Doctor Urges Creation of 'Science of Healthcare Delivery'
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While treatments have multiplied, the operations and processes for delivering those medicines haven't kept pace, slowing health improvement in developing and developed countries. Alexis Madrigal reports from the AAAS annual meeting in Boston.
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More clinical trials are needed to look into the benefits of complementary therapies for cancer patients, a leading scientist said.
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Washington -- The government should reassess its policy of allowing prescription drugs to be advertised directly to consumers, a prominent cardiologist urged Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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Life & style: Atul Gawande, whose bestselling book inspired the hit TV series Grey's Anatomy, explains why medicine is not always an exact science.
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CHICAGO A leading doctor says physicians and patients are obliged to keep a close watch on new prescription drugs for side effects.
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A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.
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Scientists say methods tailored to an individual are needed to encourage increased physical activity.
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Three out of five doctors in a Jerusalem study admit to giving their patients placebos to see whether believing in these ineffective medications will improve their conditions, according to an article published in the latest issue of the British Medical
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Dr. Jerry Avorn brings convincing data and sharp analysis to ''Powerful Medicines,&quot; his timely, challenging appraisal of health policy.
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Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein will be online to discuss his latest column, which examines ways to improve quality and control costs in the health care system.
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TORONTO - The Ontario government should impose a new contract on the province&#39;s doctors if they won&#39;t agree to its badly needed reforms, the chair of a federal commission on health care says.
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A faster, more streamlined system of assessing treatments for the NHS should be introduced, MPs say.
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In a magazine arriving in mailboxes this week, National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni suggests that embryonic stem cell research should be expanded.
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TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government must implement its planned health-care reforms, even if that means &quot;taking action&quot; with doctors who have already rejected a contract offer from the province, the former chairman of a royal commission on health said
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Howard Dean, a politician who has made much over the years of his experience as a doctor, has written a new book offering a blunt diagnosis of what ails the Democratic Party and the news media, as well as a prescription for a cure.
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The UK must do more to help support the health systems in developing countries, the former chief of the NHS says.