Doctors caught prescribing unnecessary brand-name drugs to directly profit from them
A recent analysis conducted by ProPublica undermines the long held belief that physicians who accept meals and payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies do not prescribe drugs differently. ProPublica is an investigative journalism group based in New York City. The analysis included 150,000 doctors in cardiovascular disease, family medicine, internal medicine, ophthalmology and psychiatry. Read More
Health field invents medical diagnoses to drug America’s youth
In a disturbing modern trend, the young, middle aged and the old seem to be increasingly diagnosed with mental health disorders. Almost everyone knows someone who has been diagnosed with a mental illness whether it is attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, depression or anxiety. Is it possible that mental health disorders aren’t really on the rise, but Read More
