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Are Drug Companies Bribing Our Doctors and Exerting Undue Influence on Medical Research?

by Ralph Deeds

Minnesota is the first of a few states to require drug companies to disclose payments to doctors. The records of these payments are quite revealing. From 1997 to 2005 drug makers paid more than 5,500 doctors,... published 18 months ago

3 comments    medicine fda big pharma

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Tissue Engineering is at a Crossroad

by Ralph Deeds

Visiting scientists gave a Harvard audience a glimpse into the future of medicine--implantable arteries, "bioartificial" organs, and replacement cells for failing hearts.... published 2 years ago

0 comments    health politics medicine

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How to Make it Into the Top One Percent by Ben Stein

by Ralph Deeds

1. You do not get to it by studying African feminism in the 19th century... 2. You do not get to it by being a civil servant unless at the cabinet level or as a Senator who can use his or her connections to... published 2 years ago

2 comments    finance medicine law

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CROOK ALERT Big Pharma Bribes our Doctors and Legislators

by Ralph Deeds

Four out of five U.S. doctors surveyed said they let drug and device makers buy them food and drinks despite recent efforts to tighten ethics rules and avoid conflicts of interest. The survey also found that... published 8 months ago

5 comments    health business medicine

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