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January 01, 1990 - January 14, 2013 + Second Opinion
Weight Loss and Drugs 
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No matter how much we wish it were different, there is still no easy road to weight loss...
Banning Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in Canada
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Why is it that Canada prohibits drug companies from advertising products directly to the public?
The Effect of Race on Healthcare
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Two men with the same disease. Will their
treatment differ?
Traditional Medicine
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Patient's Right to Be Informed about Trainees
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When we go to a teaching hospital we assume the care may be better. But we often aren't given a choice about who should be...
Anti-Depressant Medications May Be Less Effective Than We Think
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A large, high-quality study suggests that newer antidepressants may be far less effective than we have been told by their manufacturers...
Why Is Some Alternative Medicine Still Alterative?
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Despite significant research showing the benefits of some complementary and alternative treatments such as acupuncture, they are still considered outside the mainstream...
Disability Parking
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When People Don't Follow the Doctor's Advice
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Doctors have a hard time when people don't follow their advice. But behavior change isn't easy for anyone -- not even doctors.
Substance Abuse and Detection
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Despite substance abuse being a major medical and public problem, only twelve out of 125 medical schools surveyed, offer a required course in substance abuse...
Does Everyone Really Need to Lower Their Cholesterol?
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Studies suggest we are over-treating people who have high cholesterol but no risk factors for heart disease...
Telephone Medicine
www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/so/so_080217telephone_medicine
Getting a call from your doctor may not be just another phone call...
The Hidden Curriculum in Medical School
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So much of what medical students learn is not from books and lectures but from their watching the behaviors of others. It may be that...
Bereavement can Cause Physical Problems
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The loss of a loved one can have profound health consequences.
Permission for Clinical Research
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Patient permission for publication is essential, but without publication medical science stands still...
