Why Adding Prices to TV Drug Ads Is Bad for PatientsMay 28, 2019 |
Aaron Troy writes, “Trump administration recently finalized a rule that will require drug makers to show a medication’s list price. As a future physician, I am against this change. Adding the information would make the ads less helpful and more confusing for patients, who are powerless to change the complex system…”
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Plastic surgeons’ Instagram accounts of the weekend trip didn’t note the drug company’s sponsorship, which some ethicists say should be disclosed
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The bounty of research funding provided by companies such as Coca-Cola to universities and elsewhere may come with some major strings attached, according to an investigation out Tuesday
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The Internet Has a Cancer-Faking ProblemMay 6, 2019 |
“Munchausen by internet” is rattling tight-knit online support groups
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I Had to Do It Without Telling My BelovedApril 12, 2019 |
Feeling grateful and able, I donated a kidney to a stranger. The only problem: I made the decision on my own
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The lack of transparency puts patients at risk, some say. Institutions say disclosure could scare some people away from seeking needed medical care
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With much fanfare, federal officials required hospitals nationwide this year to post their “list” prices online. But it’s not yet clear how many are doing it, even as the government has taken the rare step of asking consumers to monitor hospital compliance.
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The Food and Drug Administration has let medical device companies file reports of injuries and malfunctions outside a widely scrutinized public database, which leave doctors and medical sleuths in the dark
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