cornyn to continue the fight to "fix what's wrong and keep what's good" in the country’s health care system. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 12, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Staff Expert Tapped to Lead Health Care Policy TeamEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) announces a staff expert will lead its health care policy team. The association has promoted Lee Spangler, JD, to vice president, Medical Economics. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA to Give Away More Than 3,500 Bicycle Helmets to Texas Children in OctoberEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Head injury is the most common cause of death and serious disability from bike crashes. Bicycle helmets can reduce the risk of head injury by as much as 85 percent, yet only about 50 percent of cyclists wear a helmet when they ride. Even less wear them correctly. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - October 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Doctors, Health Care Workers on H1N1 Vaccine Priority List; Front-Line Caregivers Planning Now to Keep Patients SafeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As flu season hits, TMA physicians and other health leaders want health care workers healthy and caring for patients, not out sick or potentially spreading germs. That is why front-line health workers are in the top group of the H1N1 vaccine recipient priority list. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - September 29, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Urges Congress, President Obama to Protect Patients From Insurer Business TacticsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA is urging President Obama and the U.S. Congress to fix what’s wrong and keep’s what good in America’s health care. The association sent a letter to President Obama and members of the Texas Congressional Delegation asking them to support health system reform legislation that would provide greater transparency and accountability in the health insurance industry. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - September 25, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Texas Physicians to President Obama and Congress: “Fix What’s Wrong and Keep What’s Good”Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA physicians today launched a public-action campaign on the heels of President Obama’s speech on health system reform. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - September 10, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Texas Medical Association’s Immunization Program Announces August Vaccination Clinics(1)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA's Be Wise — Immunize program announces vaccination clinics across Texas during August, to shield children from harmful and potentially deadly diseases. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Texas Physicians to Make House Calls Across the State on Health System ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA and local county medical society leaders are hosting town hall meetings — “House Calls” — around the state so physician leaders can learn how patients feel about the current health system reform proposals. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 29, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Physicians to Make Denton House Call on Health System ReformEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA and the Denton County Medical Society are hosting a town hall meeting ― “a House Call” ― in Denton to hear patients' opinions about health system reform. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 28, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA “Deeply Troubled” by Health Reform BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA statement from president William H. Fleming III, MD, regarding H.R. 3200, “America’s Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009,” Congressional legislation to reform America’s health care system. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Physicians Caught in Bureaucratic Nightmare While Medicaid Children SufferEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
While only two-thirds of Texas doctors treat Medicaid patients, a Texas government agency is using tactics that might turn more doctors away from the program, according to TMA. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Physicians Support New Immunizations, Urge Children to Get Vaccinated EarlyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New rules require more vaccinations before a child can start kindergarten or seventh grade this fall, so TMA physicians urge parents to get their child’s shots now before school starts. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Agrees: Texas Children Need Access to Health CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Texas physicians applaud Sen. Eliot Shapleigh (D-El Paso) and Rep. Garnet Coleman (D-Houston) for standing up for Texas’ uninsured children. We agree that Governor Perry should add legislation allowing working families to buy into the Children’s Health Insurance Program to the items eligible for consideration during this special session. -TMA President William H. Fleming III, MD (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - July 1, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA: Reform Must Provide Patient Access While Protecting FreedomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA statement pertaining to the recent AMA House of Delegates debate on health system reform and President Obama’s address to the house. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

News Conference: Physicians Invite President Obama to Texas’ Border to See Health Care Delivery SystemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA physician leaders from McAllen, Texas, and other border communities discuss the challenges of providing health care to patients at a Washington, DC news conference, as part of the 4th annual Border Health Conference. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Physician Leaders Seek Help From Congress to Improve Health Care for Border PatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Physician leaders from along the U.S.-Mexico border and San Antonio head to Washington, D.C., to discuss the dire health care situation along the U.S.-Mexico border. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Applauds Governor Perry for Protecting Medical Liability ReformsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Statement from TMA President William H. Fleming III, MD, in response to today’s veto by Gov. Rick Perry of House Bill 3485. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 22, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Physician Team to Take Proposals to AMA Policy ConferenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA physician leaders attend the annual AMA House of Delegates policymaking meeting with proposals to help patients. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Laws Boost Immunization PracticesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA announces new Texas law to help adults better track their and their children’s vaccinations. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 11, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lawmakers Follow Doctors’ Orders, Pass Legislation to Improve Patient CareEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Statement by TMA president William H. Fleming III, MD, reflecting on work accomplished on behalf of patients by the Texas Legislature this session. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - June 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Foundation Raises Funds to Help Displaced Medical StudentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The TMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of America’s largest state medical society, raised $68,950 to assist many of the 1,000 medical students from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston facing storm recovery. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 26, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Foundation Elects New Board OfficersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The TMA Foundation, the philanthropic arm of TMA, announces the election of new officers to its Board of Trustees. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

