Lively Women

October 28th, 2007

Is Your Doctor Spilling Secrets Online?

We talked about anonymous doctor blogs in March, and they’ve caught the eye of the New York Times, too. But this exploration is a bit more sensitive and a bit less sinister: true confessions of doctors’ innermost thoughts.
As long as doctors aren’t spilling patient secrets, I see no problem with this kind of blogging. Do […]

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May 25th, 2007

National Emergency Medical Services Week

Are you prepared for a medical emergency?  Not too long ago, we talked about the importance of having a living will or advance medical directive in place in case you’re incapacitated and can’t make your own medical decisions. But what smaller things can you do to be on the ready?

Know your blood type.
Carry identification on […]

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March 23rd, 2007

FDA, Doctors Need to Stop Rubbing Elbows With the Pharma Industry

On the heels of Wednesday’s article on the closer examination of doctors’ relationships with pharmaceutical companies, an editorial in today’s New York Times calls for some house cleaning on a much higher level, in the FDA.
Earlier this week, Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts reported in “Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View,”
In […]

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