When a doctor&#39;s visit turns into a sales pitch...
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DOCTORS are promoting health supplements during consultations and in talks held at their homes or clinics. They range from general practitioners (GPs) and specialists in private practice, to doctors in public and private hospitals.
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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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New Yorkâs attorney general is looking into if insurers forced patients to overpay for out-of-network doctors.
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When Dr. Eric Matteson arrived at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Thursday morning, there was already a pile of messages for him and the phones were ringing off the hook.
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Dr. Jerome Kassirer served as editor of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine for eight years during the 1990s. During that time, he says, doctors&#39; conflicts of interest became an increasingly evident problem.
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It&#39;s not often that the head of a drug company says something that leads newscasts all over the country, but a recent announcement affected millions of consumers and doctors.
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When the doctorÂs office said to wait, a parentÂs instincts were to go directly to the hospital.
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My office telephone has been ringing with patients who have heard about former President Bill Clinton&#39;s surgery this month and wonder if they might need cardiac bypass themselves.
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The flu-vaccine shortage has already dredged up folks trying to make a quick buck off the situation. &quot;We are getting a few calls from physicians saying they have been offered a vial of vaccine
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Diana Mey remembers the telemarketing call for a charity that pushed her &quot;over the edge.&quot;. &quot;I remember getting a hard sell,&quot; said the mother of three from her Wheeling, W.Va.
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The doctor is out, but his tactics drive campaigns from Florida to Alaska. By Samantha M. Shapiro from Wired magazine.
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Some cosmetic surgery clinics are putting sales before patient safety, warns a consumer watchdog.
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It would seem a drug executive&#39;s dream come true. On Oct. 21, the secretary of health and human services in the United States summoned top executives of MedImmune to his office in Washington to seek their
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With drug companies advertising their wares on TV, it&#39;s not only appropriate, but welcome, that Consumer Reports has started offering assessments of these important and expensive consumer products.
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I overheard a long-time hospital client talking to another support vendor today. The hospitalâs patient accounting department was attempting to send patient financial and billing data to a third-party biller. The vendorâs normal Web site was down, and they were trying to come up with an emergency fix.
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The pharmaceutical industry and Madison Avenue are increasingly concerned about their ability to continue to pitch prescription drugs at patients and doctors.
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Dr. Robert Jarvikâs appearance in television ads for Lipitor has helped rekindle a smoldering debate over aiming ads for prescription drugs directly at consumers.