Toxoplasmosis – Your Cat Could Fork U
A serious, but preventable food-borne illness that can cause damage to the unborn child, and immunocompromised individuals. Yet, can be easily treated and simply prevented.
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Epidurals Steroids For Back Pain: Not Proven New FDA Warning
Epidural injections of steroids for back and neck pain have new warnings from the FDA, along with a more sobering comment – that they have never been shown to be effective or safe.
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Platelet-Rich Plasma: Save Your Money
Platelet Rich Plasma is a technique where an injection of the patient’s own blood is concentrated with the “healing factors” – but does it work? There is no good study saying it works. Athletes like Tiger Woods and others have tried it. But with years of use, there is no randomized, double blind study that shows efficacy.
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Evidence Based Medicine
An overview of evidence based medicine – the techniques we use to show if a treatment, drug, or device works. This is the scientific method we follow. Essentially when someone says that something works – we want you to prove it!
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Big Pharma: Direct to Consumer Marketing is Unethical
It is time to end direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs by Big Pharma. It serves no purpose but to drive up drug costs to the US. It is also time to allow importation of “like” drugs from Canada and Europe.
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Lap-Band Directs Patients Away from Some Surgeons
Lap-Band’s website has started to remove surgeon’s names who have not provided the after-care and support that is needed for the weight loss operation. They also are starting an effort to direct patients who are having difficulty to surgeons who are interested in the band, and not just removing it.
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Spending Time with Patients
A lady who had too many medicines prescribed, and not enough time given by her physician. Taking time with patients is that – it takes time. In this case, the intervention saved this patient and the health care system dollars.
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Is Organic Food More Nutritious- Guest Post
When organic farming began it was a movement about eating healthier and being conscious about our environment. The new laws have watered down the meaning of organic for many of us, but the question remains- should we purchase organic foods?
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Lap Band’s Perfect Storm and Turn Around
Weight loss surgery is a business, and Allergan, who bought the Lap-Band, made about every wrong move a company could make.
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