Doctors

Have a Placebo

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Cholesterol Drugs, Health, Lipitor, Statins, Antibiotics, Doctors, Medication, Heard Disease, Overprescribed, Living News
Doug Bremner

One article in bmj shows that half of doctors prescribe their patients placebos; another shows that 23% of patients on statins were women without heart disease.

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Doctor, Doctor, Give Me the Truth

Michael Markarian | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Doctors, Salmonella, Animals, Proposition 2, California, Animal Cruelty, Dr. Kara Hutton, Animal Rights, Demlar Egg Ranch, Farm Factories, California Vetrinary Medical Association, Free-Range Chickens, The Humane Society of America, Caged Chickens, Caged Animals, Egg Production, Demlar Enterprises, No on Prop 2, Wayne Pacelle, Dr. Michael Greger, Cage-Free Animals, Yes on Prop 2, Politics News
Michael Markarian

In the No on Prop 2 commercial, we meet Dr. Kara Hutton and she's arguing the worst falsehood of all -- that human health depends on treating animals cruelly.

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American Doctors Regularly Issue Placebos, Survey Says

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Doctors, Personal Health, Medicine, Placebo, Living News

LONDON — About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments _ usually drugs or vitamins that won...

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Empty Promises For Patients

Betsy McCaughey | Posted 11.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Hospital Infection, Hospital Cleanliness, Joint Commission, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Infections in Hospitals, Hospital Accreditation, Mrsa Infections, Central Blood Line Infection, Mrsa, Hospital Workers, Mrsa Hospitals, Doctors, Infections, Living News
Betsy McCaughey

A new policy announced in Washington D.C. on October 8 was billed as a huge step forward in patient safety. The truth is that it will do almost nothing to prevent infections that kill more than 100,000 patients a year.

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A Kick in the Career: Becoming a Doctor? That is so Dial-Up!

Thomas Stern | Posted 11.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Doctor Shortage, Medical Careers, Economy, Job Market, Calling, Doctors, Hmos, Health Care, Internal Medicine, Business News
Thomas Stern

Increasingly, the concept of a "calling" seems to only exist in sports or the arts. Nike says "just do it," the implication being that you have to, you're driven to.

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Cancer Expert Discusses Dangers of McCain's Health Record Secrecy

ZP Heller | Posted 11.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Cheryl Contee, Brave New Foundation, Ari Melber, Melanoma, Charles Karel Bouley, Meet the Bloggers, Media, Richard Sagebiel, 2008 Election, Death, Robert Greenwald, Doctors, Zp Heller, Cancer, Censorship, Health Records, John McCain, Media News
ZP Heller

McCain is the most public of public figures right now. We have the right to know about his health history because it could interfere with his ability to lead and become a national security issue.

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Why is the Corporate Press Censoring Attempts to Discuss McCain's Health Records?

ZP Heller | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: The Real Mccain, Democracy for America, Barack Obama, Brave New PAC, Robert Greenwald, James H. Dean, Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, Doctors, Health Records, 2008 Election, John McCain, Megyn Kelly, Media News
ZP Heller

So far, the possibility of having a frank discussion about McCain's health records has been hampered by attacks from the right and corporate media censorship.

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Friday's Debate: Ask McCain to Release his Medical Records

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Doctors, Debates, Health Records, John McCain, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

53,491: People who have signed Brave New Films' open letter calling for a full, public disclosure of McCain's health records. 2,515: Doctors ...

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Blogging Doctors, Rock On!

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Internet, Doctors, Medicine, Health, Medical Blog, Doctor Blog, Living News
Doug Bremner

Once doctors sat in their white coats and stared at you from the other side of their desks, or wrote papers that went into journals. Now they make their views known to the world.

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John McCain's Health Records Must Be Released!

Robert Greenwald | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medical Records, Doctors, John McCain, Melanoma, Cancer, Health Records, John Mccain Health, John McCain Medical Records, Politics News
Robert Greenwald

We have enlisted a group of doctors from around the country to lead the effort to make sure the public is able to make judgments for themselves. Secrecy is not of service to our democracy, transparency is.

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The Pact

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Doctors, Youth, Prison, Living News
Marian Wright Edelman

The dedication of Dr. Jenkins, Davis and Hunt to serve and contribute to their community is the kind of commitment we all must make to reroute children away from entering the Pipeline.

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When Doctors Revolt

Linda Bergthold | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: American Medical Association Medicare Cuts, Congressional Democrats, Doctors, Health, Universal Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
Linda Bergthold

Given the amount of debt most doctors accumulate in medical school and the price of housing in many places in the U.S., doctors' declining pay could be the issue that tips the scales toward healthcare reform.

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Bush Freezes Medicare Fee Cuts

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Medicare, Medicare Finances, Doctors, George W. Bush, Health, Healthcare, Universal Healthcare, Federal Budget, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration said Monday it will delay paying doctors for treating Medicare patients in early July to give Congress more...

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Seven Medical Myths Even Doctors Believe

Fox News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Doctors, Medical Myths, Medicine, Seven Medical Myths, Living News

Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair gr...

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Should Doctors With Addictions Be Allowed To Practice?

AP | MARCUS WOHLSEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Doctors, Doctors With Addiction, Doctors Under the Influence, Drunk Doctors, Bad Plastic Surgery, Living News

Troubling cases in which doctors were accused of botching operations while undergoing treatment for drugs or alcohol have led to criticism of rehab pr...

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