Dr. Martin P. Wasserman

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  Last week, Martin Wasserman, executive director of the Maryland State Medical Society, or MedChi, along with the group's senior leaders, met with Attorney General Douglas Gansler ,,on things that MedChi can do without being accused of violating antitrust laws," Wasserman said.
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  Last week, Martin Wasserman, executive director of the Maryland State Medical Society, or MedChi, along with the group's senior leaders, met with Attorney General Douglas Gansler ,,on things that MedChi can do without being accused of violating antitrust laws," Wasserman said.
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  In fact, none of the 77 primary care residents now at Johns Hopkins Hospital plans to practice in Maryland, Wasserman said, and hospitals are having difficulty retaining physicians.
  
  Meanwhile, MedChi is supporting an ongoing study by Gov.
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  Wasserman said such steps ,,are only steps of fairness, and it is extraordinarily frustrating to have to fight so hard to just get what you are unmistakably due."

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  Physicians are leaving the state, and will continue to do so, seeking better pay, said Martin Wasserman, MD, executive director of MedChi, and a member of the task force.

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  Martin Wasserman, executive director of MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, explains, "There are many tasks you have to learn in adolescence, and you don't have time to do that if you're playing seven hours a night."

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  "We are in support of any reasonable effort to expand access to health care," said the group's executive director, Dr. Martin Wasserman.

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  Dr. Martin Wasserman, executive director of MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, helped spearhead the new proposal, which resulted in a 10-page report submitted to the AMA by the group's Council on Science and Public Health.The recommendations released Wednesday sprang from the AMA's consideration of that report
  
  "The concern came up because one of our psychiatrists here in Maryland was seeing older people who were losing their social contacts," specifically because of their overuse of video games, Wasserman said before the vote."It was ruining their family life.
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  But Wasserman, who is a pediatrician, said addictions are best defined by their impact on an individual's life and psyche.
  
  "Basically, you're using a disproportionate amount of time on the video game, and it's what you are thinking about even when you're not on the video game," he said.
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  But that sense of control may come at a price, Wasserman said, especially for children and adults obsessed with games loaded with violent imagery.
  
  "The violent aspects of this, in particular, have got to be a threat to the normal growth and development that we'd like to see in young people," he said."People have observed more aggressive behaviors [linked to gaming], and if you do subjective testing, there are studies which have shown aggressive behaviors in young people and less supportive behaviors."
  
  Wasserman also questioned the sedentary aspects of hours of video game use."I can't tell you if this is associated with our current epidemic of child obesity," he said, "but too much time in front of a video tube -- and much of that time spent watching violent interactions -- can't be good for our kids."
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  Wasserman believes this simple rule can minimize media's potentially harmful effects.Media, in itself, isn't always bad, he said, but "everything needs to be done in moderation."
  
  "That's what we taught our kids -- if they didn't do it in moderation in our home, we moderated it for them," he said.
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  SOURCES: June 27, 2007, statement, Ronald Davis, M.D., president, American Medical Association; Martin Wasserman, M.D., pediatrician and executive director, MedChi, Maryland State Medical Society, Baltimore; James Scully, M.D., medical director, American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, Va.; American Medical Association, Report of the Council on Science and Public Health

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  Dr. Martin Wasserman, executive director of MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society, helped spearhead the new proposal, which resulted in a 10-page report submitted to the AMA by the group's Council on Science and Public Health.The recommendations released Wednesday sprang from the AMA's consideration of that report
  
  "The concern came up because one of our psychiatrists here in Maryland was seeing older people who were losing their social contacts," specifically because of their overuse of video games, Wasserman said before the vote."It was ruining their family life.
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  But Wasserman, who is a pediatrician, said addictions are best defined by their impact on an individual's life and psyche.
  
  "Basically, you're using a disproportionate amount of time on the video game, and it's what you are thinking about even when you're not on the video game," he said.
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  But that sense of control may come at a price, Wasserman said, especially for children and adults obsessed with games loaded with violent imagery.
  
  "The violent aspects of this, in particular, have got to be a threat to the normal growth and development that we'd like to see in young people," he said."People have observed more aggressive behaviors [linked to gaming], and if you do subjective testing, there are studies which have shown aggressive behaviors in young people and less supportive behaviors."
  
  Wasserman also questioned the sedentary aspects of hours of video game use."I can't tell you if this is associated with our current epidemic of child obesity," he said, "but too much time in front of a video tube -- and much of that time spent watching violent interactions -- can't be good for our kids."
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  Wasserman believes this simple rule can minimize media's potentially harmful effects.Media, in itself, isn't always bad, he said, but "everything needs to be done in moderation."
  
  "That's what we taught our kids -- if they didn't do it in moderation in our home, we moderated it for them," he said.
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  SOURCES: June 27, 2007, statement, Ronald Davis, M.D., president, American Medical Association; Martin Wasserman, M.D., pediatrician and executive director, MedChi, Maryland State Medical Society, Baltimore; James Scully, M.D., medical director, American Psychiatric Association, Arlington, Va.; American Medical Association, Report of the Council on Science and Public Health

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  Dr. Martin P. Wasserman, MedChi's former executive director left the organization last June. Wasserman, former secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, said he was forced out by the MedChi board.

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  "Our study reveals Maryland already has a silent and growing crisis," Dr. Martin P. Wasserman, MedChi's executive director, said as he unveiled the study at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's historic flagship building, Davidge Hall, in West Baltimore.
  
  The low rates private insurers pay Maryland doctors and the high premiums malpractice insurers charge physicians has made the state an undesirable home for physicians, said Wasserman and Cal Pierson, Maryland Hospital Association president.
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  Key changes could include creating a pay schedule for doctors that would apply to health insurers statewide, Wasserman said.

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  The shortages are greatest in rural areas "but are likely to affect most of us by the year 2015," said Dr. Martin Wasserman, executive director of MedChi, the professional society for the state's doctors.
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  While the Maryland study doesn't look at whether patients are suffering because of the doctor supply, Wasserman said there is anecdotal evidence in crowded waiting rooms, lags to get appointments with specialists and difficulty finding obstetricians.
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  Wasserman and Pierson said Monday's report was directed primarily at a state task force studying access to care; it is due to report in June.

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  "People should stay with their own physicians who know their patients and who know the specific problems they have," says Dr. Martin P. Wasserman, former Maryland secretary of health and former executive director of MedChi, the state's largest doctor organization.
  
  "While the patient wants the convenience of going in and getting this symptom cared for, it could be more expensive in the long run" if clinics miss a diagnosis or don't arrange proper follow-up, he said.

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