Primary Care Medicine: An Endangered Species

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Why is it hard and hard to find a good primary care doctor?

Is There Such a Thing as a Blockbuster Blood Test?

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What s so good about a drug test that leads to giving a drug that really has only a tiny benefit?

Generics versus Trade-name drugs

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Why is it that doctors still resist generic drugs?

Drug Abuse in the Elderly

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Moral Courage

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Is there a time when it's appropriate for doctors to break rules?

Harmful Effects of Radiation

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Variation in Health Care

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Why is it that health care in one part of the country is so different than it is in another?

Free Drug Samples

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Free drug samples rarely provide an advantage over older drugs that are safer and whose effects are better known.  In addition this type of promotion only serves to substantially raise drug prices....

Weight Bias

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Why is it that fat people often end up with lower quality care and feeling demoralized after visiting the doctor?

Proposition 4: Parental Consent for Pregnancy Termination

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Differences in Requirement of Pain Medication

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Why do people require different doses of pain medication for similar problems?

Human Papilloma Virus Vaccination

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The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine has been extremely heavily promoted, but is it indicated?

Super-Human Doctors

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It is in our best interest if doctors take medicine to give them super-human abilities?

A Patch Work That Works

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In our mess of a healthcare system, there are some shining examples of a community pulling together for a person...

Sexual Health of Seniors

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Perhaps no topic is more actively avoided in discussions between doctors and older people than sexual health...