Word: internists
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Still, many doctors acknowledge patients' aversion to chronic drug-taking. "Almost universally, people don't want to take medicine if they can avoid it," says Greene. And physicians, including internist Dr. Christine Laine, who is the editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, point out that the direct and indirect costs associated with taking a drug - even one as widely prescribed as the generic diabetes medication metformin - can serve as a barrier for many patients, especially among disadvantaged populations and those without health insurance...
Like a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in scrubs, the title character of House can solve just about any medical mystery. That's not altogether unrealistic, says Dr. Lisa Sanders, the show's technical adviser. Sanders, an internist and the author of Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis, talked to TIME about House's flesh-and-blood counterparts, how we can teach more doctors to be like them and how patients can help. (Read a TIME special report on health care...
...data shows that primary care, effective primary care, is central to an effective health care system. Where primary care is strong, the data shows that costs are lower, outcomes are better, and there's less disparity of care," said Allan H. Goroll, a professor at MGH and a general internist at Mass. General Hospital, where he initiated the nation's first residency track in primary care internal medicine. He also said that while the financing of health care reform may be controversial, the need to strengthen and reform primary care is well-recognized and enjoys bipartisan support...
...they would not take effect without careful consideration by the FDA of patients who currently rely on these medications for pain relief. "Any change would be carefully orchestrated to ensure that people are not at risk of not having access to their pain medication," says Dr. Judith Kramer, an internist at Duke University Medical Center and a voting member of the committee...
...pregnant woman enough of the antibiotic to be effective. Kidney function is so revved up during pregnancy that even in high doses, amoxicillin is excreted before it can work its magic. Think of it as trying to fill a bathtub with the drain open, suggests Jason Umans, an internist and maternal-fetal pharmacologist at Georgetown University. "In emergencies, you always hear, 'Treat the pregnant women first!'" he says. "The joke should be 'Yeah, how?'" (See how the FDA classifies drugs and their effects on pregnancy...