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...what should you do if you have a bottle of Vioxx in your medicine cabinet? "For younger patients who are otherwise well, I think you can afford to wait until you talk to your doctor," says Dr. Meggan Mackay, a rheumatologist at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Older patients, particularly those with a history of heart disease, should stop taking the drug immediately and consult their doctor about a new treatment. But don't throw away your bottle; Merck has promised to reimburse customers for unused medication. For more information, call 1-888-36-VIOXX...
...without such threats, Karzai would win a first-round majority of 51% in a fair and free race, say international poll observers. Karzai is considered one of the few candidates who don't have blood on their hands from the bitter 1992-96 civil war. (Massouda Jalal, a plainspoken doctor and the sole woman in the field, is another.) Nor is Karzai pushing the interests of his fellow Pashtuns ahead of other ethnic groups. Pragmatic Afghans realize that foreign aid, which totaled $2.3 billion this year, might dry up if Karzai, who is well respected in the West, were...
...During her junior year, instead of taking the MCATs and applying to medical school, Dixon made the critical decision of postponing her plans of being a doctor and taking the road less traveled—nonprofit work, “in the long run, I want to go into medicine, but in the mean time, I don’t want to miss out on anything. I really love community service...
...revived and renamed as Medicare in the mid 1980s, is that - despite the vitriolic battles waged under its banner for nearly three decades - it largely retains its original form. Its cornerstone of bulk billing by general practitioners - the idea that all Australians should be able to consult a doctor for free - is still mostly in place. It's also the system's most contentious component, and is a hot issue again in this campaign, with the major parties' policies reflecting embedded ideological differences...
While most doctors favor the Coalition platform, neither party is promising them what they believe they deserve. "G.P.s feel very undervalued," says Australian Medical Association vice president Mukesh Haikerwal, who argues the standard rebate is roughly half what it should be considering the costs of running a practice. Many G.P.s feel that seven years of training and over 6,000 consultations a year entitle them to an annual income higher than the $A120,000 the average G.P. earns. They also resent any plan aimed at controlling their charging. "I forewarn the Labor Party," says A.M.A. president Bill Glasson...