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...stress pathways, cortisol levels and exposure to violence. The symptoms attributed to an increased exposure to violence are similar to those experienced by patients with post-traumatic stress disorder, though Suglia said the children in the study were not clinically diagnosed with PTSD. “As a physician this kind of information is humbling because so much of what affects people’s health is outside of a doctor’s office,” said Thomas Lee, a professor in the department of health policy and management, who added that it is important to take into...
...Amid a wave of new regulations regarding physician-industry ties, Stossel has stood largely alone as a vocal and vehement opponent of new oversight at the Medical School, where he says administrators have blindly accepted new rules to quiet recent controversies over such relationships...
...People who are seriously ill don't want to experiment," says Dr. Philip Nitschke, the physician known as Dr. Death for his efforts to legalize euthanasia in his native Australia. "They want to know they have the right concentration of drugs so that if they take them in the suggested way, it will provide them with a peaceful death...
...culminating a two-year assessment of hospital ties to the pharmaceutical industry. After over a year of controversy, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospital will now prohibit doctors from receiving gifts from pharmaceutical companies. The Partners Commission on Interactions with Industry policy will also require physicians to report their relationships with drug companies to patients. Further, executives of Partners HealthCare—the company that owns the two hospitals—will face strict limitations on their involvement with the industry and will no longer be allowed to own stock in any of the drug companies...
...patient has asthma and is on a PPI, they need to talk to their physician and ask, 'Why am I on this?'" says Mastronarde, who is planning a similar study in children and teens with asthma...