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Medical tests: don't forget to call for the results.
Jul 01, 2009; ... You go through the time, trouble, and expense of having a medical test. You don't call to learn the results, assuming all is well or the doctor would have called. In fact, some doctors never notify patients with serious abnormal test results, according to one of the rare studies on this ...
Red yeast rice--not a good alternative to statins.
Jul 01, 2009 ... Many people who cannot tolerate any of the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins (e.g., Lipitor, Pravachol, Zocor) turn to an herbal supplement called red yeast rice, which lowers the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol. Statin intolerance is most often chalked up to muscle pain ...
Mediterranean diet: what accounts for benefits?(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Mediterranean diet is not only wildly popular around the world but also considered to be one of the most healthful diets of all that have received in-depth research attention. Yet it is unclear whether it is the wine, olive oil or some other component of the diet that largely accounts ...
From the director ... back to the future: a unique view of health reform.
Jul 01, 2009; ... Opponents of President Obama's health reforms are not above misrepresenting the quality of health care in other countries. In my experience, critics of progressive efforts to reform health care are also quick to tout American medical care as "the best in the world." They raise fears that ...
The 2009 version of the "Harry and Louise" ads.(Conservatives for Patients' Rights campaign)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The $20 million national ad campaign, sponsored by Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR), continues on TV, the Internet, and radio. CPR wants the U.S. medical care system to remain as is, but calls for reforms like allowing more competition among insurance companies, posting prices of ...