Archive for the ‘Family Practice’ Category

Consumer groups Warn about Drug Firms Gifts to Doctors

Posted by: admin on: October 20, 2011

The ProPublica database attempts to provide transparency in a field where there can be a fine line between doctors who are too cozy with the drug industry, and those fulfilling a legitimate role as researchers and educators. -Team@CMHF

Should the FDA have rejected Contrave?

Posted by: admin on: October 13, 2011

by Daniel J. Carlat, MD Recently, the FDA has rejected another anti-obesity drug, Contrave, because of concerns that it might cause heart attacks in patients who take it for years. FDA’s excessive caution was motivated by its experience having been burned by the Fen-Phen fiasco. This was a weight loss drug widely prescribed in the […]

How to improve doctor patient communication

Posted by: admin on: October 7, 2011

The more clearly we physicians communicate, and less medical jargons we use the better will be our patients’ understanding of their ailments. The important topic of doctor-patient communication led a neurosurgeon Dr. Thomas Lansen, to make some suggestions, which has been paraphrased and amplified. It is important for both doctors and patients to understand each other’s points of view, as […]

The sickest 5% of Americans account for over 40% of U.S. healthcare spending.  The goal of disease management is to reduce costs and/or improve quality of life of patients afflicted with chronic diseases like congestive heart failure, cancer and chronic renal disease. Disease management is a system of coordinated health care interventions that emphasizes outpatient […]

Do misperceptions and fear of embarrassment inhibit discussion of treatment options that would benefit many patients with obesity? Significant barriers are keeping adults affected by obesity and physicians from talking frankly about bariatric, or weight loss, surgery. The survey found that while four in five adults affected by obesity had discussed weight with their health […]


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