PRINTABLE PAGE Clinical Trials Web Sites Don’t Disclose Study Risks Originally published by Reuters Health, May 29, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Web sites that provide listings of clinical trials are growing in popularity, but a new US government…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Physicians and Patients Need More Education on Adverse Drug Reactions Originally published by Reuters Health, November 16, 2001 WESTPORT, CT — Pharmaceutical companies and federal regulators fall short in their efforts to educate physicians and patients about adverse…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Italian Gynecologists Refuse to Prescribe Contraceptives to Underage Girls By Claudio LavangaOriginally published by Reuters Health, July 12, 2002 ROME (Reuters Health) — Italian gynecologists have decided to stop prescribing oral contraceptives to girls under the age of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Drugmakers Plan New Rules to Cut Perks for Doctors Originally published by Reuters Health, April 19, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters) — The wining and dining of doctors by pharmaceutical sales reps may be drawing to an end, amid…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Pfizer’s Warner-Lambert Probed on Neurontin Marketing Originally published by Reuters Health, March 14, 2002 NEW YORK — A former employee has accused drugmaker Warner-Lambert, acquired by Pfizer Inc. in 2000, of aggressively marketing the anticonvulsant Neurontin (gabapentin) to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Panel: System Fails Cancer Patients By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, December 3, 2001 WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s health care system is failing cancer patients, who often find themselves battling the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Nurse Practitioners Push to Make Their Presence Known Originally published by Medscape News from MedscapeWire, June 13, 2001 NEW YORK — More than 80,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) deliver primary care services in the United States, but in looking…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Underfunded Indian Health Service: Rationed Care, Malpractice and Sanctioned Doctors By Matt KelleyOriginally published by The Associated Press, March 3, 2002 ADA, Okla. (AP) — A nurse midwife pulled a limp and blue Tyler Bryant Tipton into the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Infant Mortality Associated With Congential Syphilis Remains A Problem in US Originally published by Reuters Health, May 28, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Although the rate of congential syphilis has declined in the US, the percentage of…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Enrolling in a Study? Most Don’t Ask Key Questions Originally published by Reuters Health, May 22, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A majority of people who enter clinical trials do so without knowing what questions to ask,…