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In a story that has gotten surprisingly little media coverage, a doctor from Image via Wikipedia Colorado will go on trial for the suicidal death of a 19-year-old Stanford student. Why should this story have gotten wider coverage? Because the Colorado doctor prescribed Prozac to the located-in-California 19-year-old, without ever seeing or talking to him, […] Here’s something everyone should have tucked away for future reference – a superb list of the Top Ten Image via Wikipedia health search engines in existence, with details about their strengths and weaknesses. Why would you want this list (especially if you’ve never used a health search engine)? These resources are how you find out […] For everyone who participated in the Holiday Cards for Heroes campaign (to get 1,000,000 holiday cards to our men and women serving or injured), give yourselves a huge round of hugs! Check out the message below (hey, does this video count as a gratitude journal entry, which gives the giver benefits as they thank us […] Here are two neat follow-ups to the Doc Gurley article about safely Dosing Your Drug Dollars. Image via Wikipedia 1) Despite good evidence showing their effectiveness, a lot of people (doctors and patients alike) still don’t feel comfortable with generic drugs – especially in some areas like heart medicines. So exactly why is that? This […] Here’s a succinct article about the horrors of today’s FDA – and specifically what we should do about it. You Image via Wikipedia may be thinking this link will take you directly to the NY Times, or possibly the on-line version of 60 minutes – right? Uh…nope. The biggest news source to tackle the corporate-friendly […] Image via Wikipedia This week’s theme for Grand Rounds, the weekly roundup of top posts from medical blogs, is on the theme of gift, giving and year-end perspectives. It is being held at Highlight Health and, given the topic and the time of year is not only topical and timely, but also a (Christmas) […] |
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