According to an article from the September 20, 2000 New York Times, retail drug spending has seen a major increase due to drug companies advertising directly to the public. This was according to a new study published by the National Institute for Health Care Management, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that conducts research on health care
read moreA jury in Wyoming found the British based drug company GlaxoSmithKline 80% responsible for a family murder – suicide committed by a patient taking a drug produced by the company. The drug was was an anti depressant marketed as Praxil in the United States and Seroxat in Britain. According to the report published in the
read moreThe debate over Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ads, known as “DTCs” has heated up on several fronts as some in the medical profession and government see it as an expensive threat to consumer health, while others see it as the next step in consumer education. In the July 2, 2001 issue of the AMA News, was a
read moreFrom the centre for the Advancement of Health comes a July 23, 2003 article published on InteliHealth, that according to a recent study, people who are energetic, happy and relaxed are less likely to catch colds, while those who are depressed, nervous or angry are more likely to complain about cold symptoms. Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D.,
read moreThe above headline comes from the June 6, 2003 edition of the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC). The article starts off by saying, “Doctors are being advised to withhold antibiotics for two to three days for many children with earaches in an effort to curb the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.” The Academy of Pediatrics is
read moreThis shocking headline comes from the April 8, 2005 United Press International, but was also reported by Reuters news service and Medical News Today. The basis of this headline is a survey of doctors in Belgium recently published in the The Lancet medical journal, that showed that when faced with a critically ill baby, three
read moreAs reported by Reuters Health on May 08, 2001, according to the results of a national survey released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, more than 70% of healthcare professionals believe that fundamental changes to the US healthcare system are needed to improve the quality of care delivered to patients. Even more drastic, another 11%
read moreIn a March 19, 2001 issue of the American Medical News appeared an article that dealt with the changes in MD’s practices due to drug companies increased advertising of prescription drugs directly to the consumers. For decades the drug industry predominantly spent all advertising efforts on getting doctors to prescribe their products. However, as of
read moreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on March 22, 2000 pulled the diabetes drug Rezulin off the market. The drug had been used by more than 700,000 patients and been responsible for more than 61 deaths. Dr. Sidney Wolfe, a critic of the FDA for being too slow, said the drug should have been
read moreThe June 10, 2000 issue of the British Medical journal reports on an interesting statistic that has occurred in Israel. It seems that three months ago physicians in public hospitals implemented a program of sanctions in response to a labor dispute over a contract proposal by the government. The article stated that the Israel Medical
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