Apparently Healthy, but Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s?
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New criteria could lead to a dementia diagnosis on the basis of a simple blood test, even in the absence of obvious symptoms.
New criteria could lead to a dementia diagnosis on the basis of a simple blood test, even in the absence of obvious symptoms.
Calling this an ethics scandal misses the point.
Doctors must balance patients’ needs, parents’ concerns, pressure from pharmaceutical representatives and challenges from…
A global campaign has been launched in the British Medical Journal to start to build an evidence base for healthcare that is…
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Bill Diodato) Drug makers and medical device makers are still spending between $2.1 billion and $2.2…
This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nothing’s more…
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nothing’s more…
A report from Pew Research Center shows that Americans have great confidence in scientists—except for Republicans when the…
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. Federal kickback rules state that a pharmaceutical manufacturer or medical device producer cannot pay…
The physician-fueled opioid crisis, Dr. Elisabeth Poorman writes, is "the result of an effective marketing campaign that has…
A study recently published in PLOS one investigates the effect of industry gifts on medical providers’ prescribing behavior.
By Peter…
Ci capita spesso di dover cercare un articolo per approfondire un argomento o affrontare un problema clinico immediato Non…
Physicians are influenced by marketing. That’s no surprise. So are most consumers, as evidenced by television and radio…
Alice Fabbri, Lisa Bero and Ray Moynihan write: In June 2015, 24 Australian cancer specialists flew to Chicago to attend a five-d…
Congressman Dana Rohrabacher is totally onto the Russian spies trying to recruit him. But knowing he's a target doesn't…
This is a complicated persuasion case and requires an overview. We’ll look at two research papers published by JAMA Internal…
I’m sure most of us don’t think that the little trinkets (pens and notepads and such) or a few slices of pizza that we might…
One of my research projects was to develop a questionnaire assessing the knowledge and beliefs of people living with HIV about…
A controversial study that's sure to anger a lot of doctors found many physicians can be influenced to prescribe brand-name…
NewsDoctors receiving an industry-sponsored meal prescribe brand-name drugs at significantly higher rates to Medicare patients.St…
Evidence is mounting that doctors who receive as little as one meal from a drug company tend to prescribe more expensive, brand-n…
Drug companies don’t need to give doctors thousands of dollars in kickbacks to sway them to prescribe their medications and…
Researchers say the time doctors spend with drug company representatives when they are dropping off meals is probably more…
Evidence is mounting that doctors who receive as little as one meal from a drug company tend to prescribe more expensive, brand-n…
A study finds that doctors who accept inexpensive drug company-paid lunches prescribe more of the brand-name drugs the company…
A new study finds that even a simple industry-sponsored meal can nudge doctors into prescribing more brand-name drugs.
A free lunch may be all it takes to persuade a doctor to prescribe a brand-name drug instead of a cheaper generic, a new study…
Big pharma’s hidden path to doctors’ pens: through their stomachs.Continue reading on Pacific Standard »