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Pharmaceutical Drugs and Advertising

I have news alerts delivered to my email each day, and it seems like the topic of the week has been how horribly harmful those TV ads (OK, and radio and newspaper and web) are when they try to convince mere viewers (or readers or listeners) to ask for certain drugs. Most people don’t know […]

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The Doctor’s Report Card

Most of us patients have very definite impressions when we leave a medical appointment about the doctor’s service to us: either we are satisfied with the experience and appreciate the time and care we’ve received…. or….. We are frustrated and angry and wish we had the nerve to tell the doctor what we REALLY think

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The Doctor’s Report Card

Most of us patients have very definite impressions when we leave a medical appointment about the doctor’s service to us: either we are satisfied with the experience and appreciate the time and care we’ve received…. or….. We are frustrated and angry and wish we had the nerve to tell the doctor what we REALLY think

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From “contributing” to SYNDICATED!

It’s time to share my exciting news with my readers…. As many of you know, I started early in this patient’s advocate work as a contributing columnist to the Syracuse Post Standard. And I’ve published articles here and there in a few other publications, too. I’m thrilled to announce a second daily newspaper will begin

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From “contributing” to SYNDICATED!

It’s time to share my exciting news with my readers…. As many of you know, I started early in this patient’s advocate work as a contributing columnist to the Syracuse Post Standard. And I’ve published articles here and there in a few other publications, too. I’m thrilled to announce a second daily newspaper will begin

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Lady Lake and Electronic Medical Records

When there is a tragedy like the tornadoes in Lady Lake, Florida, or Hurricane Katrina, of course, I think about Electronic Medical Records. Even President Bush mentioned them during this State of the Union address last month. Whether or not you are a fan of his, you should know about EMRs. The idea of keeping

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Katie Couric ‘d

You may have read the report this week that cancer deaths in the US decreased for the second straight year. How marvelous that is! And a real testament to patients taking charge of their healthcare decisions …. The biggest drop in death rates was for colorectal cancer. Much of the credit for that drop is

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Trisha Torrey
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