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posted 05/16/2008, comments (3)

Standing Up For the Allergic, Asthmatic and Uninsured

A recent article featured on CNN.com chronicles the story of Mark Windsor, a man who has suffered with a rare bone cancer for 25 years. Mark's cancer could possibly have been cured in the early stages of the disease. Now, his prognosis is fatal. Like so many Americans, Mark was unable to afford the burdensome cost of health insurance and... Read more Chevron

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James Thompson, MD

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posted 03/05/2008, comments (6)

One Doc's Opinion: Regarding Direct to Consumer Drug Marketing

One Doctor's Opinion: Regarding a survey conducted by USA Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health about how drug ads influence doctors in prescribing medications and the impact on cost. Marketing prescription drugs to the public was popularized over a decade ago, by the makers of Claritin, a non-drowsy... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/04/2008, comments (0)

Prescription Drug Ads: Do They Do More Harm Than Good?

Read our experts' analysis in a special Issue Section "Prescription-drug ads prompt nearly one-third of Americans to ask their doctors about an advertised medicine, and 82% of those who ask say their physicians recommended a prescription." This comes from Julie Appleby, a reporter with USA TODAY in a news article about... Read more Chevron

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Kathleen MacNaughton

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posted 02/14/2008, comment (1)

Managed Care & Preventive Health Care

I remember when I was in nursing school and as a young nursing graduate hearing about how wonderful managed care would be for our health care system. Proponents spoke in glorious terms about preventive health care and it made such sense. We would all be incentivized to act in healthy ways so as to prevent health problems from cropping up in the... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/03/2008, comments (0)

Finally, Have Your Say on the Presidential Election

Healthcentral.com's interactive Web site Healthcare '08 is now featured on WashingtonPost.com!Here's your chance to reach a global audience with your views on the 2008 election and health issues. We want to hear from you about Health Care and the 2008 Presidential Election. Do you want something done about Drug Prices,... Read more Chevron

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