2. Current events
New Drug approval - science vs money
When you are prescribed a new drug, you assume that federal agencies have reviewed results of clinical trials before the drug was approved for prescribing. Probably not so!
The agency tasked with this approval process is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). There are many problems with the entire system now that are borne […]
Popularity: 2% [?]
4Oct2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
Health Care Reform - 5 points of Hillary’s Plan
I finished reading and making an outline of the Clinton plan enroute from Raleigh,NC to Dallas, TX today. It was a journey that started in front of the airport doors at 545 AM and ended in Dallas at noon. I asked those around me as I traveled what they thought of […]
Popularity: 2% [?]
24Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
Save dollars and save lives, ideas about health care reform
The Presidential candidates are putting forth health care reform proposals. Major reforms of some kind are in our future but we resist change even when we need it badly. The passage of medicare during LBJ’s administration was the last sweeping change in health care in the USA. It has […]
Popularity: 2% [?]
20Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
Gov. Mitt Romney’s health care reform plan
Mitt Romney was a Republican governor of Massachusetts with a legislature composed of 85% Democrats. He boasts that they passed a bipartisan health care reform by a vote of 198-2 in his state while he was Governor.
He recently gave a speech to the Florida Medical Association where he outlined what happened in Massachusetts and […]
Popularity: 1% [?]
14Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
Health care debate - assess a candidates position
Health care and its availability and cost are thought to be the number one issue for voters in this presidential election. I doubt the accuracy of any poll but it is a major issue for this country. How can you assess a candidates position. There is plenty of information on the Democrats […]
Popularity: 1% [?]
11Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 3 comments | Continued
Minute Clinics - the debate in Mass.
Do you know what a Minute Clinic is? Have you ever been to one? If you live in the state of Massachusetts you might not get to if the state medical society has its way. Do you think doctors have the right to block access to easy convenient care because the clinic […]
Popularity: 1% [?]
10Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
Health Insurance - how is it going to work
I have decided to keep up a feature on health insurance and coverage for our citizens during the election campaign. I am not particularly well read on this but have opinions on how it should work. If you know of good links to sites that discuss a candidates views or written policy on […]
Popularity: 1% [?]
9Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
SSRI prescriptions vs Suicide rates for youth
I was talking to a patient at the end of a visit when she opened the section of the paper she was carrying to show me a story. It was about the number of suicides in youth increasing as prescription rates for antidepressants decreased. Her comment was, “This is terrible. Since the […]
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7Sep2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
Children and cold medication - a bad combination
The FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) has stated it will review the safety of OTC (over the counter) cough and cold remedies aimed at children. It is doing so because of concerns about safety and effectiveness of this class of medications for children.
Since 2004 approximately 1500 children in the U.S.A. have been […]
Popularity: 1% [?]
19Aug2007 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
An Aspirin a day may keep the tumors away
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology is the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the USA. It publishes one of the top three journals in the States on biomedical research results.
Recently, a study published in the journal emphasized the relationship between aspirin and reduced tumor growth. Aspirin it seems prevents […]
Popularity: 1% [?]
25Oct2006 | Bruce Bair | 0 comments | Continued
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