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Med Students Want CAM
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Med students want CAM but most want scientific proof that it works. However, observation of CAM approaches that work is what drives them to learn more about them. Yet med schools do not provide many CAM courses.
Medical Anthropology and Sex with Meg Jordan
submitted by: admin on 11/23/2024
There has been a decline in sexual interest over the past few decades that is related to the disconnection caused by high tech electronics but also to environmental toxins. Sperm quality and numbers are dropping. Depression is another factor that has decreased libido. We've lost our meaningful purpose in life in our materialistic, narcissistic lives. Connection,...
Medical Bills Cause More Than 50% of Bankruptcies
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Health care in the US is no longer affordable for nearly 50% of all Americans. There are 45 million working Americans without insurance and 50 million more who are underinsured. It is no wonder it leads in bankruptcies.
Medical Buzz Words Signal Economic Take Over
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
When the buzz words of medical practice change, they reflect a change in how it works. Today's medicine now looks at hospitals as factories and office visits as economic transactions. Patients are no longer patients but consumers or customers. Doctors and nurses are considered providers.
Reducing medicine to economics makes a mockery of the bond between...
Medical Dept in the US is the Leading Cause of Bankruptcy
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
79 million US citizens have medical debt. Millions are un- or under-insured. Health care is a right but disparities are common. Medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy. Business trumps service today. We need real health care reform.
Medical Errors are Inevitable
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Medical errors are inevitable.
Medical Freedom: We Need it Now
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Medical freedom is not a constitutional right. Should citizens have the right to determine their own medical choices?
Medical Guidelines Questioned
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
According to an article published in the October 2012 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, most medical guidelines are based on opinion and weak data. They do not follow the standards set by the Institute of Medicine.
In a study of 130 guidelines, fewer than half met even 10 of their 18 standards. Fewer than half stated whether conflicts of...
Medical Journal Ads: Can You Trust Them?
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Less than half the claims in ads from top ENT journals are backed by data referenced by the advertiser. The problem is that MDs are swayed by these same ads. A few reputable journals have banned ads, but most have not. Income from journals comes from both subscriptions and from advertisers. Big Pharm knows that for every dollar they spend on an...
Medical Journal Articles: Should the Public Have Free Access?
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
We pay for the National Institute of Health's research with our tax dollars. Yet we pay again to get the information from medical journals. Medical journals have become a business first and service when possible.
Medical Journals Reflect Pharma Conflicts of Interest
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
In order to validate research, it is necessary to look into who is funding the research as well as who is doing it. When a pharmaceutical company funds a research project, they want to make that drug look like a new wonder drug and they their primary concern is not whether it is effective or that it has side effects. They have very limited ethics. They are looking...
Medical Marijuana as Therapy for Cancer with Donald Abrams, MD
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Medical marijuana is a valuable asset in treatment, especially in cancer and HIV, but it has legal ramifications. Research objectively documents its value. Delivery systems are discussed. Cannabis is synergistic with opoids.
Medical Residency Training Reform
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Medical experts are calling for resident working hour restrictions to prevent medical errors from medical resident fatigue and lack of supervision. They called for sweeping changes in the design, supervision and financing of US hospital residency programs to protect both patients and medical residents in training from serious, preventable medical errors, and...
Medical Residents Working Hours are Excessive
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Traditionally, doctors-in-training have been abused in many ways. The reasons for this and the issues involved are explored. It is a sad reflection of how money runs America and how inappropriate medical training really is.
Medical School-Big Pharma Conflicts of Interest
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) is grading med schools on their ability to block Big Pharma representatives from bribing them with meals, gifts, free drug samples, and industry funded education. Only two medical schools had a perfect scorecard. Of the 152 med schools, only 105 received a grade of A or B. This was up from 2008 when only...
Medical Student Burnout
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Medical students are abused with long working hours and teaching methods. It is no wonder that 11% of med students contemplate suicide and that there's such a high rate of drug abuse, divorce, and suicide among MDs.
Medical Wrongdoing is a Criminal Act
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
It is a legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing. However, in the medical arena, enforcement is minimal and companies get away with murder! The Vioxx story is a classic example where deliberate action knowingly led to 50,000 deaths and not one person was criminally prosecuted. In fact, the company denied any wrongdoing at all...
Medicare Prescription Plan Problems
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
The Medicare prescription plan provides some cost savings, but the government is prohibited from negotiating for lower prices and there is a hole in coverage that many cannot afford to pay for.
Medication Errors in the Elderly
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
Many elderly patients are vulnerable to serious medication errors. Elderly patients take 4-6 medications on a daily basis. The interreactions are unknown and side effects are expected, especially when taken in combination.
Medications After a Heart Attack are Crucial
submitted by: admin on 10/11/2013
If you have had a heart attack and you don't take your prescription medications leads to an 80% higher risk for another heart attack. Nutritional alternatives are often as good as medications, but not enough MDs know sufficient information to do this safely. Drugs such as beta blockers, afterload reducers, and anticoagulants. Some natural alternatives are...
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