December 29, 2007 – 9:43 pm
The United States is the only major modern country in the world that allows drug companies to circumvent the doctors and go directly to the public to recommend specific drugs. Its called Direct to Consumer or DTC prescription drug advertising. Manufacturers once only advertised prescription drugs mainly to doctors, but in 1997, the FDA […]
December 29, 2007 – 9:33 pm
By Cheri Bustos - Quad-City Times, Feb 20, 2000
Unless your doctor is one of those rare ones who has no connection to any managed care company, did you know he works under some sort of compensation scheme with that company? That’s the way it is. That’s reality. That’s healthcare 21st Century.
For example, doctors who […]
December 29, 2007 – 9:33 pm
ATRA Survey Reports Frivolous Lawsuits Undermine Healthcare System
Prove Negative to Patients
April 1, 2004 From ATRA
Doctors believe that patients are paying the price for frivolous lawsuits that are driving up the cost of healthcare and negatively affecting the practice of medicine, according to a survey released today by the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) […]
December 29, 2007 – 9:30 pm
Another experimental drug to treat a disease for which there is no scientific data or valid test to prove it exists.
An ad appearing in a New Orleans newspaper stated it was looking for teenagers age 13 to 17 to participate in a clinical trial for an experimental drug to treat ADHD, (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). […]
December 29, 2007 – 9:18 pm
Report calls for focus on preventing disease
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
By Bill Walsh, Washington bureau
Times-Picayune, New Orleans
WASHINGTON __ Chronic diseases cost the U.S. economy $1.3 trillion annually for treatment and lost productivity, a figure that could more than triple by 2023 without a renewed focus on prevention, according to a report released Tuesday.
The same trend was […]
