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Physician and Medical Director of DiabetesMonitor.com
Dr. Bill Quick and his wife Steph are the authors of one of the ...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
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A writer for the Associated Press recently described the plight of some folks with diabetes who have had to scrimp on their diabetes care due to the recession, stopping medications or cutting back on testing and doctor's visits because of lack of money. It's sad, to be sure, and there are no easy an...
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it pays to buy the best?
frankenduf
Monday, April 20, 2009 at 05:12 PM
nice post- hopefully part of our $trillion 'bailout' will include a stimulus for nationalized healthcare- one thing i would add, tho, about generic drugs- i would warn anyone who buys a drug made in china- there are no real safeguards over there, so you may want to pay extra for a drug that is manufactured under inspection from a health agency- anyone who is skeptical can google the congressional hearing when the fda testified about their oversight of drugs made in china, specifically concerning tainted heparin which made it into our supply and killed several people- one more example where made in the usa is a good thing for us all
nice post- hopefully part of our $trillion 'bailout' will include a stimulus for nationalized healthcare- one thing i would add, tho, about generic drugs- i would warn anyone who buys a drug made in china- there are no real safeguards over there, so you may want to pay extra for a drug that is manufactured under inspection from a health agency- anyone who is skeptical can google the congressional hearing when the fda testified about their oversight of drugs made in china, specifically concerning tainted heparin which made it into our supply and killed several people- one more example where made in the usa is a good thing for us all