2004 Medical Weblog Awards - Polls are open
Kevin, M.D. is nominated as the Best New Medical Weblog.
2004 Medical Weblog Awards - Polls are open
Kevin, M.D. is nominated as the Best New Medical Weblog.
Vytorin is a cholesterol medication that combines Zetia and Zocor. Yes, I know the point of the DTC ad campaign is to show the two sources of cholesterol (yes, food and genetics - we get it).
The first thing that came into my mind when I saw these was, "Take this pill and I can eat as much eggs and cake as I want." Am I the ...
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Are there too many hospitals in New York?
"Area hospitals have too many empty beds. And duplicative services that can't be sustained."
Just wanted to say a quick hello to all who recently linked to my blog.
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Saw this DTC ad for Topamax in a recent issue of Newsweek:
I turned the page and found this:
Apparently, they left a lot out of the first page.
Two-thirds of physicians' receptionists had been subjected to verbal abuse in the previous year
"Six out of 10 reported telephone abuse and 55% had experienced face-to-face outbursts."
There are many who would rather take the increased risk of a heart attack and take COX-2s than deal with arthritis pain
"I think it's a bunch of people fighting each other who are so far removed from reality, because this won't impact them"
This is what a Maryland physician is saying about the current impediment to malpractice reform. He goes on: "The people who are making decisions will not lose their healthcare. They will not be affected. They will always have health care, but it will affect people like ...
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Some Maryland docs are splitting time between medicine and political lobbying
The emergency bill that passed the state House and Senate are a good first step, but still is likely to be vetoed by the governor.
The trend toward mail order pharmacies
With mail order, you normally have to get three months of medications at a time, thus paying one co-pay every 3 months, rather than three.
FDA Approves Pfizer Drug for Diabetes?
Wow - I read the headline and thought, "That's interesting, since I hadn't heard of a new diabetes drug coming." Turns out, the story was for Pfizer's pain medication Lyrica, which is used for diabetic neuropathy, not diabetes.
What a terrible, misleading headline - doesn't anyone edit this stuff?
"A comprehensive and extremely useful roadmap for doctors."
-Eric Topol, MD, author of The Creative Destruction of Medicine
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