Doctors report that they’re not always completely honest with patients, especially when it comes to disclosing a medical mistake, or discussing a difficult prognosis.
Investigate IVF clinics? Will there be a debate over Medicare’s future? Is Obama’s ruling on contraception an attack on religion? School-based health centers: a nonpartisan solution?
Articles on: Conflict of interest on FDA panels. Radiology residents charged with cheating. Why dentists oppose allowing mid-level dental practitioners provide care in rural and other underserved areas.
A major medical group issued ethical guidelines that take the provocative position of urging doctors to consider cost-effectiveness when deciding how to treat their patients.
How doctors die (Hint: Not like the rest of us). Can vaccines end cancer? Newt Gingrich’s health-care heresies. Should your doctor take money from drug companies? — This week’s top stories.
The use of animals in medical research is justified provided that the research is worthwhile and that animals are treated humanely, noted animal psychologist Temple Grandin argues.
How does biological science relate to society? Join your neighbors in new community discussion series that starts tonight, Oct. 18th The events, organized by the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, are free and open all.
Of those who received prescriptions, 72 have died — 51 after taking the medications. Of those who died most had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
A new book details how doctors are under constant pressure to ration their patients’ care in order to please lawmakers, lawyers and insurance companies.
Seattle Times reporters Sandi Doughton and Kristi Heim ask whether Gates Foundation’s funding of journalists–to the tune of $50 million to date–is tainting media coverage of global health issues. KPLU’s global health blogger Tom Paulson has been asking the same questions.
Ongoing disclosures reveal drug manufacturers have paid out $390 million to doctors since 2009.
With so much money paid to physicians — typically in exchange for public speaking events or professional education seminars for other doctors — medical ethics experts say doctors essentially push drugs or medical devices developed by the drug makers from which they are accepting cash.
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Experts divided over recommendation to screen children for cholesterol
Some clinicians say universal screening is an important tool to help identify children who are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol and to pinpoint others who could benefit from treatment. Others express concerns that screening may do more harm than good.
People in state high-risk insurance plans often feel left behind
The federal health law set up new plans that are cheaper and more comprehensive than the older ones run by states but consumers need to go without insurance for six months to qualify.
Peeking in on your doctor’s notes
Although federal law guarantees patients the right to examine and get copies of their medical records, providers haven’t always made it easy to do so. But the movement to give patients direct access to their health information has picked up steam, and policymakers have encouraged it as a way to empower patients to help manage their health and their medical care.
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