San Antonio Physician Elected to TMA’s Board of TrusteesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
David Henkes, MD, a pathologist from San Antonio, was elected to serve on the TMA Board of Trustees. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Houston Physician Elected to TMA’s Board of TrusteesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lewis E. Foxhall, MD, a family physician from Houston, was elected to serve on the TMA Board of Trustees. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA to Give Away 3,300 Bicycle Helmets During May — Bike MonthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
During Bike Month in May, TMA physicians are sponsoring helmet giveaway events across the state to show their concern for good health and safety by handing out more than 3,300 bike helmets to children at 20 events across the state. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Texas Medical Association Awards Minority Scholarships(1)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nine Texas minority college students about to enter medical school each have received a $5,000 scholarship from TMA. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Austin Psychiatrist Reelected Vice Speaker of TMA’s House of DelegatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Austin psychiatrist Clifford K. Moy, MD, has been reelected vice speaker of TMA’s House of Delegates. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fort Worth Orthopedic Surgeon Reelected Speaker of TMA’s House of DelegatesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Fort Worth orthopedic surgeon Stephen L. Brotherton, MD, has been reelected speaker of TMA's House of Delegates, the association’s policymaking body. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Dallas Physician Earns State Medical Society’s Highest Honor - “What One Does Is More Important Than What One Gets”Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA is honoring third-generation physician Robert M. Tenery Jr., MD with its 2009 Distinguished Service Award, the association’s highest honor. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 4, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Houston Physician Becomes 144th TMA PresidentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA has elected William H. Fleming III, MD, of Houston as its 144th president. Dr. Fleming was installed as president today at TexMed 2009, the association’s annual meeting, held this year in Austin. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fort Worth Allergist Named TMA President-ElectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA has elected Susan Rudd Bailey, MD, of Fort Worth,  president-elect. Dr. Bailey assumed the role today at TexMed 2009, the association’s annual meeting, held this year in Austin. She will serve as president-elect of America’s largest state medical society for one year, after which she will become TMA’s 145th president. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - May 2, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Swine Flu Education Key Topic at TMA Annual ConferenceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA physician leaders from across the state are assembling in Austin to learn the latest about the swine influenza and steps they can take to protect their patients. The meeting is part of TEXMED 2009, TMA's annual conference. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Distinguished Physician Leader Discusses Evolution of the Medical ProfessionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Mayo’s Boy: Some Things Don’t Change, and Shouldn’t With Rob Tenery, MD, is one of the keynote presentations at TexMed, TMA’s annual meeting. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 30, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Easy Way to Help Avoid Swine Flu? Wash Often and Hum a Tune as You Do, Texas Physicians SayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Thorough and frequent hand washing is one way to prevent the spread of swine flu, Texas physicians say. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 29, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Fully Funding the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Is a Smart InvestmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Statement by Josie R. Williams, MD, TMA president, regarding the need for Texas legislators to fully fund the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas in the 2010-11 biennium budget. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 23, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Applauds Attorney General Abbott for Protecting PatientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Statement by TMA president Josie R. Williams, MD, applauding Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s decision on a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas physician rating program that used cost-based indicators to rank doctors. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 17, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Senate Committee to Examine Health Insurance Reform Legislation -- Doctors Believe Patients Have a Right to Know Their CoverageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Members of the Senate State Affairs Committee will take up Senate Bill 1257 by Sen. Kip Averitt (R-Waco), TMA's Health Plan Code of Conduct Act of 2009. The bill aims to make buying and using health insurance more transparent and understandable for patients. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 15, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA Urges Patients to Stop Legislation That Would Allow Hospitals to Play DoctorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hospitals are asking state legislators for the power to hire and own a physician and his or her revenue stream. This practice - called "corporate practice of medicine"-  is currently illegal in Texas. However, the legislature is considering a bill, which TMA opposes, to change that law. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 14, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Boost Medicaid Coverage for Texas Children, Say TMA Physicians, Legislators, Business LeadersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
TMA supports enacting  12-months’ continuous Medicaid coverage for eligible children, because doing so will help more low-income children receive routine well-baby and well-child care, which would get more children the medical and dental checkups they need. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 13, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA to Give Away 1,600 Bicycle Helmets During April —Child Safety MonthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
To prevent head injuries, TMA physicians want to ensure Texas children have and wear a bicycle helmet correctly. During April, Child Safety Month, physicians are sponsoring Hard Hats for Little Heads helmet giveaway events across the state. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 8, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

TMA to Urge Legislators to Put Patients Before Health Insurance ProfitsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
More than 400 TMA physicians and medical students are descending upon the capitol on Tuesday April 7 to fight for health insurance reforms and improved funding for graduate medical education and physician loan repayment programs. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 6, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

New Texas Study Urges Innovative Immunization Strategies for AdolescentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new study by a Houston physician who is a TMA Be Wise--Immunize leader calls for the need for more inventive ways to ensure adolescents are receiving adequate preventive health care. (Source: News_Room)
Source: News_Room - April 3, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news