Many stick with doc, not study, on medicine
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In light of concerns that an ingredient in Aleve may drastically increase heart problems, several Wichita Falls residents have been asking about the situation.
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NEW YORK  - New research from a survey conducted in Israel suggests that doctors often give inactive &quot;placebo&quot; pills to their patients and, in most cases, tell them they&#39;re getting a real drug.
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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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A decade after the government began trying to ensure that prescription drugs used to treat children work and are safe, doctors still have scant information to guide them when they administer many medications to kids.
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Many doctors believe they have the right not to tell patients about treatments that they object to on moral or religious grounds and to refuse to refer patients elsewhere for the care, according to the first study to examine physicians' views on such situations.
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A study reveals most doctors do not believe changes to out-of-hours services have improved patient care.
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Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients, a study says.
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Doctors aren&#39;t afraid to say it: Practicing medicine has never been more difficult. General practitioners are under intense pressure to see dozens of patients daily.
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Modern medicine can keep people alive into their 9th and 10th decades, but a growing number of these people are asking why.
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MONDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Many Americans are not taking all their medicines because they can't afford them, and most aren't telling their doctors about it, new research shows.
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Nearly 20 percent of US Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine despite
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Most patients think their doctors treat them respectfully, listen to them patiently and care about their emotional well-being. That's the finding of a recent poll of 39,000 patients and 335 primary care doctors. Still, the survey found plenty of complaints on both ends of the stethoscope.
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Pressure is building against the widely reported gifts and other potential conflicts between drug companies and doctors.
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Survey: A majority of prescription drug takers don't purchase their medications online.
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NEW YORK  - A growing number of Americans are devoting a large share of their paychecks to healthcare, and some are skipping medical care because of it, researchers reported Tuesday.
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Many chronically ill patients never  tell their doctor or nurse they've had to cut back on  prescription drugs because they are too expensive, and many  physicians never ask if the drugs are unaffordable, a study  said on Monday.
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Women who take oral contraceptives should not smoke, and women who smoke should not take the Pill. But doctors in the IDF Medical Corps, who analyzed some 16,000 questionnaires filled out over two decades